The School of Safety Science is the largest and most research intensive University School in Australia which focuses on safety, the environment, and general risk management. We offer undergraduate and postgraduate coursework and research degrees. Students range from school leavers in the Safety Science Major of the BSc to senior managers undertaking a postgraduate coursework degree. We also have students with significant experience working in safety or risk management related professions but no limited paper qualifications studying for their first professional qualification.

Programs are designed to be flexible to suit the varied needs of students and are available, part time or full time, with internal or external study modes.

The School has ten full time academic staff from different discipline backgrounds who work together to teach a broad base of courses and undertake interdisciplinary research. There are laboratory facilities for research in occupational and environmental toxicology and in biomechanics/ergonomics. We also conduct theoretical and workplace based research on human factors, risk, assessment, disaster management, and health safety and the environment

RISK MANAGEMENT The School offers a Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Masters degree in Risk management. These are aimed primarily at people who are risk management professionals or intend to follow a career in risk management. Risk management courses may also be taken separately by managers in other areas wishing to upgrade their skills in risk management. Research focuses on risk assessment techniques, disaster and emergency management, and safety and environmental risk assessment and management.

HEALTH AND SAFETY The School has offered postgraduate programs relating to occupational health and safety since 1986. There is now a range of safety related programs including Occupational Medicine, Industrial Safety, Transport Safety, and Occupational Health and Safety. There is also a Master of Safety Science which combines courses in both safety and environmental management. Health and safety related research includes musculo-skeletal injury, toxicology, and safety management.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE The postgraduate Environmental Science programs are coordinated by the School on behalf of the Faculty of Science and provide a 1 year full time science focused program. Environmental science courses also form part of the 18 month University wide Master of Environmental Management. Environmental research includes environmental toxicology and environmental risk assessment.

HUMAN FACTORS & ERGONOMICS The Ergonomics Programs are an articulated set of three specialist programs designed for professionals from other disciplines to gain various levels of competency in ergonomics. The human factors group undertakes research in biomechanics, with a focus on sports injury, injury from impact, and from occupational injury.