School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Risk Management
  • Unit Code

    HST2145
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Marcus Paul CATTANI

Description

Students will develop the skills required to follow a systematic process to manage occupational health and safety risk. Students learn the skills to assess a workplace for occupational safety and health risks using a variety of tools, formulate priorities and devise practical solutions to enhance workplace occupational safety and health.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

This unit can be delivered fully online with all resources and materials accessed through Blackboard. Students need to have access to a personal computer and internet.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from HST1152, HST1154

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HST2144

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and effective communicate occupational safety and health data to key stakeholder.
  2. Apply the risk management process to a workplace of their choice.
  3. Critically evaluated risk identification tools.
  4. Describe the incident investigation process.
  5. Design and complete an incident report.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to occupational health and safety risk management
  2. Monitoring and review
  3. Risk management in practice
  4. Incident and emergency management in practice
  5. Revision
  6. International standard of risk management
  7. Incident causation models
  8. Communication and consultation
  9. Establish the context
  10. Risk identification
  11. Risk analysis
  12. Risk evaluation
  13. Risk treatment

Additional Learning Experience Information

ON-CAMPUS: Lectures, tutorials and case studies
OFF-CAMPUS: Online modules, e-learning activities, tutorials and readings.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline test20%
ReportRisk Management Report40%
ExaminationExamination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline test20%
ReportRisk Management Report40%
ExaminationExamination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Risk Management
  • Unit Code

    HST2145
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Marcus Paul CATTANI

Description

Students will develop the skills required to follow a systematic process to manage occupational health and safety risk. Students learn the skills to assess a workplace for occupational safety and health risks using a variety of tools, formulate priorities and devise practical solutions to enhance workplace occupational safety and health.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

This unit can be delivered fully online with all resources and materials accessed through Blackboard. Students need to have access to a personal computer and internet.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from HST1152, HST1154

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded HST2144

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and effective communicate occupational safety and health data to key stakeholder.
  2. Apply the risk management process to a workplace of their choice.
  3. Critically evaluated risk identification tools.
  4. Describe the incident investigation process.
  5. Design and complete an incident report.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to occupational health and safety risk management
  2. Monitoring and review
  3. Risk management in practice
  4. Incident and emergency management in practice
  5. Revision
  6. International standard of risk management
  7. Incident causation models
  8. Communication and consultation
  9. Establish the context
  10. Risk identification
  11. Risk analysis
  12. Risk evaluation
  13. Risk treatment

Additional Learning Experience Information

ON-CAMPUS: Lectures, tutorials and case studies
OFF-CAMPUS: Online modules, e-learning activities, tutorials and readings.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline test20%
ReportRisk Management Report40%
ExaminationExamination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline test20%
ReportRisk Management Report40%
ExaminationExamination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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