This course equips workplace professionals with the skills and knowledge in quality-level occupational health and safety services in order to identify, prevent and manage occupational and environmental health risks and related health problems. Students will learn to systematically control related hazards and exposures within a broad range of workplace and community environments. The course aims to enable students to take responsibility for high-level independent judgements and initiate, implement and evaluate risk management interventions within varied occupational and environmental contexts. It is particularly suitable for medical practitioners, nurses, allied health personnel, scientists and occupational health and safety managers. The course is offered by off-campus learning; however, compulsory block attendance is required each semester. Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that you will be able to: demonstrate an understanding of the legal and ethical framework which governs occupational health and safety practice and the obligations of industry in regard to the environment access, critically appraise and integrate hazard information from published studies and other relevant sources in the literature to demonstrate autonomy, expert judgement and responsibility in an occupational and environmental health professional and/or management role recognise, evaluate the level of exposure and assess the degree of risk to health from chemical, physical and biological workplace and environmental hazards and provide advice on appropriate control measures in the workplace and the community demonstrate an understanding of the factors underlying risk perception and be able to effectively and sensitively communicate, in both written and oral forms, these risks to exposed people in the workplace and the community identify, recommend and source or provide occupational health services, including preventative and rehabilitation programs and environmental advice to industry demonstrate an understanding of epidemiological and biostatistical techniques and apply and interpret the knowledge to investigate health effects from occupational and environmental hazards. research knowledge and apply theories and research methods to a variety of occupational and environmental health problems and evaluate how they impact on health status and inform professional practice. Structure The course is structured in two parts: Part A. Occupational and environmental health studies and Part B. Advanced applied studies. All students complete Part A and Part B. Part A. Occupational and environmental health studies In these studies, you will gain an introduction to occupational health and safety, epidemiology, biostatistics as applied to public health and management studies and the principles and practice of ergonomics. You will learn about the effects and human costs of occupational disease and injury and how to recognise, evaluate and control workplace hazards drawing on an understanding of the psychosocial effects of the work environment. Part B. Advanced application studies The focus of these studies is in professional or scholarly work that can contribute to a portfolio of professional development. You have two options: a research pathway where you will gain the practical skills required to formulate a research question and design and assess a research project. If you wish to use this master's course as a pathway to a higher degree by research you should take this first option. a coursework pathway where you select elective units to suit your own interests.