11519 (v.4) Occupational Hygiene and Chemical Safety 596
| Area: | School of Public Health |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Individual Study: | 1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): | 5425 (v.7) Occupational Health, Safety and Hygiene 581 or any previous version
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| Syllabus: | Workplace contaminants and stressors and their evaluation (gases and vapours, dusts, heat, noise). Preliminary survey, selection of instruments and analytical methods. Conducting a field survey, interpretation and use of results. Instrumentation and techniques. Application of monitoring. Control strategies. Statistics, material safety data sheets, strategy of survey design. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Demonstrate theoretical knowledge of various techniques based on current research and recent advances in this area. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | Curtin University website www.curtin.edu.au The OHS Program starts at www.curtin.edu.au/dept/health/ohs/ Worksafe WA website www.safetyline.wa.gov.au |
| Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | | Y | Y | | 2004 | BPI Intern'l Group S'pore | Trimester 1A | Y | | | | 2004 | Open University HK | Semester 1 | | Y | | | 2004 | Open University HK | Trimester 1A | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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