2868 - Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health
This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course
| Abbreviated title | GradCertOccHlth |
|---|---|
| Managing faculty | Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences |
| Intake restrictions | This course is not available to international students. |
| Study location and mode | Off-campus Students must complete compulsory block requirements each semester. |
| Total credit points required | 24 |
| Duration (years) | 1 year PT Part-time study only. |
| Contact details | Postgraduate Office: Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3004: telephone +61 3 9903 0563; email pgradenq@med.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/pgrad/ |
| Course coordinator | Professor Malcolm Sim |
Description
This course, offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, provides a program for professionals in the workplace who wish to expand their knowledge and skills in preventive occupational health practice. It provides the basic knowledge in legal occupational health and safety requirements and competence in assessing and controlling workplace hazards.
Assessment
Assessment includes web-based tasks, written assignments and examinations.
Objectives
On completion of this course graduates should be able to:
- identify the legal requirements of occupational health practice
- demonstrate an understanding of the principles of recognition, assessment and control of workplace hazards
- demonstrate use of monitoring equipment, and interpret results of such testing used to measure the level of hazards in the workplace
- assess the risks to health of common chemical, physical, biological and psychosocial hazards in the workplace
- advise on specific measures and management programs to control these hazards in the workplace.
Structure
Students complete four core units.
Requirements
Students complete:
Progression to further studies
This course articulates with the Graduate Diploma in Occupational and Environmental Health and then the Master of Occupational and Environmental Health or can lead to the Master of Public Health.
Award(s) received on completion *
Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health
* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.
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