Bachelor of Occupational Health and Safety

Central Queensland University

About

This course is a professional degree based on the study of occupational health and safety.

It will present you with the opportunity to undertake a plan and apply your discipline of study to specifically designated career path options.

It has been designed to prepare professionals in occupational health and safety with specifically applied knowledge, attitudes, skills and initiatives in the safety science areas of:

occupational health;

occupational hygiene ergonomics and human factors;

accident investigation;

and occupational health and safety management.

In addition, you have the option to select from a wide array of electives to suit personal needs and interests.

Units are designed to drive you through project-based authentic industry-relevant assessment tasks.

Throughout this course you are provided opportunities to practically apply your learning, including participation in supervised worksite visits with practical opportunities to apply your learning to given situations.

In addition, you will perform 120 hours of work practicum as a capstone project.

This presents you with valuable learning and application opportunities before the completion of your studies.

The purpose of this course is to produce graduates who are confident and competent health and safety professionals ready to be employed as workplace leaders in health and safety decision making and management.

Graduates will be able to facilitate, educate, problem solve and promote health and safety at workplaces and in the community.

Structure

Core Structure Environmental Studies Minor Human Factors Minor Liberal Studies Minor Public Health Minor Safety Science Minor

Course Structure

--> In order to complete this course, you must:

Complete the core structure
Complete 1 minor

Core Structure

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Number of units: 20	Total credit points: 120

Some of these units have compulsory residential schools - please check the handbook for advice.

Recommended study schedule

The following schedule is designed for full-time students who usually enrol in 4 units per term or 24 units of credit. Part-time students should therefore modify this schedule to suit their own needs. The normal study load for part-time students is 2 units per term or 12 units of credit per term.

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Year 1 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
--> OCHS11026	Introductory Occupational Health and Safety	-->
--> OCHS11025	Health and Safety Risk Management	-->
--> SCIE11022	Introductory Science	-->
--> AINV11001	Real World Investigation	-->

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Year 1 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
--> AINV11002	Socio-technical Systems	-->
--> AINV11003	Introduction to Investigative Methods	-->
--> BIOH11005	Introductory Anatomy and Physiology	-->
--> OCHS11027	OHS Fundamentals	-->

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Year 2 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
--> OCHS12018	Safety Science	-->
--> HLTH11027	Foundations of Health	-->
--> AINV12002	Accident Phenomenology	-->

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Year 2 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
--> OCHS12019	Human Factors	-->
--> OCHS12002	Occupational Health and Safety Practice	-->
--> OCHS12015	Occupational Health and Safety Law	-->

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Year 3 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
--> OCHS13020	Future Paradigms in OHS A	-->
--> OCHS13016	Advanced Occupational Health	-->
--> OCHS13018	Safety Systems	-->

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Year 3 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
--> OCHS13021	Future Paradigms in OHS B	-->
--> OCHS13019	Prevention Through Design	-->
--> OCHS13017	Resilient Organisations	-->

Course Structure

--> In order to complete this course, you must:

Complete the core structure
Complete 1 minor

Environmental Studies Minor

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Number of units: 4	Total credit points: 24

Some of these units may have compulsory residential schools - please check the handbook for advice.

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Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
--> ENVR11011	Modern Environmental Issues	-->

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Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
--> LAWS11046	Law and the Environment	-->
--> ECON19031	Environmental Economics	-->
--> EVST19007	Environmental and Social Impact Assessment	-->
--> EVST19008	Development and Environmental Policy	-->
--> EVST19020	Environmental Management Systems	-->
--> EVST19021	Sustainability Issues and Solutions	-->
--> EVST19022	Climate Change: Risk and Assessments	-->
--> GEOG19021	Geographic Information Systems	-->
--> GEOG19022	Data Visualisation	-->

Course Structure

--> In order to complete this course, you must:

Complete the core structure
Complete 1 minor

Human Factors Minor

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Number of units: 4	Total credit points: 24

Some of these units may have compulsory residential schools - please check the handbook for advice.

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Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
--> COMM11003	Career Communications	-->
--> AINV12005	Forensic Engineering	-->
--> COIS12036	Human-Computer Interaction	-->
--> COIT11226	Systems Analysis	-->
--> AINV13001	Accident Analysis	-->

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Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
--> AINV13002	Human Factors Investigation	-->

Course Structure

--> In order to complete this course, you must:

Complete the core structure
Complete 1 minor

Liberal Studies Minor

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Number of units: 4	Total credit points: 24

Students can undertake any four units which must include three advanced level units. Students should discuss their selection with the Course Advisor and/or the Discipline Lead.

Course Structure

--> In order to complete this course, you must:

Complete the core structure
Complete 1 minor

Public Health Minor

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Number of units: 4	Total credit points: 24

Some of these units may have compulsory residential schools - please check the handbook for advice.

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Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
--> HLTH13031	Population Health Epidemiology	-->

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Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
--> HLTH11029	Health Promotion Concepts	-->
--> HLTH11028	Community Needs Assessment	-->
--> HLTH11030	Health Communication	-->
--> ENVH11001	Health and the Environment	-->
--> ENVH12001	Food Safety	-->
--> HLTH12028	Health Promotion Strategies	-->
--> HLTH12030	Drugs in Society	-->
--> ENVH13002	Environmental Health Risk Management	-->
--> EVST19023	Water Resource Management	-->
--> HLTH12031	Community Engaged Learning	-->
--> HLTH11031	Healthy Lifestyles	-->
--> ENVH12003	Environmental Toxicology	-->

Course Structure

--> In order to complete this course, you must:

Complete the core structure
Complete 1 minor

Safety Science Minor

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Number of units: 4	Total credit points: 24

Some of these units may have compulsory residential schools - please check the handbook for advice.

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Available units
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
--> AINV13001	Accident Analysis	-->
--> AINV12003	Victim Pathology	-->

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Available units
Students may choose to do any of the following:
--> AINV12001	Investigative Methods Practice	-->
--> AINV12005	Forensic Engineering	-->
--> AINV13004	Learning From Failure	-->
--> AINV13002	Human Factors Investigation	-->

Entry requirements

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Entry Scores

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Rank Threshold	SR 60 \| ATAR 60
Rank Cut-Off	OP 17 \| SR 65 \| ATAR 59.9

Entry Requirements

Domestic - Nil

International - If you were not born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, South Africa or USA you are required to meet the English Language Prerequisite by:

an academic IELTS (International English Language Testing System) completed within the last 2 years (from the term you are applying to start) with a minimum achievement of 6 across all bands and overall; OR
a secondary or university qualification which is not more than 5 years old (from the term you are applying for entry into) with a satisfactory level of achievement of at least 2 years in duration from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, South Africa or USA.

Security Requirements

No information available at this time

Health Requirements

No information available at this time

Assumed Knowledge

Domestic - While there are no course pre-requisites, Senior English, Senior Science and Senior Mathematics are strongly recommended. Students without Senior English, Senior Science and Senior Mathematics are strongly recommended to undertake one of the following access courses:

Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS)
Tertiary Entry Program (TEP)

Fees and Charges

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Learning outcomes

Core Learning Outcomes

1.
Critique and apply OHS, safety science and systems thinking knowledge, evidence, processes, skills, principles and concepts across diverse contexts.
2.
Work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to effectively address health and safety issues across diverse contexts.
3.
Communicate effectively and professionally within a community of practice, workplaces and other public spaces.
4.
Analyse the implications of political, economic, social, cultural and technical trends for OHS practice.
5.
Reflect realistically on their own practice and be able to effectively and sensitively implement change.

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	Course Learning Outcomes
Australian Qualifications Framework Descriptors	1	2	3	4	5
1. KNOWLEDGE Have a broad and coherent body of knowledge, with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in one or more disciplines as a basis for independent lifelong learning
2. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge
3. SKILLS Have cognitive and technical skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of knowledge with depth in some areas
4. SKILLS Have cognitive and creative skills to exercise critical thinking and judgement in identifying and solving problems with intellectual independence
5. SKILLS Have communication skills to present a clear, coherent and independent exposition of knowledge and ideas
6. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Demonstrate initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in professional practice and/or scholarship
7. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts
8. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILL Be responsible and accountable for own learning and professional practice and in collaboration with others within broad parameters

Environmental Studies Learning Outcomes