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Mine Safety and Engineering (GEOL90033)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Off Campus
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
April
Overview
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The unit is designed to give a basis for understanding the various elements that make up the mine environment, and how to control and regulate it to achieve a safe, healthy and comfortable workplace conducive to performance and efficiency.
Intended learning outcomes
- Equip students with discipline-specific knowledge and expertise appropriate for post-graduate research in the field;
- equip students with discipline-specific knowledge and expertise enabling them to take their place as professional geologists in industry or government organisations;
- apply management system concepts to occupational health and safety case studies;
- compare and contrast occupational health and safety auditing tools;
- and obtain an understanding of relevant safety legislation.
Generic skills
- Exercise critical judgement;
- undertake rigorous and independent thinking;
- adopt a problem-solving approach to new and unfamiliar tasks;
- develop high-level written report and/or oral presentation skills;
- interrogate, synthesise and interpret the published literature;
- work as part of a team.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Year 2/3 geology recommended plus a basic knowledge of statistics (mean, standard deviation, variance etc).
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Course questions equivalent to 1250 words, due four weeks after the end of the teaching period (50%)
- Safety and Risk Assessment assignment equivalent to 1250 words, due four weeks after the end of the teaching period (50%).
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- April - Off Campus
Principal coordinator Kevin Walsh Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours 40 contact hours: 30 hours of classes, 10 hours online contact Total time commitment 85 hours Pre teaching start date 21 April 2017 Teaching period 24 April 2017 to 28 April 2017 Last self-enrol date 21 April 2017 Census date 24 April 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 April 2017 Assessment period ends 28 April 2017 April contact information
Time commitment details
85 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject is taught through the Victorian Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences: https://vieps.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Reading expected to be completed in the pre-teaching period.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Science (Earth Sciences) Course Master of Geoscience Informal specialisation Earth Sciences Major Honours Program - Earth Sciences - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022