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SP2002:03

Vocational Health and Safety

Townsville

HECS Band 2

39 hours lectures, 10 hours workshop, 12 hours field. Semester 2.

Staff:

Dr K Ness,

Mr W Hughes.

Completion of this subject will qualify the student as a Workplace Health and Safety Officer in the Services Industries. Services Industries are all industries that are not manufacturing or construction.

The subject has four units of competency: WHSO/01 - provide advice on Workplace Health and Safety; WHSO/02 - manage health and safety hazards and risks in the workplace; WHSO/03 - manage workplace incidents; WHSO/06 - manage health and safety in service based workplaces.

The units cover the Queensland Workplace Health and Safety Legislation; risk management principles applied to health and safety including noise, manual handling, plant and hazardous substances; health and safety policies, procedures, planning and cost analysis; workplace health and safety auditing; accident investigation; workplace health and hygiene; communicable diseases.

Learning Objectives:

to obtain the competency to advise relevant parties of a workplace on health and safety issues;

to obtain the competency to undertake risk management on hazards identified in a workplace;

to obtain the competency to record, investigate and evaluate workplace incidents;

to obtain the competency to manage health and safety issues related to service based workplaces.

Assessment by four on-course examinations and one project.