WORK AND HEALTH
HBS3WAH
2016
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject, work-related determinants of work-related health are reviewed within a broad, macro-ergonomics systems framework. Students will have the opportunity to develop an understanding of some of the mechanisms and pathways via which people's jobs and working environments can affect their physical and psychological health, safety and wellbeing, both positively and negatively. Within this framework, the aetiology of a range of the most commonly occurring occupational injuries and diseases will be reviewed. Although both the physical and psychosocial environments impact people at work, this subject focuses on the impact of the psychosocial environment on people's health, safety, wellbeing and performance at work..
School: School of Psychology & Public Health
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Victoria Weale
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: HBS2WDH, HBS5WDH
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Interpret data on common occupational injuries and diseases and describe the differences between 'disease' and 'injury'.
- Activities:
- Lectures, workshop activities, quizzes
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
02. Identify and evaluate the most common 'mechanisms' of injury/disease and the limitations of different data sources.
- Activities:
- Lectures, quizzes
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
03. Contextualise the relevance of positive OHS indicators: 'health', 'wellbeing', job satisfaction, and morale.
- Activities:
- Lectures, quizzes, workshop activities, enquiry
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
04. Apply a macro-ergonomics or socio-technical systems perspective of health and wellbeing in relation to various job and workplace factors.
- Activities:
- Lectures, quizzes, workshop activities, enquiry
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
05. Apply key concepts in 'OHS Risk Management' such as 'systems', 'risk' and 'hazard', and the 'hierarchy of risk control' to workplace issues.
- Activities:
- Lectures, quizzes, workshop activities, enquiry
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
06. Analyse the relationship between mental workload and performance.
- Activities:
- Lectures, quizzes, workshop activities, enquiry
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
07. Identify and analyse the effects of fatigue, mental workload, and stress on health, performance, and human error.
- Activities:
- Lectures, quizzes, workshop activities, enquiry
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Teamwork including leadership and working in groups,Autonomy and independence,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
Melbourne, 2016, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Victoria Weale
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
WorkShopWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Six 10 minutes online quzzes | 20 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07 | |
| One 1200 word written report | 30 | 04, 06, 07 | |
| One two hour written examination | 50 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07 | |
| Active participation in at least 10 workshops | Hurdle |