MGT2001 Management of Workplace Health and Safety (FOBUS)

Semester 1 (ONC)Toowoomba (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Occupational Health and Safety) Band 2

Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to USQConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at http://www.usq.edu.au/handbook/current/busgeninfo.html

Synopsis

This course is an important one for future or current managers as it introduces the concept of risk, and how this can be managed in an effective way in a workplace health and safety context. Managers are obliged by law to discharge their obligations to protect workers and this course provides some of the tools and the knowledge base on which to make informed decisions about health and safety. An understanding of risk management is therefore fundamental to achieving the objectives of this course. Other emphases include the legal obligations themselves and how and where these obligations are expressed, and what managers (and others) can do to prevent workplace mishaps. While preventative strategies are preferred, there is also a recognition that incidents will occur from time to time. The focus then changes to reactive managerial and legislative remedies. Contemporary issues feature in the latter part of the course.