Unit Code: OHS445

Unit Name: Workplace Health & Safety

Description: To develop students’ knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of Occupational Health and Safety Laws with Associated Regulations. To enable students to acquire the necessary skills to be able to identify hazards and assess risk in their workplaces and also develop control measures that are effective to eliminate or reduce the risk to an acceptable level. The Course content has been drawn parallel to the Contents and requirements of the HASAW Act 1996 and Legal Notice 168 Regulation for the Training of Health and Safety Reps and Committees in Fiji’s Workplaces. This course has been designed for students that would enter into the job market with these basic skills in OHS.

Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, you should be able to: 1. Apply Occupational Health and Safety. 2. Interpret the Health and Safety at Work Act 1996. 3. Select relevant sections of the General Workplace Conditions 2003. 4. Interpret and apply the functions of the OHS committee. 5. Application of the standards of the personal protective equipment.

Prerequisite: MER

Prerequisite Sentence: Minimum Entry Requirement of the programme

Credit Point: 12

Offered In: Semester 1