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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

11102 (v.8) Occupational Hygiene 282

Note

Tutition Patterns

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.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Practical: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):     1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134 or any previous version
    OR
    313391 (v.1) Human Structure and Function 100 or any previous version
    OR
    1643 (v.7) Human Biology 133 or any previous version
AND
    10009 (v.3) Chemistry 127 or any previous version
    OR
    7078 (v.6) Chemistry 141 or any previous version
    OR
    7230 (v.6) Chemistry 181 or any previous version
AND
    304741 (v.2) Physics 115 or any previous version
    OR
    7054 (v.5) Physics 113
AND
    311348 (v.1) Introduction to Health, Safety and Environment 181 or any previous version
    OR
    303855 (v.2) Introduction and Practice of Occupational Health and Safety 283 or any previous version
Syllabus: The recognition, evaluation and control of occupational hygiene hazards, with emphasis on physical agents such as noise, vibration, heat and pressure, together with chemical agents such as dusts, fibres, gases, vapours, fumes and mists. Toxicological evaluation of hazardous chemicals, qualitative and quantitative risk assessment techniques, and the accessing of relevant sources of occupational hygiene information. The use of workplace exposure standards and the selection, application and evaluation of control measures for dealing with occupational hygiene hazards in the workplace
Field of Education: 061301 Occupational Health and Safety
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Fully Online
*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
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 2         Y
2011 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