11102 (v.8) Occupational Hygiene 282

Area:	School of Public Health
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
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.
Tutorial:	1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	1643 (v.7) Human Biology 133 or any previous version AND 1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134 or any previous version AND 7713 (v.9) Health Science Communication 180 or any previous version AND 10009 (v.3) Chemistry 127 or any previous version AND 10223 (v.2) Chemistry 131 or any previous version AND 302409 (v.2) Chemistry For Life Sciences 101 or any previous version AND 302467 (v.2) Introduction to Microbiology 132 or any previous version OR 302411 (v.2) Introductory Microbiology 103 or any previous version AND 303091 (v.3) Epidemiology 186 or any previous version AND 303168 (v.3) Epidemiology and Biostatistics 180 or any previous version AND 303855 (v.2) Introduction and Practice of Occupational Health and Safety 283 or any previous version AND 304741 (v.2) Physics 115 or any previous version
Syllabus:	This is an introductory unit to occupational hygiene area with the aim to equip students with theoretical and practical knowledge of various occupational hygiene techniques based on current research and recent advances in this area. The topics covered include hazards in the work environment; occupational health; toxicology and epidemiology; workplace exposure standards; dusts and particulates; metals; gases and vapours; physical hazards in the work environment; noise and vibration; thermal environment and pressure; radiation (ionising and non-ionising); chemical hazards; biological hazards; controls for workplace health hazards; and sources and information.
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Field of Education:	061301 Occupational Health and Safety
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not 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
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1				Y
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	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