Graduate Diploma of Health (Workplace Health and Safety)

You will learn to coherently argue, justify, design and implement solutions to health and safety problems.

The second year of the Graduate Diploma of Workplace Health &

Safety Management extends your OHS skills and knowledge.

You will further develop your capacity in critical thinking, ability to influence organisations, and skills to implement OHS improvements.This qualification offers an opportunity to engage with contemporary professional level issues at both a local and international level of relevance to workplace health and safety.

Students will engage critically with current debates in the field of workplace health and safety in order to develop their understanding for industry based engagement.

Please note:

there are no Commonwealth Supported Places available for this program;

this is a full fee paying program.

Sample structures are just one example of the many options available within your chosen course. Please contact Federation University for further information on available options.

Please note this is a sample structure only and is not to be used for enrolment purposes. To enrol, please refer to the information provided to you by Federation University for your individual program structure or view our enrolment information page.

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Year 1

Semester 1

CONTEMPORARY WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICE AND RISK HLWHS6000, 30 credit points

WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION, SYSTEMS AND COMPLEXITY HLWHS6001, 30 credit points

Semester 2

WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND ORGANISATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS HLWHS6002, 30 credit points

THE CRITICAL RESEARCHER SCOHS7701, 30 credit points

Entry requirements (year 12)

Entry requirements (non year 12)

A bachelor degree; OR a diploma or advanced diploma in OH&S plus at least two years OH&S experience in a workplace; OR at least three years OH&S management experience.

Extra Requirements

Extra requirements (Domestic): It is strongly recommended that program participants be in employment or have access to a workplace for completion of assessment.