School Of ScienceSafety and Risk ManagementWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 300677.4
Discipline: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Recognition that Occupational Health and Safety procedures are legislatively required at the workplace and the ability to recognise the need to protect workers from harm at the workplace.
Equivalent Units
300390 - Safety Management. 300395 - Risk Assessment
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate course.
About this Unit
This unit provides a critical insight into the theory and practice of managing safety and health at the workplace with a dual focus on risk management and safety management. Students have the opportunity to develop a safety systems approach concentrating on hazard identification, risk assessment and devising control measures incorporating safety management principles. Safety culture and its influence on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) practice is also detailed. In addition, the unit addresses the legal underpinning of OHS requirements at the workplace. Labour market change and the role of government, unions and employer organisations are also examined. Global perspectives on OHS from various jurisdictions ranging from the USA, Hong Kong and China are also scrutinised.
Courses| 3693.1 | Master of Engineering | CONTINUING |
| 3694.1 | Graduate Diploma in Engineering (exit only) | CONTINUING |
| 3749.1 | Master of Science | CONTINUING |
| 3749.2 | Master of Science | CURRENT |
| 3752.1 | Master of Project Management | CONTINUING |
| 3752.2 | Master of Project Management | CONTINUING |
| 3752.3 | Master of Project Management | CONTINUING |
| 3752.4 | Master of Project Management | CURRENT |
| 3760.1 | Graduate Diploma in Project Management (exit only) | CONTINUING |
| 3760.2 | Graduate Diploma in Project Management (exit only) | CONTINUING |
| 3776.1 | Graduate Certificate in Science (Exit only) | CURRENT |
| 3777.1 | Graduate Diploma in Science (Exit only) | CURRENT |
| 3786.1 | Graduate Diploma in Project Management | CURRENT |
| 4681.1 | Master of Health (Research Studies)/PhD | SUSPENDED |
| 4698.1 | Master of Health Science | CONTINUING |
| 4698.2 | Master of Health Science | CONTINUING |
| 4700.2 | Graduate Diploma in Health Science | CONTINUING |
| 4701.2 | Graduate Certificate in Health Science | CONTINUING |
| 4702.1 | Master of Public Health | CONTINUING |
| 4702.2 | Master of Public Health | CONTINUING |
| 4704.2 | Graduate Diploma in Public Health | CONTINUING |
Specialisations
| A3043.1 | Master of Project Management - Pathway A - Research | CURRENT |
| A3044.1 | Master of Project Management - Pathway B - Coursework | CURRENT |
| A3045.1 | Master of Project Management - Pathway C - Work Placement | CURRENT |
| A4000.1 | Master of Health Science (Health Service Management) - 2 year pathway | CONTINUING |
| A4001.1 | Master of Health Science (Aged Care Management) - 2 year pathway | CONTINUING |
| A4002.1 | Master of Health Science (Occupational Health and Safety) - 2 year pathway | CONTINUING |
| A4003.1 | Master of Health Science (Health Service Management) - 1.5 year pathway | CONTINUING |
| A4004.1 | Master of Health Science (Aged Care Management) - 1.5 year pathway | CONTINUING |
| A4005.1 | Master of Health Science (Occupational Health and Safety) - 1.5 year pathway | CONTINUING |
| A4008.1 | Master of Health Science (Occupational Health and Safety) - 1 year pathway | CONTINUING |
| A4009.1 | Master of Public Health - 2 year pathway | CURRENT |
| A4010.1 | Master of Public Health - 1.5 year pathway | CURRENT |
| A4011.1 | Master of Public Health - 1 year pathway | CURRENT |
| A4038.1 | Master of Science (Food Science) - 2 year pathway | CURRENT |
| A4039.1 | Master of Science (Food Science) - 1.5 year pathway | CURRENT |
| SP3007.1 | Project Management (Generic Program) | CURRENT |
| ST3029.1 | Environmental | CONTINUING |
| ST3056.1 | Food Science | CONTINUING |