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OHS5107 | Occupational Health and Safety Management, Technology and Ergonomics 1 | ||
SCHOOL OF EXERCISE AND HEALTH SCIENCES | |||
Credit Points: 20 | |||
Description: | |||
Concept of law, common law, statute law, legislation process. Safe systems of work, negligence. Breach of statutory duty. Roben’s philosophy. Management of OHS, relevant organisations. The development, implementation and maintenance of safety management procedures. Introduction to Ergonomics and Workplace Design. Human variation, anthropometry methods, control devices, hand tools. Principles of manual handling. Ergonomics. Introduction to Safety Technology. Principles of fire and explosion prevention. Fundamentals of machinery safety and machinery guarding. | |||
This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets | |||
Q28 | Graduate Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health | ||
Q38 | Graduate Diploma of Occupational Safety and Health | ||
V34 | Master of Nursing | ||
V74 | Master of Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health | ||
I01 | Master of Occupational Hygiene and Toxicology | ||
H91 | Master of Occupational Medicine, Health and Safety | ||
H90 | Post Graduate Diploma of Occupational Medicine, Health and Safety | ||
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, Graduate Attributes 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 Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website: | |||
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity |
Last Updated - Higher Education: 3/31/2008 VET: 3/31/2008