Course Title: Organisational Safety
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Organisational Safety
Credit Points: 12.00
Important Information:
Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.
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Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance. The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in the local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance.
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
PUBH1360 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
135H Applied Sciences |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2006, Sem 1 2007, Sem 1 2008, Sem 1 2009, Sem 1 2010, Sem 1 2011, Sem 1 2012, Sem 2 2013, Sem 2 2015, Sem 2 2016 |
PUBH1360 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
325H Property, Construction & Project Management |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2022 |
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
PUBH1360 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
325H Property, Construction & Project Management |
Face-to-Face |
PGRDFlex18 (ZZZZ) |
Course Coordinator: Payam Pirzadeh
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 9543
Course Coordinator Email: payam.pirzadeh@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 8.8.49
Course Coordinator Availability: by appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
In this course, you will review how the organisational structure and context impacts on OHS management systems, culture and operational decisions affecting work and workers.
You will critically examine operations of health and safety management systems, their assurance programs for system effectiveness and impact.
You will explore how organisations develop a safety culture to become high reliability organisations.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course will contribute to the following Program Learning Outcomes:
- Determine and apply knowledge of complex occupational health and safety theory, principles and best practice to applied projects to contribute to the profession and discipline of occupational health and safety
- Professionally communicate and justify project scope, design, implementation, strategy and /or outcomes, engaging effectively with diverse stakeholders across a range of industry sectors
On completion of this course you will be able to fulfill the requirements of the following Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):
- Analyse health and safety governance obligations and identify the governance systems, culture and operational decisions needed to achieve them
- Interpret and apply international and industry standards to occupational health and safety management systems for maximum effectiveness
- Develop and communicate organisational health and safety goals to stakeholders
- Apply health and safety assurance programs to achieve organisational goals
Overview of Learning Activities
You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectures, tutorials, seminars, project work, class discussion,individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.
There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes.
Assessment consists of:
Task 1. Safety Culture Maturity Model & Strategy Assignment 35% CLOs 1&3
Task 2. OH&S corporate governance and reporting 35% CLOs1,2,&3
Task 3. Analysis of safety disaster case study 30% CLOs1,2&4
Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.