310586 (v.1) Occupational Exposure Measurement and Evaluation 581

Area:	School of Public Health
Credits:	25.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Individual Study:	1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 4 Days Once-only
Prerequisite(s):	11517 (v.4) Ergonomics 594 or any previous version OR 310585 (v.1) Ergonomics 594 or any previous version AND 11519 (v.4) Occupational Hygiene and Chemical Safety 596 or any previous version
Syllabus:	This unit demonstrates principles of occupational hygiene and ergonomic hazard identification, and assessment through the application of practical techniques of workplace measurement. Exposure evaluation techniques: occupational hygiene hazards (hazardous substances, noise, vibration, illumination, thermal stress and ventilation). Ergonomic stressors: physical ergonomics (anthropometrics, workstation design, muscle physiology, respiratory function) and cognitive ergonomics (information processing, mentalworkload, circadian variation and organisational stressors).
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	061301 Occupational Health and Safety
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Categorised *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 2		Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External