General objectives:

  • To develop in students a detailed understanding of the key concepts underpinning occupational safety and health;
  • To provide an in-depth knowledge of the manner in which employers may achieve and maintain high standards of occupational safety and health;
  • To provide a Postgraduate program in Safety Management to students from a diverse academic and professional background (engineering, management, psychology, health);
  • To ensure that students understand the locus of OHS within Enterprise Risk Management and Corporate Governance and the need to integrate the management of safety and health into all levels of responsibility in an undertaking;
  • To ensure that students understand the need to approach occupational safety and health risks primarily through the use of preventative means.