Course Title: Document occupational hazards and risks in electronics
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2011
Course Code: OHTH5466C
Course Title: Document occupational hazards and risks in electronics
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6083 - Advanced Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering
Course Contact: Program Manager
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468
Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Gita Pendharkar
Email: gita.pendharkar@rmit.edu.au
Tel: +613 99254701
Nominal Hours: 20
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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This unit deals primarily with the process involved in completing documentation and/or making appropriate modifications to pre-prepared documents. It covers: i) occupational work hazard identification, ii) identifying health and safety risks to workers, iii) classifying risks, iv) documenting control measures intended to eliminate or reduce the risk that could potentially arise during the conduct of work activities, and v) consultation processes with those involved with Electronics work.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
UEENEEE034B Document occupational hazards and risks in electronics |
Element: |
1. Identify and document hazards and risks. |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Hazards are identified using appropriate processes with involvement of others, where appropriate. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Simulated work activities relating to occupational work hazard
Identification, includes:
• Identify Hazard
• Record hazards and assess the risk
• Determine the degree of risk in relation to different level of voltages
• Identify control measures so as to eliminate the risk
• Monitor and review process
• Practice and processes
Teaching Schedule
Week Number Date (Monday) Topic Delivered
1. Introduction to OHS
2. Hazard identification
3. Recording hazards and risk assessment method
4. Assessment of risk in relation to various aspects
5. Degree of risk
6. Control measures
7. Identify control measure to eliminate risk in various activities
8. Simulated workplace activities in risk assessment
9. Review and monitoring processes
10. Validate control measures
11. Promotion of principles and responsibilities
12. Legal responsibilities
13. managing and administering hazards and assessing risk in the workplace
14. Simulated workplace activities related to hazards
15. Practices and processes
16. Implementing hazards identification and risk management & Working on Written assignment related to risk management due at end of the class
17. Assessment
18. Course review and feedback
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
The resources will be available online on DLS and the school local S drive.
Overview of Assessment
This is a progressive assessment, the students are required to undertake summative assessments as follows:
• Documentation of simulated workplace scenario tasks
• Assignment work related to occupational hazards, risks management practice and processes.
Assessment Tasks
This competency is taught in conjunction with EEET6758C. Therefore the assessment tasks for this competency are integrated with EEET6758C. Please refer to EEET6758C for assessment tasks.
The name of the cluster is Electronics Project.
Assessment Matrix
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