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Unit Synopsis
In Exposures and Health Risk you will use current methods to analyse contemporary issues in occupational health and hygiene. The unit content will emphasise the role of toxicology, the nature of illness and injury caused by exposure to hazards and practical ways to assess risk. You will develop practical solutions for the advanced elimination and risk management of occupational health and hygiene hazards. On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to use a systems oriented approach to apply your knowledge to new issues of health risk as they arise in the workplace.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 8 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2024
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate 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
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 2. Group Work | 40% |
| 3. Online Quiz(zes) | 20% |
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%).
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 .
Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 25.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 38.1% response rate.
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.
Source: Student feedback
Provide more emergency and disaster management examples for these students.
These case studies will be included for this cohort.
A specific case study was included.
Source: Student feedback, grades
Masters of Public Health students not understanding Occupational Hygiene related issues.
Review if this unit should be offered as an elective for these students.
This needs to be considered again.
Source: Student feedback
No student engagement with the tutorial
Review the use of the tutorial and the way that information is presented to students.
International students did not engage in the tutorial again.
Source: Academic integrity cases
Large number of Academic integrity cases being submitted
Review all assessments to ensure that it is less tempting or possible to use artificial intelligence to complete the assignment.
There were still a large number of AI cases and this needs to be reviewed again.
Source: Student feedback, grades
Masters of Public Health students not understanding Occupational Hygiene related issues.
Add prerequisite stipulations to this unit.
In Progress
Source: Academic integrity cases
Large number of Academic integrity cases being submitted
Review all assessments (including marking rubrics) to ensure that it is less tempting or possible to use artificial intelligence to complete the assignment. Add prerequisite stipulations to this unit.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Analyse actual occupational health cases and demonstrate individual initiative and effective teamwork skills in problem solving.
- Apply a systems approach to complex problem solving in diverse occupational health environments.
- Apply the principles of critical assessment of severity and urgency in occupational health.
- Evaluate problems in occupational health, including indoor and outdoor environments.
- Research and evaluate toxicology and the principles of the monitoring of place and person.
- Appraise current knowledge of the nature of illness and injury associated with exposure to certain hazards.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Group Work | • | • | • | |||
| 3 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | • | |||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | • | ||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • | • | • | |
| 4 - Research | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Leadership | • | |||||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| 2 - Group Work | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||