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Graduate Diploma in Workplace Health and Safety

  • Graduate Diploma

The Graduate Diploma in Workplace Health and Safety focuses on advancing your knowledge of occupational health and safety management, legislative requirements, current health and safety practices, injury management and research skills.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
1 year full-time, 5 years part-time
Course Code
12274
Study Mode
Online
Intake Months
Jul

About this course

The Graduate Diploma in Workplace Health and Safety focuses on advancing your knowledge of occupational health and safety management, legislative requirements, current health and safety practices, injury management and research skills.

Study locations

Newcastle - Callaghan

Online Study

Online

What you will learn

At the successful completion of your studies, you will be able to demonstrate and apply your advanced knowledge of occupational health, occupational hygiene, contemporary workplace health and safety, workplace hazard management and control, human factors, workplace health and safety law, workplace safety management and research methods.

Key areas of study include:

  • Law for workplace health and safety
  • Occupational hygiene fundamentals
  • Contemporary work, health and safety
  • Human Factors and work, health and safety
  • Workplace hazard management

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Career pathways

Possible career paths may include:

  • Generalist WHS practitioner
  • WHS advisor
  • WHS inspector
  • WHS consultant

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Health Services & Support courses at University of Newcastle.
90.4%
Overall satisfaction
83.1%
Skill scale
79.4%
Teaching scale
90.6%
Employed full-time
$105k
Average salary