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MM~IO Risk Engineering Science
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: lectures and tutorials
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to introduce scientific principles concerning
the interaction of humans with their environment and the
performance of physical materials, as contributing factors to
situations of risk.
Ergonomic principles; physical environment influences on
human performance due to noise and lighting; cognitive
psychology: concepts, displays and controls; error and
reliability, workplace design requirements: basic
anthropometry, human anatomy and physiology, injury
causation due to material handling, slips, trips and falls.
Material science principles: nature and property of metal and
polymer materials; fundamentals of corrosion; material failure
due to overload, fatigue and corrosion; mechanisms of wear
and principles of lubrication.
Energy principles: the nature of fire; brief introduction to
terminology of force, stress, pressure; application to fluid flow.
Environmental principles.
References
Cote, A.E. and Bugbee. P.L. Principles of Fire Protection. Quincy, Mass
National Fire Protection Association, 1988
Galer, I. Applied Ergonomics Handbook. 2nd edn, London,
Buttenvorths, 1987
Sanders, M.S. and McCormick, E.J. Human Factors in Engineering &
Design. 7th edn, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1993
Sarkar, A.D. Wear of Metals. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1976
Sarkar, A.D. Friction and Weac London, Academic Press, 1980
Schultz, N. Fire and flammability Handbook. New York, Van Nostrand
Reinhold, 1985
Stewart, D. and Tulloch, D.S. Principles of Corrosion & Protection.
London, Macmillan, 1968
MM~I Management Practices (Health and
Safety)
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: lectures and tutorials
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to provide an introduction to the terminology
and principles influencing the practice of risk management in
practical areas of health and safety.
The syllabus will comprise a common subject applicable to all
three streams of health and safety, plant and practice, and
maintenance, followed by a subject covering specific
management practice topics applicable to health and safety.
Common subject: loss forecasting and estimation; the structure
of loss data management systems; review of risk identification
principles: data surveys, work-group input, computerised data
bases; data interpretation and reporting; review of risk
interpretation techniques. Management program audit and
assessment processes.
Management practice applied to health and safety: historical
precepts of injury control; examples of application of Victorian
legislation: acts, regulations and codes. Health and safety
program principles, design and strategies; introduction to H&S
program evaluation techniques.
References
Allianz Handbook of Loss Prevention. 2nd edn, Berlin, Allianz
Versicherungs AG, 1987
Hammer, W. Occupational Safety Management and Engineering. 4th
edn, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice Hall, 1989
Lees, F.F! Loss Prevention in the Process industries. London,
Butterworths, 1980
Ridley, J. Safetyat Work. 4th edn, London, Butterworth-Heinemann,
1994
Other literature to be advised
~ ~ 8 1Risk 2 Management Practices (Plant
and Property)
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: lectures and tutorials
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to provide an introduction to the terminology
and principles influencing the practice of risk management in
practical areas of property and production.
The syllabus will comprise a common subject applicable to all
three streams of health and safety, plant and practice, and
maintenance, followed by a subject covering specific
management practice topics applicable to health and safety.
Common subject: loss forecasting and estimation; the structure
of loss data management systems; review of risk identification
principles: data surveys, work-group input, computerised data
bases; data interpretation and reporting; review of risk
interpretation techniques, management program audit and
assessment processes.
Management practices applied to plant and property:
identification of property damage and business interruption
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exposures. Loss forecas6ng andestimation methods
concerning fire and explosion, and machinery breakdown; risk
control strategies, highly protected risk and their management,
management of normal plant and property operations,
management of plant emergency conditions, management of
property recovery processes.
References
Allianz Handbook of Loss Prevention. 2nd edn, Berlin, Allianz
Versicherungs AG, 1987
Hammer, W. Occupational Safety Management & Engineering. 4th
edn, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1989
Lees, F.P. Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. London,
Butterworths, 1980
Ridley, J. Safety at Work. 4th edn, London, Butterworth-Heinernann,
1994
Other literature to be advised
MM~I 3 Risk Management Practices
(Maintenance Engineering)
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: lectures and tutorials
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to provide an introduction to the terminology
and principles influencing the practice of risk management in
practical areas of maintenance engineering.
The syllabus will comprise a common subject applicable to all
three streams of health and safety, plant and practice, and
maintenance, followed by a subject covering specific
management practice topics applicable to health and safety.