You will develop competence and confidence in using prevention through design (PtD) strategies and tools. PtD, or 'safe design', is a process of hazard identification and risk assessment to eliminate or minimize risk of injury and anticipate failure modes throughout the life of the product or system. You will be given the knowledge needed to optimise human performance and enhance safety in a socio-technical environment. Topics include safe design principles, optimisation of the design process, life cycle analysis, hazard and operability studies, Fault Tree Analysis , Failure Modes and Effect Analysis and strategic design risk assessment using the Safety Case. There is an emphasis on human factors engineering, the principles of technology adoption and consideration of the notion of disruptive technologies.

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Unit Coordinator Reflections

Feedback provided to students is rated highly, though can be further improved.

Place overall feedback in the Assessment Tile on Moodle to ensure all students can easily find it.

Feedback from Unit Coordinator Reflections

Students appreciate the real-world examples that enhance their learning throughout the term.

Continue to provide real-world examples during tutorials to enhance industry relevance.

Feedback from Student Unit and Teacher Evaluation data

Some students find the lectures that are broken down into smaller recordings harder to follow than whole lectures often provided in other units. However, in past years, students who work in remote and regional areas have commented that they appreciate the series of shorter recordings due to weaker/limited internet bandwidth in these locations.

To contribute to learning accessibility and learning inclusion, keep the series format for pre-recorded lectures. In addition, to help students gain a broader perspective of their student cohort needs, provide an explanation for the series of shorter recordings at the beginning of term, Week 1.