1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Objectives
To extend the MM810 introductory work in practical
applications as indicated below.
Content
Risk control models applied to fire phenomena, human
element programs.
Physical protection against natural disasters, fire, flood,
windstorm, earthquake.
Design of automatic suppression systems for fire control.
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Electrical equipment characteristics. Explosion initiation,
effects, control design criteria.
Recommended reading
Factory Mutual Engineering Corporation. Crit&for Maximum
Foreseeable Loss Fire Walls and Space Separation Data Sheet 1-22. 1985
Kletz, T., An Engineers View of Human Error. 2nd edn, Rugby,
England, Institution of Chemical Engineers, 1991
National Fire Protection Association. Fire Protection Handbook.
17th edn, Quincy, Mass., National Fire Protection Association, 1991
MM820 Risk Engineering Science (Maintenance
Engineering)
6 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn Instruction:
lectures and tutorials Assessment: assignments
A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Risk
Management
0 bjectives
To extend the MM810 introductory work in practical
applications as listed below.
Content
Material fundamentals, metals, non-metals, applications,
selection criteria.
Corrosion, mechanism, types prevention and protection
strategies. Failure mechanisms, fracture, overload, fatigue,
fractography, cleavage, striation, environmentally assisted
cracking, stress corrosion, hydrogen embrittlement,
corrosion fatigue, design strategies to minimise failure.
Tribology, friction, wear, lubrication. Surface engineering,
surface variation, surface coatings.
Recommended reading
Sarkar, A.D., Wear of Metals. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1976
Sarkar, A.D., Friction & Wear. London, Academic Press, 1980
Stewart, D. and Tulloch, D.S., Principles of Corrosion &
Protection. London, Macmillan, 1968
MM82 1 Risk Management Practices (Health and
Safety)
6 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn Instruction:
lectures and tutorials Assessment: assignments
A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Risk
Management
0 b jectives
To provide an understanding of the practical applications of
management functions arising from risks associated with
health and safety requirements and the prevention of loss to
organisations.
Content
Sources of information risk and control information.
Organisational design of effective implementation and
continuation of H&S programs roles, responsibilities,
communication processes, program audits.
Implementation and evaluation of control measures for
buildings, machinery and equipment.
Rehabilitation and claims management. -
Risk Assessment: for public and product risk methods,
criteria, and program elements, incident reporting systems,
design and disposal screening.
public health and safety program design and
implementation.
Contingency and emergency planning; damage control
strategies.
Recommended reading
Deming, W.E., Quality, Productivity & Competitive Position.
Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1982
Mathews, J., Health and Safety at Work. 2nd edn, Sydney, Pluto
Press, 1993
Quinlan, M. and Bohle, P., Managing Occupational Health and
Safety in Australia. South Melbourne, Macmillan, 1991
MM822 Risk Management Practices (Plant and
Property)
6 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn Instruction:
lectures and tutorials Assessment: assignments
A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Risk
Management
0 b jectives
To provide an understanding of the practical applications of
management functions arising from risks associated with the
prevention of loss to property and production within an
organisation.
Content
Determination of levels of insurance cover, deductibles,
reinsurance, self insurance, limits of cover, perils,
environmental, public and product liability, business
interruptions and construction exclusions, marine insurance,
transit and cargo.
Resource management environmental requirements,
emergency and evacuation procedures; security concerning
physicall fadties: document and other security requirements.
Building services requirements energy management (heat
and cooling), fire protection, repairs and improvements,
acquisition and divestment of plant and property.
Design of management systems control strategy, financing
and reporting.
Application of information systems.
Recommended reading
Allianz Handbook of Loss Prevention. 2nd edn, Berlin, Allianz
Versicherungs AG, 1987
Enem Guidelines for Building - Owners &Managers. - Current edn,
~elbwourne, BOMA
Kletz, T.A., Cheaper, Safer Plants or Wealth and Safety at Work.
2nd edn, Rugby, England, Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1985
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