SESC3101 — Risk Assessment and Safety Engineering

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	2	session

COURSE DETAILS
Units of Credit :	6
Assumed Knowledge :	-
Description :	This course reviews requirements and responsibilities for risk management in OHS legislation. Principles of risk identification, assessment and control are applied to a range of safety problems This course aims to make students aware of major workplace safety issues and how to control them. Issues include manual materials handling, mechanical plant and equipment, confined spaces, fire and explosion, noise, whole body vibration, electrical safety, and workplace design.
Objectives :	After completing 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 Find and use information relating to physical and ergonomic hazards and their control from library and internet souces. Prepare a report in a form suitable for management.
Reading :	Australian Standards Handbook HB205 2004 OHS Risk Management and Risk Management Standard AS/NZS4360. Notes are supplied and students are expected to supplement this by research from the web and library.   General Web links: www.austlii.edu.au (the law) http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au (Risk Assessment:Code of Practice, NSW) http://nohsc.info.au.com (injury statistics in Australia) http://www.nohsc.gov.au (Australian safety information) www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html (USA safety Information) www.hse.gov.uk (UK safety Information)

ASSESSMENT

Details Due Date Weight Job Safety Analysis Assignment TBA 10% Identify and rank risks in a workplace (you will also assess the risk assessment completed by other students) TBA 30% Essay - A literature review of risks associated with a hazard relevant to the course (1) TBA 30% A set of questions to be answered with up to 500 word answers on risks associated with hazards relevant to the course (2) 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 Hazards 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..