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

Courses marked (*) have compulsory residential school. See the residential school timetable details http://handbook.cqu.edu.au/pages/ugunittimetable.html. Compulsory Residential Schools held in Rockhampton are conducted for these courses taken by external students.

HMSC11034 has a non-compulsory residential school, but it is highly recommended that first year students attend.

Note:

1. Students successfully completing a combination of the courses OCHS12001, OCHS12005, OCHS13011, OCHS13008, OCHS13016 may be eligible to exit with a Certificate of OHS.
2. Students are advised to take the courses in the pre-defined order thus acquiring the knowledge that will be assumed in the presentation of course material at advanced levels. Students will be individually responsible for gaining the assumed entry-level knowledge of any course they elect to take out of sequence. For more information or assessment of prior learning, please contact the specific course coordinator.
3. For students who wish to undertake a Rehabilitation Coordinator role in Queensland there is an opportunity to attend an optional residential school with OCHS13011 (3 day training on Queensland legislation and technical application). Successful completion of this training enables students to apply for a Q-Comp Workplace Rehabilitation Coordinator Certificate.

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).

Credit transfer will only be granted where a student is able to demonstrate that tertiary studies undertaken 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 about credit transfer contact the program administrator.

There are two courses with a compulsory residential school these are OCHS12002 and OCHS13010. OCHS13011 has an optional residential school. Residential dates for these courses are documented within the residential school timetable http://handbook.cqu.edu.au/pages/ugunittime.html. For OCHS13010 there is a two week block as per the residential school timetable. Students must have successfully completed the prerequisites OCHS13008 and OCHS13016 and be currently enrolled in OCHS13010 to be eligible to attend the Applied Worksite Analysis residential school.

Residential schools must be completed within 18 months of commencing the course. After this time the result will automatically be changed to AF (Absent Fail). For Residential School dates please refer to http://handbook.cqu.edu.au/pages/ugunittimetable.html.

To satisfy the requirements of the Certificate in OHS, students must complete three compulsory courses as scheduled and choose the fourth course from the courses indicated to a total of 24 units of credit.

• 3 core courses
• 1 elective course

Core courses
OCHS12001 Introductory Occupational Health and Safety
OCHS12005 Risk Management & Safety Technology
OCHS13011 Occupational Rehabilitation & Compensation
plus 1 elective

Elective
OCHS13008 Human Factors OR
OCHS13016 Occupational Health, Hygiene & Toxicology