Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.

This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .

No previous feedback available

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

1. Explain the fundamental principles of process safety and risk management, including hazard identification, risk assessment, and safety regulations
2. Describe key safety concepts, such as inherently safer design, process hazard analysis (PHA), and layers of protection
3. Apply risk assessment techniques such as HAZOP (Hazard and Operability Study) and FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) to evaluate process hazards
4. Apply process safety principles to design safer systems, incorporating relief mechanisms, safety instrumentation, and emergency shutdown procedures
5. Communicate process safety risks effectively through technical reports, presentations, and risk assessment documents.

The learning outcomes for this unit are linked with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standards for Professional Engineers in the following areas: 1. Knowledge and Skill Base, 2. Engineering Application Ability and 3. Professional and Personal Attributes at the following levels:

 Introductory

1.6 Understanding the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of sustainable engineering practice in the specific discipline. (LO: 1N 2N 3N 4N )

Intermediate

1.3 In-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the engineering discipline. (LO: 11I 2I 3I 4I )

1.5 Knowledge of engineering design practice and contextual factors impacting the engineering discipline. (LO: 1I 2I 3I 4I, 5I)

3.3 Creative, innovative and pro-active demeanour. (LO: 1I 2I 3N 4N)

Advanced

1.1 Comprehensive, theory-based understanding of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and the engineering fundamentals applicable to the engineering discipline. (LO: 1A 2A 3I 4N)

2.1 Application of established engineering methods to complex engineering problem solving. (LO: 1A 2A 3I 4I )

2.2 Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools and resources. (LO: 1A 2A 3I 4A )

2.3 Application of systematic engineering synthesis and design processes. (LO: 1A 2A 3I 4A )

2.4 Application of systematic approaches to the conduct and management of engineering projects. (LO: 1A 2A 3I 4A )

3.1 Ethical conduct and professional accountability. (LO: 1A 2A 3N 4A 5I )

3.2 Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains. (LO: 1A 2A 3A 4A 5I )

3.4 Professional use and management of information. (LO: 1A 2A 3I 4I  5A)

 Note: LO refers to the Learning Outcome number(s) which link to the competency and the levels: N – Introductory, I – Intermediate and A - Advanced.

Refer to the Engineering Undergraduate Course Moodle site for further information on Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers and course level mapping information https://moodle.cqu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=1511

• Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
• Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes