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Mine Safety and Engineering (GEOL90033)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Online

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Overview

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July - Online
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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

  • July - Online
    Principal coordinatorKevin Walsh
    Mode of deliveryOnline
    Contact hours40 contact hours: 30 hours of online classes, 10 hours online contact
    Total time commitment85 hours
    Teaching period 2 July 2018 to 14 September 2018
    Last self-enrol date17 July 2018
    Census date20 July 2018
    Last date to withdraw without fail31 August 2018
    Assessment period ends28 September 2018

    July contact information

    kevin.walsh@unimelb.edu.au

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:

    TypeName
    CourseMaster of Geoscience
    CourseMaster of Science (Earth Sciences)
    Informal specialisationEarth Sciences
    MajorHonours 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.

  • Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students

    This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.

Last updated: 3 November 2022