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Chemical Regulations and Safety (CHEM90055)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
An understanding of workplace safety issues is important for students pursuing careers in the chemical industry. This course explores the legal frameworks, current methodologies and issues of best practice in the risk minimisation and management of workplace hazards. The subject uses a variety of media in online delivery of course material and assessment, including recorded lectures, websites, videos and documented case studies, and builds on students own workplace experiences. It is anticipated that students will gain an appreciation of current legislation and codes of practice, identify different types of chemical workplace hazards and be able to apply risk management to workplace hazards.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete this subject can;
- Describe the basic concepts of hazard and risk, and the properties of various hazards
- Outline the general requirements and foundations of workplace safety legislation, and elements of best practice in workplace safety
- Identify, manage and critically evaluate chemical hazards and risks in the workplace
- Apply the generic process of hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control and review, specifically for the chemical industry
- Illustrate systems and strategies to help manage and promote occupational health and safety, including the hierarchy of controls, OHS management systems and improving safety culture
- Contextualise their own experience of workplace safety in wider events relevant to safety at work, including recent incidents/case studies/court cases, and other students' experiences
- Locate and evaluate relevant information and statistics related to OH&S
Generic skills
- advanced problem-solving and critical thinking skills
- an ability to evaluate workplace legislation and industrial regulations
- a capacity to apply concepts in one area to a different context
- the ability to implement constructive change in their communities, including professions and workplaces
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Semester 1
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Two mid-semester online quizzes, held in weeks 5 and 10, 30 minutes each, 15% each.
| Mid semester | 30% |
An individual assignment describing a case study in OH&S related to the chemical industry, outlining the incident, risk analysis that was present/absent, corrective actions undertaken/required and relevant legislation applicable.
| End of semester | 70% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Principal coordinator Craig Hutton Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
Resources will be available online
Last updated: 31 January 2024