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Graduate Diploma of Occupational Health & Safety CF20
Duration: 1 year full-time, 1 1/2 years part-time.
Mode: External only.
Fees: Full-fee paying.
Location(On-Campus): Not offered internally.
Courses/Units of Credit: 7 courses/48 units of credit.
Faculty: Arts, Health & Sciences.
Entry: Direct.
Accreditation: DETIR-WHSO, SIA.
Practicum/Work Placement: Nil.
Residential School: Students must complete a compulsory residential school.
Exit Awards: Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.
Contact: Program Adviser on 07 4930 9253.
The aim of the Graduate Diploma of Occupational Health & Safety
is to prepare professionals working in industry and community services
in advanced aspects of occupational health & safety.
On completion of the program, students will be able to:
- identify and anticipate health and
safety hazards in the workplace and recommend a systematic approach
for their assessment and control.
- utilise knowledge from specialised disciplines in the
application of effective prevention and control programs in the
workplace;
- demonstrate effective consultation and communication
processes in ways which make appropriate use of managerial and industrial frameworks
and the social context of the workplace;
- analyse the implications of political, economic, sociological
and technological trends on workplace health and safety practices;
- promote a safe and healthy workforce through provision
of education and information programs.
- 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).
| Code |
Course |
| Autumn |
| OCHS20020 |
Human Factors # |
| OCHS20021 |
Occupational Health, Hygiene & Toxicology |
| Winter |
| OCHS20018 |
Law & Management of Occupational
Health & Safety # |
| OCHS20019 |
Risk Management & Safety Technology # |
| Spring |
| OCHS20022 |
Issues in Workplace Health & Safety |
| Winter |
| NURS20130 |
Special Topics in Health |
| HLPB20003 |
Health Statistics & Epidemiology |
| # Students completing
these courses may be eligible to exit with Graduate Certificate
OHS. |
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