310586 (v.1) Occupational Exposure Measurement and Evaluation 581

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.
Individual Study:	1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 4 Days Once-only
Prerequisite(s):	11517 (v.4) Ergonomics 594 or any previous version AND 11519 (v.4) Occupational Hygiene and Chemical Safety 596 or any previous version
Syllabus:	This unit demonstrates principles of occupational hygiene and ergonomic hazard identification, and assessment through the application of practical techniques of workplace measurement. Exposure evaluation techniques: occupational hygiene hazards (hazardous substances, noise, vibration, illumination, thermal stress and ventilation). Ergonomic stressors: physical ergonomics (anthropometrics, workstation design, muscle physiology, respiratory function) and cognitive ergonomics (information processing, mentalworkload, circadian variation and organisational stressors).
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	061301 Occupational Health and Safety
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Categorised *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 2				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