Program Advisor on 07 4930 9661 or email ahs-program3@cqu.edu.au

Entry

• a 3 year bachelor degree in a relevant discipline from an Australian university together with at least 2 years of professional work experience;
• a certificate or diploma in a relevant industrial or professionally related field with at least three year's work experience in an occupational health and safety field; or
• other qualifications deemed equivalent to any one of the above.

In exceptional cases, entry is available as a result of other educational and professional prior learning. Students who gain entry via this alternative approach are expected to enter the program with the skills and ability to:

• write academic papers;
• read and analyse academic literature, government policy texts and detailed reports;
• complete numeracy tasks (eg. secondary school level and/or numeracy applicable to business situations.

Credit transfer will only be granted where a student is able to demonstrate that tertiary studies equivalent in content and depth to the CQU program has been successfully completed. Students should examine the course synopses in this handbook to determine the courses for which they may be eligible to claim exemption. For more information contact the program administrator.

If for some reason a student is unable to complete the Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety they can exit with a Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (CU88). To be eligible you must have successfully completed the following courses: OCHS20020, OCHS20021, OCHS20018 and OCHS20019. Students must satisfy the normal prerequisites that apply to their courses. There is no entry to this program. Students must enrol in the Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety to be eligible to exit with a Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.
Note: students entering with a Graduate Certificate in OHS are not eligible for the WHSO certificate unless they complete OCHS20022 Issues in Workplace Health & Safety.

The compulsory residential school runs over a two week period.

There is an integrated residential school for the following courses, OCHS20019, OCHS20020, and OCHS20021.

Students must have completed OCHS20020 and OCHS20021 with a grade of PO (Practicum Outstanding) and be currently enrolled in or passed OCHS20019 to be eligible to attend the final week of the two week residential school for OCHS20022.

NOTE: OCHS20022 is a spring/summer course, but students are required to enrol before the residential school to obtain the required study materials and prepare for the second week of residential school.

Students enrolled in an OCHS or HMSC courses having a Residential School requirement must complete the Residential School within 18 months of commencing the course. After this time the result will automatically be changed to AF (Absent Fail).

For residential dates please refer to the residential school timetable.

It is a requirement of enrolment in this program that students have access to the CQU www site via the Internet. Students will be expected to undertake various components of study in the degree using email, Blackboard and the Internet. Recommended web browsers are: Internet Explorer 5.0 or above or Netscape 4.5 or 4.7 and above (not version 6.0).