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MSc - Master of Science
City Campus
Part Time
Jan 2028
2 Year
Learn to establish and maintain effective health and safety practices. You’ll keep up to date with the latest issues, risks and practices in the field on this accredited course.As part of this course, you’ll: Understand health and safety as an integral part of any organisation Learn how to establish and maintain a safe working environment for everyone Develop your knowledge of how different organisations use varying levels of safety procedures and understand how to assess their impact on a company Investigate organisations in their entirety and gain a broad knowledge of other departments such as marketing, sales and human resources Explore how departments across a business are affected by health and safety procedures and processes Enhance your understanding of the technical and human aspects of health and safety and the causes of problems, whether machine malfunctions or human misjudgements.
In this module you will gain the theoretical foundation and practical skills required to complete small-scale research or a practice development project. Learn how to write a research proposal, conduct research and analyse relevant data.
This module will examine how the working relationship between operator, machine and environment can be adapted for efficiency and safety, understanding the design features and environmental stressors that can occur.
In this module you will study the requirements that are placed upon organisations to ensure legal compliance to enable the management of health and safety risks, and critically relate good practice to the legal requirements so that compliance can be achieved.
This module will focus on the health aspects that may occur if good workplaces and practices are not developed, looking at both physical and mental health, and concepts of wellbeing.
In this module you will learn how to apply your knowledge and skills to other work settings or environments.
This module will critically examine the concept of risk as the product of probability and consequences. You will develop knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of the analytical techniques and the data requirements for quantification.
This is your opportunity to undertake a small scale piece of research and/or development that underpins your learning.
In this module you will develop the knowledge of the common types of hazards, and the risk assessment process and skills in the completion of different types of risk assessment for the identified hazards.
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