COURSE INFORMATION

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Q38 / D68 Graduate Diploma of Occupational Safety and Health

The Graduate Diploma of Occupational Safety and Health is designed to cater for a wide range of practitioners including safety officers, occupational health nurses, safety and training coordinators, risk managers, personnel officers and managers, ventilation engineers, safety and health representatives and others who need to increase or update their knowledge and skills in Occupational Safety and Health.  Graduates from this course will be trained to lower the risk of occupational accidents and occupational disease.
 
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

An undergraduate degree, OR equivalent prior learning including at least five years appropriate professional experience.
 
COURSE LOCATION
Off campus (online)
 
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - Online.
 
COURSE STRUCTURE

The course is comprised of 120 credit points (six units).

Units should be completed in the order listed below.

 
 
OHS5101 Prevention of Accidents and Ill-Health at Work 1 20 
OHS5107 Occupational Health and Safety Management, Technology and Ergonomics 1 20 
OHS5110 Rehabilitation, Compensation and Health Promotion 20 
 
Plus three units from the list below:
HST5118 Occupational Hygiene and Toxicology 20 
HST5130 Principles of Environmental Health 20 
OHS5112 System Safety Management and Emergency Planning 20 
OHS5114 Occupational, Health and Safety Management, Technology and Ergonomics 2 20 
OHS5213 Prevention of Accidents and Ill-Health at Work 2 20 
 
 
 
 
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: 30/04/2009 VET: 30/04/2009