Programme Information
Programme Structure
The PDOSH programme emphasizes on professional knowledge, practice and application of knowledge in workplace. It consists of 22 credits and students are required to complete 7 modules in part-time mode in one year. Contact hours for each 3-credit module is 39.
- Health and Safety Law
- Safety Technology
- Safety Management
- Occupational Health and Hygiene
- Safety Culture and Management Technique
- Project(6 credits)
- Practical Assessment(site visit)(1 credit)
Programme Outline
Health and Safety Law
This module aims at providing students a good understanding of the legal framework and detailed knowledge in the relevant legislation related to health and safety in the workplace.
Safety Technology
This module is designed to provide students with knowledge in identifying, controlling common hazards in the working environment in order to establish a safe place of work and a safe system of work.
Safety Management
This module is designed to equip students with advanced concepts in safety management in order to appraise legal requirements on managing safety and health, safety audit and safety review. Students will be able to identify the key activities and their functions in an effective safety management system, and also evaluate and monitor the adequacy of a safety management system.
Occupational Health and Hygiene
This module aims at providing students with the knowledge of various health hazards arising from the use of chemical, physical, and biological agents in the workplace, and the methods in identifying and controlling such health hazards, and also equipping students with the legal knowledge relating to specific health hazards.
Safety Culture and Management Technique
This module is designed to provide students with basic knowledge of safety culture and develop skills in reviewing the safety culture of an organization, practicing skills and techniques in safety training, communication, motivation and coaching for using safety culture approach for enhancing safety management of the organization.
Project
This module is designed to provide students an opportunity to apply learning into practice by writing a project under the supervision of a tutor. Students will be able to develop their skills in addressing, analyzing, and solving their OSH problem(s) in their workplaces and compiling a project report.
Practical Assessment
This module is designed to provide students an opportunity to apply learning into practice by writing a project under the supervision of a tutor. Students will be able to develop their skills in addressing, analyzing, and solving their OSH problem(s) in their workplaces and compiling a project report.