SESC6091 — Safety, Health and Environmental Practice

COURSE COORDINATION

Coordinator :	Dr Christian Khalil
Contact Details :	Tel : (+612)93855349   •   Fax : (+612)93856190   •   Email : c.khalil@unsw.edu.au
Please note :	This course is a new category of course called a HYBRID course. Hybrid courses are courses in which both undergraduate and postgraduate students may be enrolled.

DELIVERY DETAILS		[ Current Schedules and Locations ]

Mode	Session	Type
On campus only (includes site visits)	2	session

Exclusions :

SESC3091 and SESC9091

COURSE DETAILS
Units of Credit :	6
Assumed Knowledge :	SESC9101 - Occupational Health and Safety SESC9201 - Safety Risk Management
Undergraduate core :	Elective course in BSc (3970 program) SHE major.
Postgraduate core :	Elective Course Safety, Health, and Environment programs (Grad Cert, Grad Dip, and Masters in SHE)
Description :	A workplace assessment based course where students are required to report on the safety, health or environmental issues following visits to a number of diverse industrial sites.
Objectives :	This course is report based, the objective of which is to provide an insight to workplace hazards and their control, through visits to factories and workplaces.
Reading :	CCH. Workplace Health and Safety Manual. Sydney: CCH International, from 1987. Clayton, G.D., Clayton, F.E., Cralley, L.J., Cralley L.V. Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology (Volumes 1, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A and 3B). New York: John Wiley, 1978-1985. Kornberg, J.P. The Workplace Walk-Through. in Kornberg's Operational Guideline Series in Occupational Medicine. Volume 1. Lewis Publishers, 1992. Plog, B.A. (editor). Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene (3rd Edition). Chicago: National Safety Council, 1988. Stewart, K.A. Effective Workplace Inspections (P89-E). Hamilton: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, 1989. Waldron, H.A. Occupational Health Practice. Butterworths, Third edition, 1989. Worksafe Australia. Building Best OHS Practice. Sydney: Worksafe Australia, 1992.

ASSESSMENT
Details Due Date Weight Individual Tutorial Presentation (30 minutes) 00/00/2006 10% Three reports on site visits 00/00/2006 30% each

COURSE SCHEDULE
Week: 1 :	Introduction to the subject Conducting workplace assessments
Week: 2 :	Garden Island Dockyard, Woolloomooloo, Debrief, Student Presentations, Briefing
Week: 3 :	-
Week: 4 :	TRW Australia, Marrickville Debrief, Student Presentations, Briefing
Week: 5 :	-
Week: 6 :	ANSTO, Lucas Heights Debrief, Student Presentations, Briefing
Week: 7 :	-
Week: 8 :	ORICA (former ICIA), Matraville (Chlorine plant) Debrief, Student Presentations, Briefing
Week: 9 :	-
Week: 10 :	Caltex Oil Refinery, Kurnell Debrief, Student Presentations, Briefing
Week: 11 :	-
Week: 12 :	ARA (Australian Refined Alloys) (lead smelting division) Alexandria Debrief, Student Presentations, Briefing
Week: 13 :	-
Week: 14 :	AMCOR Fibre Packaging Botany Mills, Matraville. Debrief, Student Presentations, Briefing Subject wrap-up

LEARNING RESOURCES
The University of New South Wales provides a range of resources to help students develop their skills and to realise their full potential. The Learning Centre, located at the entrance to the Library provides guidance material, which is also available on-line.
	The University also provides academic orientation programs called MyStart and ReStart for both new and returning students to help them in their transitions into academia..