AssocDeg Occupational Health and Safety
Central Queensland University - Online
Overview
This course will prepare you for a career in health and safety. As a graduate of this course, you will be able to facilitate, educate, problem solve and promote health and safety at workplaces and in the community. Benefit from relevant training and education in health and safety to graduate as a confident and competent health and safety paraprofessional ready to be employed in health and safety decision making and management. This course has been designed to prepare paraprofessionals in occupational health and safety with specifically applied knowledge, attitudes, skills and initiatives in ergonomics and human factors, and occupational health and safety management.
Units are designed to drive you through project-based authentic industry-relevant assessment tasks. Throughout this course you are provided opportunities to practically apply your learning, including participation in supervised worksite visits with practical opportunities to apply your learning to given situations.
Prerequisites
English Standard (Band 2).
Majors
Areas of study
Occupational health and safety, safety science.
Potential Career Outcomes
Career opportunities
Industrial safety officer or occupational hygienist in manufacturing, mining, service industries, employer associations, the defence force, health, primary industry, government, rural safety.
ATAR & Selection Rank
The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.
| ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds | ATAR (excluding adjustment factors) | Selection Rank (including adjustment factors) |
|---|---|---|
| Highest rank to receive an offer | ||
| Median rank to receive an offer | ||
| Lowest rank to receive an offer |
<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made
Admission Criteria
Please refer to the Central Queensland University website for admission criteria information.
This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.
University
Central Queensland University
Campus
Online
Course Type
Associate Degree
Study Area
Health Sciences
Delivery Mode
Online
Duration
Full-time: 2 years, Part-time: 4 years
Indicative ATAR
Unknown
Course Link
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- State
- QLD
- Type
- University
- Courses
- 357
- Campuses
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Adelaide Brisbane Bundaberg Cairns Country University Centre Emerald Geraldton Universities Centre Gladstone Mackay Melbourne Murray River Study Hub Pilbara Universities Centre Rockhampton Sydney Taree University Campus Townsville UniHub Spencer Gulf
Please note that these statistics simply refer to the information we have in our database. This is not an exhaustive list of courses offered at Central Queensland University. Please refer to the institution's website for the most current information.
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