Designed to teach the principles and practice of occupational health and safety (OHS) management. Includes chapters on: History and context of OHS interventions in Australia; Why do employers and employees need to know about OHS?; Preventative strategies in OHS; Risk assessment and management; Harmful substances and influences in the work environment; Injuries and their immediate and longer-term treatment; Behavioural and psychosocial problems in the workplace; The role of rehabilitation services in recovery and return to work; Workplace change management: negotiation and confict resolution; Ethical, equal opportunity and competency issues; Special needs of immigrants and people of non-English speaking background; Project design and evaluation: introduction to training; Evaluation methods applied to OHS interventions; Costing and budgeting techniques in OHS.
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