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
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 2 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
2015	Bentley Campus	Semester 2					Y
2015	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

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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

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