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Centre for Ergonomics and Human Factors

Master of Ergonomics, Safety and Health (M.ESH) - Distance Mode

The Master of Ergonomics, Safety and Health is offered for distance mode study over a minimum of two years part-time (three years for a Masters with Honours)

Year 1 (part time)

This also constitutes the first year of the Master of Occupational Health (M.OH). That is, the two Masters courses share a common first year.
Students enrolled in either the M.ESH or the M.OH who successfully complete this first year and decide to discontinue their studies at that point will be awarded a Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health, Safety and Ergonomics.

The four subjects comprising this first year of the M.ESH are:
HBS4/5WDH Work-related determinants of health
OCT4/5OHA OH&S principles and legislation
HBS4/5ERG Principles of work, workstation and plant design
OCT4/5OHC Screening and monitoring in OH&S

Year 2 (part-time)

HBS4/5EAM Monitoring and assessment of physical and psychosocial hazards
HBS4/5RPP Workplace risk management & practice principles (taken also by M.OH students)
HBS4/5WAM Workplace applications of monitoring and assessment methods
HBS4/5MSD Prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders

In the middle of the year, students may apply for entry into an Honours program (entry based on academic merit), which requires an additional part-time year of study.

Students who are not taking the Honours program will graduate at the end of Year 2 with a Master of Ergonomics, Safety and Health (M.ESH).

Year 3 (part-time) M.ESH Honours Program

The two subjects comprising this Honours program for the M.ESH are:
- A graduate research methods subject (content appropriate to the planned thesis research topic)
- HBS5HON M.ESH Thesis.

Students who successfully complete this year will graduate with a M.ESH (Hons).

Fees
In 2010, tuition fees for the above Masters program are expected to be $6,850 per part-time year (four subjects). That is: the cost is expected to be $1,712.50 per 15 credit point subject; $13,700 for the M.ESH (two years, part-time – eight subjects); and $20,550 for the M.ESH with Honours (three years part-time).

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Answers to a large set of frequently asked questions are provided at www.latrobe.edu.au/ergonomics/FAQ_OHS.html.

Further details
Before contacting someone to ask questions, please read the information available via the above links – that is, the links to details of each the courses, plus the link to FAQs.

If after that you still have unanswered questions, please contact one of the following people.

For more information about enrolment or other administrative matters:
Margaret Amarant
Email: m.amarant@latrobe.edu.au;     Phone: +61 (0)3 9479 3973

For more information about content of the Master of Ergonomics, Safety & Health, or about Graduate Certificate subjects with an HBS code, contact:
Jodi Oakman
Email: j.oakman@latrobe.edu.au;       Phone: +61 (0)3 9479 3235

Professional recognition

M.ESH graduates will have completed all educational requirements for practice as both a generalist OH&S professional and as a Certified Professional Ergonomist.

Ergonomics is an area of specialist practice within OH&S. La Trobe University graduates have a particular advantage since the course is informed by our ergonomics research on the prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and on the management of psychosocial hazards, which are the two largest challenges currently confronting OH&S professionals in industrially developed countries throughout the world.

Following graduation, full professional status requires completion of specified periods of supervised professional practice, prior to applying for certification as a generalist OHS professional or to become a Certified Professional Ergonomist.