5425 (v.7) Occupational Health, Safety and Hygiene 581

Area:

School of Public Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

Individual Study:

1 x 4 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

The frameworks of occupational health and safety, risk assessment, hazard identification and control hierarchy. Principles of toxicology, occupational hygiene, ergonomics. Hazard of chemicals, noise, radiation, biological agents. Anthropometrics, lighting, muscle physiology, thermal climate, information processing, mental workload, circadian and intracardian variations, influence of stresses.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Describe a system of generic risk assessment and the control hierarchy and apply these principles. Recognise and discuss the assessment of toxic materials and application of this information to workplace assessment. Describe the procedure for assessment of noise in the workplace. Formulate a report suitable for the provision of information relating to workplace hazards to a variety of readers. Understand the history and aims of ergonomics/human factors. Relate human physical performance of the design of work, equipment and environments. Relate human mental performance to the design of work, equipment and environments.

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:

www.curtin.edu.au www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/health/ohs/ For further references, refer to the OHS program student handbook.

Unit Texts:

For modules 3 -9 - Bridger R.S., (1995), Introduction to Ergonomics, Singapore, McGraw-Hill. There is no textbook for the Occupational Health and Safety modules, however Health and Safety at Work by John Mathews is a useful reference book.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2			Y