OCHS2000 (v.1) Occupational Hygiene
| Area: | School of Public Health |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
| TUITION PATTERNS: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Science Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Equivalent(s): |
11102 (v.8)
Occupational Hygiene 282
or any previous version
|
| Prerequisite(s): |
304741 (v.2)
Physics 115
or any previous version
OR 7054 (v.5) Physics 113 OR PHYS1006 (v.1) Foundations of Physics or any previous version OR PHYS1010 (v.1) Foundations of Physics A or any previous version 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 OR PUBH1001 (v.1) Introduction to Health, Safety and Environment or any previous version AND 10009 (v.3) Chemistry 127 or any previous version OR 7078 (v.7) Chemistry 141 or any previous version OR 7230 (v.6) Chemistry 181 or any previous version OR 314451 (v.1) Introduction to Chemistry 180 or any previous version OR CHEM1003 (v.1) Introduction to Chemistry or any previous version AND 1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134 or any previous version OR 313391 (v.3) Human Structure and Function 100 or any previous version OR 1643 (v.7) Human Biology 133 or any previous version OR HUMB1000 (v.1) Human Structure and Function or any previous version |
| UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| 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 |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | ||||
| 2018 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | ||||
| 2019 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | ||||
| 2019 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y |
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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
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