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<p>This unit qualifies participants to apply an advanced body of knowledge in the area of mine safety and environmental engineering and equips them with highly developed skills for research and enquiry. Students enrolled in this unit will be able to apply the body of knowledge to a range of contexts within the mining industry enabling them to undertake professional or highly skilled work within the mining industry and allow them to undertake further study.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:<br>
1.Legislation: general framework; health & safety legislation; mines regulations.<br>
2.Occupational Health & Safety: history and philosophy; types of accidents and injuries; hazard management; manual handling; human factors; entry into confined spaces; control strategies.<br>
3.Mine Environmental Engineering: atmospheric contaminants and their control; (dusts, gases, radiation, heat and humidity, noise); mine illumination.<br>
4.Emergency Situations: outbursts and explosions; mine fires; mine rescue.</p>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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Unit description
<p>This unit qualifies participants to apply an advanced body of knowledge in the area of mine safety and environmental engineering and equips them with highly developed skills for research and enquiry. Students enrolled in this unit will be able to apply the body of knowledge to a range of contexts within the mining industry enabling them to undertake professional or highly skilled work within the mining industry and allow them to undertake further study.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:<br> 1.Legislation: general framework; health & safety legislation; mines regulations.<br> 2.Occupational Health & Safety: history and philosophy; types of accidents and injuries; hazard management; manual handling; human factors; entry into confined spaces; control strategies.<br> 3.Mine Environmental Engineering: atmospheric contaminants and their control; (dusts, gases, radiation, heat and humidity, noise); mine illumination.<br> 4.Emergency Situations: outbursts and explosions; mine fires; mine rescue.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability
Discipline:
Engineering
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
030303 - Mining Engineering
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/engin5501">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
Prerequisite
None
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
<p>must not have completed "ENMIN5020"</p>
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Identify, analyse and apply the development and implementation of health and safety and work environmental policies and practices.</p>
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<p>Understand and analyse the systems used in risk assessment and control.</p>
K3
<p>Report on the history of occupational health and safety.</p>
K4
<p>Demonstrate a summary of how the legal system deals with occupational health and safety problems.</p>
K5
<p>Interpret comparison risk management models.</p>
K6
<p>Appreciate, compare and contrast occupational health and safety auditing tools.</p>
K7
<p>Identify and analyse the effects of specific hazards on the human body.</p>
S1
<p>Evaluate, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge and identify and provide solutions to complex mine safety problems.</p>
S2
<p>Generate and evaluate complex ideas in mine safety and selection appropriate solutions.</p>
S3
<p>Assess and apply the hierarchy of hazard controls to control hazards.</p>
S4
<p>Select and apply appropriate tools to solve problems in mine safety.</p>
S5
<p>Propose and accomodate communication strategies to transfer complex knowledge and ideas to a variety of disciplines within a mining project.</p>
A1
<p>Develop high-level, independent judgments relating to mine safety in a range of technical or management functions in varied specialised contexts.</p>
A2
<p>Plan, implement and evaluate short, medium and long term plans and schedules for mine safety.</p>
A3
<p>Act responsibility and be accountable for personal outputs and all aspects of the work or function of others.</p>
Assessment
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<p>Numerical and conceptual tasks.</p>
<p>Submitted assignments</p>
<p>40-50%</p>
K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, K7, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, A1, A2, A3
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<p>Risk assessment.</p>
<p>Report</p>
<p>25-30%</p>
K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, K7, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, A1, A2, A3
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<p>Safe design project.</p>
<p>Report</p>
<p>25-30%</p>
K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, K7, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, A1, A2, A3
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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<p>Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FedTASKs (<strong>T</strong>ransferable <strong>A</strong>ttributes <strong>S</strong>kills and <strong>K</strong>nowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key, transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and co-operative learning opportunities.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability
Discipline:
Engineering
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
030303 - Mining Engineering
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/engin5501">View unit fees</a>
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