MSc/PgDip/PgCert Safety & Risk Management

This class provides a context for safety and risk management practice in a wide variety of workplace environments. The standpoint adopted is one of developing the ability to benchmark safety and risk management within the overall management structure of the organisation.

You'll progress from this class with a common level of knowledge and understanding of key concepts and practice in safety and risk management, including health and safety legislation, safety policy and culture, risk assessment and human factors.

This class equips you to carry out a detailed assessment of the hazards, risks and dangers present in a range of workplace environments. The emphasis is on the interplay of work environment, people and work systems from which risks arise.

Based on a factual and practical account of typical risks in typical scenarios, you're encouraged to reflect on and generalise from these situations so that you can transfer your improved understanding to any workplace situation.

Safety and risk management should be fully integrated into the organisation and the safety culture of the organisation developed accordingly.

This class focuses on developing a range of skills which will positively influence management and employees at all levels to achieve this strategic objective.

Within this class, data analysis and presentation techniques, loss control methods, effective networking and problem solving skills will be developed.

A primary task of managing any organisation is to ensure that risks to the health and safety of employees and other persons who may be adversely affected by their organisation’s acts, omissions or managerial decisions are being adequately identified and managed. In a similar way, the risks that can adversely affect the wellbeing of the organisation must be identified, evaluated and controlled.

This class will develop your ability to identify corporate risks, evaluate and quantify the level of risk and advise management on appropriate action which will bring such risks within the tolerability of the organisation’s resources and ability to cope.

Many accidents associated with work can be attributed to human behaviour.

This class will assist those who direct and manage work activities to understand the individual and collective powers of the human mind and how these powers can be stimulated to achieve cost-effective benefits within the context of work activities.

In this class you'll look at ergonomic design for everyone. You'll also look specifically at ergonomic design for people who have additional support needs.

Upon completing this class, you'll be equipped to take their acquired knowledge and skills into a wide range of work activities to enhance ergonomic factors.

Entry to the Masters phase of the Safety and Risk Management Programme requires you to demonstrate that you've acquired an understanding of a range of research methods and ways in which they can be deployed.

This class must be taken by all students registered for the Postgraduate Diploma in Safety and Risk Management, whether or not you wish to proceed to Masters level immediately following the Diploma or sometime in the future.

This class requires you to plan, implement and evaluate a major piece of research and development work which involves carrying out an investigative and developmental project of professional relevance. 

The project will be assessed on the basis of a report of 12,000 words.