SESC9201 — Safety Risk Management

COURSE COORDINATION

Coordinator :	Dr Melissa Sedmak
Contact Details :	Tel : (+612)93855342   •   Fax : (+612)93856190   •   Email : m.sedmak@unsw.edu.au

DELIVERY DETAILS		[ Current Schedules and Locations ]

Mode	Session	Type
On campus or off campus	2

COURSE DETAILS
Units of Credit :	6
Assumed Knowledge :	- Year 1 Undergraduate Physics course
Description :	Exclusions: SESC9100 and SESC9200 This course explores principles of health and safety risk management, including the legal context and methods of risk identification assessment and control. Principles of health and safety risk management are applied to a selection of physical, chemical, biological, and ergonomic hazards in the workplace.
Objectives :	At the end of this course students should be able to : correctly define and use the terminology of safety risk management describe how the risk management process of AS/NZS4360 is applied in the Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) context plan an SHE risk management program Apply and critically evaluate risk ranking tools Assess risks associated with selected physical, chemcial, biological and ergonomic hazards and recommend controls
Reading :	Australian Standards Handbook HB205 2004 OHS Risk Management Risk Management Standard AS/NZS4360

ASSESSMENT
Details Due Date Weight Job Safety Analysis TBA 10% Identify and rank risks in a workplace (you will also assess the risk assessment completed by other students) TBA 30% A literature review of risks associated with a hazard relevant to the course (1) TBA 30% A set of questions to address risks associated with hazards relevant to the course TBA 30%

COURSE SCHEDULE
Week 1 :	Principles of safety risk management and the legislative context, Planning safety risk management; Risk identification
Week 2 :	Risk Ranking Methods
Week 3 :	Manual Handling
Week 4 :	Occupational overuse and other musculoskeletal issues
Week 5 :	Dusts and fumes and their control; Confined spaces
Week 6 :	Noise and its control
Week 7 :	Biological Hazards - Infectious diseases; Control of Biohazards
Week 8 :	Chemical Hazarads Assessment and Control
Week 9 :	Chemical hazards, regulations, classification systems, transport and storage
Week 10 :	Hazard Communication systems Chemicals risk assessment
Week 11 :	Plant and Equipment
Week 12 :	Electrical safety

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..