Faculty of Business and Law

School: Business

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Health, Safety and Workplace Environment
  • Unit Code

    MAN6710
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

Health and safety in the workplace environment (HSE) is a problem costing employees, the community and the economy. Organisations must focus on promoting health and safety to fulfil basic human needs and also to improve performance. Health and safety performance can be improved by creating an effective health and safety management system, consultation, and growing a health and safety culture. Throughout the unit, students will examine practical examples alongside theoretical principles with a view to making their own appropriate HSE decisions. Students will be required to evaluate existing HSE cultures and systems and to combine theory, legal requirements and their own judgement in creating HSE recommendations.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Assess and promote a health and safety culture.
  2. Comply with HSE legal requirements.
  3. Detect hazards, manage risk and evaluate effectiveness of risk management activities.
  4. Develop systematic approaches to HSE consultation arrangements, emergency management processes, auditing and evaluation systems and incident reporting and evaluation.
  5. Summarise the features and goals of injury management and workers compensation.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction and overview of health and safety.
  2. Identifying hazards and managing risk.
  3. HSE legal requirements.
  4. Health and safety management systems.
  5. The role of management in HSE..
  6. Consultation arrangements on HSE.
  7. Incident reporting and investigation.
  8. Auditing and evaluating HSE activity.
  9. Dealing with emergencies.
  10. Workers compensation and injury management.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly 3-hour seminar that includes lectures, discussion, group exercises and case study analysis. There will be a strong emphasis on practical applications of the theoretical principles. The learning will require active participation by students. Facilitation will encourage and support learners to learn from and with each other, through collaborative learning techniques. The off-campus students will have an interactive learning experience through online discussion, activities, reading materials and case study analysis.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectProject40%
Participation ^Class participation10%
ExaminationExam50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectProject50%
ExaminationExam50%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Archer R., Borthwick K., Travers M. & Ruchena L. (2013), WHS: A management guide. South Melbourne: Cengage.
  • Quinlan M., Bohle P., & Lamm, F. (2010), Managing occupational health and safety: A multidisciplinary approach (3rd ed.). South Yarra: Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal References

  • Australian Journal of Health Saftey and Environment.

Website References

  • Worksafe WA: www.commerce.wa.gov.au/worksafe Workcover WA:www.workcover.wa.gov.au Worksafe Australia:www.worksafe.gov.au/worksafe SIWA Ltd-Safety in Workplaces Australia:www.siwa.org.au SIA-Safety Institute of Australia: www.sia.org.au

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Business and Law

School: Business

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Health, Safety and Workplace Environment
  • Unit Code

    MAN6710
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

Health and safety in the workplace environment (HSE) is a problem costing employees, the community and the economy. Organisations must focus on promoting health and safety to fulfil basic human needs and also to improve performance. Health and safety performance can be improved by creating an effective health and safety management system, consultation, and growing a health and safety culture. Throughout the unit, students will examine practical examples alongside theoretical principles with a view to making their own appropriate HSE decisions. Students will be required to evaluate existing HSE cultures and systems and to combine theory, legal requirements and their own judgement in creating HSE recommendations.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Assess and promote a health and safety culture.
  2. Comply with HSE legal requirements.
  3. Detect hazards, manage risk and evaluate effectiveness of risk management activities.
  4. Develop systematic approaches to HSE consultation arrangements, emergency management processes, auditing and evaluation systems and incident reporting and evaluation.
  5. Summarise the features and goals of injury management and workers compensation.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction and overview of health and safety.
  2. Identifying hazards and managing risk.
  3. HSE legal requirements.
  4. Health and safety management systems.
  5. The role of management in HSE..
  6. Consultation arrangements on HSE.
  7. Incident reporting and investigation.
  8. Auditing and evaluating HSE activity.
  9. Dealing with emergencies.
  10. Workers compensation and injury management.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly 3-hour seminar that includes lectures, discussion, group exercises and case study analysis. There will be a strong emphasis on practical applications of the theoretical principles. The learning will require active participation by students. Facilitation will encourage and support learners to learn from and with each other, through collaborative learning techniques. The off-campus students will have an interactive learning experience through online discussion, activities, reading materials and case study analysis.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectProject40%
Participation ^Class participation10%
ExaminationExam50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectProject50%
ExaminationExam50%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Archer R., Borthwick K., Travers M. & Ruchena L. (2013), WHS: A management guide. South Melbourne: Cengage.
  • Quinlan M., Bohle P., & Lamm, F. (2010), Managing occupational health and safety: A multidisciplinary approach (3rd ed.). South Yarra: Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal References

  • Australian Journal of Health Saftey and Environment.

Website References

  • Worksafe WA: www.commerce.wa.gov.au/worksafe Workcover WA:www.workcover.wa.gov.au Worksafe Australia:www.worksafe.gov.au/worksafe SIWA Ltd-Safety in Workplaces Australia:www.siwa.org.au SIA-Safety Institute of Australia: www.sia.org.au

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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