PUBH 7024 Safety and Risk Management
Legacy Code 300677
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Student Contribution Band
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Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate program.
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.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Appraise the values, assumptions and models that underpin the development of risk assessment principles and of safety management processes
- Identify and implement the principles of applied safety management premised on risk assessment and management
- Critically analyse the systems approach to safety management responsibilities
- Define and implement an integrated approach to safety systems
- Discern the significance of safety culture to safety management
- Advise on the integration of occupational health and safety programs into routine management systems
- Produce and perform a risk assessment that identifies and apply the expected control measures
Subject Content
Module 1 Safety Management
Module 2 Risk Management
Module 3 Safe Systems of work
Module 4 OHS Legal and Regulatory context
Module 5 Safety Culture
Module 6 Safety Management Systems
Module 7 International approaches to risk and safety management
Assessment
The following table summarises the standard assessment tasks for this subject. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated, where there is a difference your Learning Guide takes precedence.
Type | Length | Percent | Threshold | Individual/Group Task | Mandatory |
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Critical Review | 1,500 words | 30 | N | Individual | |
Presentation (4 per group with 5 minutes each) | 20 minutes (4 per group with 5 minutes each) | 20 | N | Group | |
Critical Review | 2,000 words | 50 | N | Individual |
Prescribed Texts
- Hopkins, A (2014). Safety Culture and Risk, Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: 9781925215694 (eBook)