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School: Medical and Health Sciences

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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Occupational Hygiene 1: Chemical Aspects

  • Unit Code

    OHS6144

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Adelle LIEBENBERG

Description

This is the first of three specialist units in occupational hygiene. In this unit students will be introduced to the discipline of occupational hygiene, its history and its place in todays world. Students will explore a range of topics that relate to the recognition of physical, chemical and biological hazards in the workplace, with a particular focus on chemical hazards.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

On-line delivery supported by discussion groups, study modules and prescribed texts with a compulsory 3 day on-campus workshop (Joondalup campus).

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HST5144

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the results from sampling for chemical based hazards and relate the findings with recommendations to both management and the workforce.
  2. Categorise the chemical, physical, ergonomic and biological work related hazards that may impact on the health of workers.
  3. Critically evaluate the development and implementation of work related exposure standards used in industry.
  4. Prioritise work related hazards based on the severity of potential health impacts.
  5. Select and use sampling equipment to assess chemical exposures according to the appropriate standard method/s.
  6. Select the appropriate methods for chemical monitoring commonly undertaken in Australia and describe the analytical techniques to be used.
  7. The history of occupational hygiene in Australia.

Unit Content

  1. Assessment of chemical exposures and potential health impact.
  2. Biological monitoring in the workplace.
  3. Chemical hazards including physical states (solids, liquids, vapours & gases, airborne particulates, dusts, fibres, fumes & mists).
  4. Exposure standards (determination, use and application).
  5. Identification of appropriate chemical sampling techniques and standard sampling methodologies.
  6. Identification of workplace hazards through process overview (raw materials, by-products & waste), literature review (including standards), walk-through and preliminary surveys.
  7. Measurement of chemical exposures using standard sampling techniques
  8. Safety Data Sheets and Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & Restriction of Chemicals (REACh)
  9. The history of the discipline of occupational hygiene.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On line modules and tutorials supported by discussion groups and a 3 day workshop to develop practical skills.

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.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewExposure standards30%
TestOn-line tests30%
ReportReport on activities undertaken in workshop40%

Core Reading(s)

  • (2019). Casarett and Doull’s toxicology: The basic science of poisons (9th ed., pp. xiii, 1620). New York : McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1029093652
  • John Cherrie, R. H., & Semple, S. (2010). Monitoring for Health Hazards at Work (4th ed., pp. xxiv, 296). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved from http://linker.worldcat.org/?jHome=http%3A%2F%2Febookcentral.proquest.com%2Flib%2FECU%2Fdetail.action%3FdocID%3D530044&linktype=best
  • Patty, F. A., Rose V. E., & B., Cohrssen. (2011). Patty’s industrial hygiene (6th ed.). Hoboken, N.J: Wiley. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/755803925
  • (2013). Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene: An Introduction (2nd ed., p. 0). Allen & Unwin. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/857752890?databaseList=638

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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School: Medical and Health Sciences

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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Occupational Hygiene 1: Chemical Aspects

  • Unit Code

    OHS6144

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Adelle LIEBENBERG

Description

This is the first of three specialist units in occupational hygiene. In this unit students will be introduced to the discipline of occupational hygiene, its history and its place in todays world. Students will explore a range of topics that relate to the recognition of physical, chemical and biological hazards in the workplace, with a particular focus on chemical hazards.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

On-line delivery supported by discussion groups, study modules and prescribed texts with a compulsory 3 day on-campus workshop (Joondalup campus).

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HST5144

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the results from sampling for chemical based hazards and relate the findings with recommendations to both management and the workforce.
  2. Categorise the chemical, physical, ergonomic and biological work related hazards that may impact on the health of workers.
  3. Critically evaluate the development and implementation of work related exposure standards used in industry.
  4. Prioritise work related hazards based on the severity of potential health impacts.
  5. Select and use sampling equipment to assess chemical exposures according to the appropriate standard method/s.
  6. Select the appropriate methods for chemical monitoring commonly undertaken in Australia and describe the analytical techniques to be used.
  7. The history of occupational hygiene in Australia.

Unit Content

  1. Assessment of chemical exposures and potential health impact.
  2. Biological monitoring in the workplace.
  3. Chemical hazards including physical states (solids, liquids, vapours & gases, airborne particulates, dusts, fibres, fumes & mists).
  4. Exposure standards (determination, use and application).
  5. Identification of appropriate chemical sampling techniques and standard sampling methodologies.
  6. Identification of workplace hazards through process overview (raw materials, by-products & waste), literature review (including standards), walk-through and preliminary surveys.
  7. Measurement of chemical exposures using standard sampling techniques
  8. Safety Data Sheets and Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & Restriction of Chemicals (REACh)
  9. The history of the discipline of occupational hygiene.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On line modules and tutorials supported by discussion groups and a 3 day workshop to develop practical skills.

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.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewExposure standards30%
TestOn-line tests30%
ReportReport on activities undertaken in workshop40%

Core Reading(s)

  • (2019). Casarett and Doull’s toxicology: The basic science of poisons (9th ed., pp. xiii, 1620). New York : McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1029093652
  • John Cherrie, R. H., & Semple, S. (2010). Monitoring for Health Hazards at Work (4th ed., pp. xxiv, 296). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved from http://linker.worldcat.org/?jHome=http%3A%2F%2Febookcentral.proquest.com%2Flib%2FECU%2Fdetail.action%3FdocID%3D530044&linktype=best
  • Patty, F. A., Rose V. E., & B., Cohrssen. (2011). Patty’s industrial hygiene (6th ed.). Hoboken, N.J: Wiley. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/755803925
  • (2013). Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene: An Introduction (2nd ed., p. 0). Allen & Unwin. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/857752890?databaseList=638

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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