Unit Synopsis
This unit covers topics related to occupational health and wellbeing in organisations, emphasising the principles of good work design and the integration of occupational health and safety, health promotion, wellness, work design and productivity. Topics include common occupational health hazards such as manual tasks and sedentary work behaviours, as well as psychosocial hazards such as workplace bullying, occupational violence, shift work and fatigue, which lead to occupational stress.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 8 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 1 - 2026 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Group Discussion | 20% |
| 2. Case Study | 30% |
| 3. Written Assessment | 50% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 85.71% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 29.17% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
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.
Source: SUTE Feedback
Students found this unit current and informative and found the lectures very engaging.
It is recommended to keep the current teaching and delivery format. As this was the first time the unit was offered it is recommended to look at the possibility of a deeper dive and expanded view of a couple of areas as suggested by the student feedback.
The teaching and delivery of the unit was kept the same as the previous year for this offering.
Source: SUTE Feedback
Students found the visiting speaker on work design excellent.
It is recommended to continue to use area specific experts as guest lecturers in this unit where appropriate.
Area experts were again used as guest lecturers.
Source: SUTE Feedback
Students were keen to have a deeper dive into a couple of areas in this unit including current and emerging trends outside of the legislative framework and best practice approaches.
As this was the first time the unit was offered it is recommended to look at the possibility of a deeper dive and expanded view of a couple of areas as suggested by the student feedback.
A deeper dive was conducted into a couple of areas for the second offering.
Source: SUTE Unit Comments
Students in the Graduate Certificate of Fatigue Management wanted a stronger focus on fatigue in this unit.
Students in the Certificate of Fatigue Management course make up about 28% of the students in this unit. Fatigue is only one of the psychosocial hazards covered in the unit and students are expected to learn about a wide range of psychosocial hazards across the unit. It is recommended that this might need to be made clearer to these students, as well as the fact that they can do their three assessments on fatigue if they would like to. They can therefore do a deep dive into fatigue if they choose. However, it is recommended to also consider if the fatigue as a psychosocial hazard content can be expanded in this unit.
In Progress
Source: SUTE Unit Comments
One student found that this unit had no relevance to their Graduate Certificate of Fatigue Management course.
The Graduate Certificate of Fatigue Management is made up of 4 units, with only one being fully designated to fatigue management. Students should understand that the other units in this course are not solely focussed on fatigue when they enrol in the course. They should also understand that students from other courses take this unit as an elective. It is therefore recommended that students are made aware at the beginning of term that students other than those taking fatigue management enrol in this unit and therefore the unit will be much broader than just focusing on fatigue.
In Progress
Source: SUTE Unit Comments
Students reported that they found the lectures enjoyable and that they appreciated and got value out of being able to tailor their assignment tasks to their own workplace.
It is recommended to keep the teaching style and workplace focussed assessment tasks the same for the next offering.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Evaluate the inter-relationships between the workplace, work systems, work environment and people and their impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals
- Apply knowledge of occupational health and wellbeing and psychosocial hazards to the analysis of the design of work and work systems and effectively interpret and communicate findings to organisational stakeholders
- Assess the risk of injury and/or illness from work-related psychosocial hazards and examine factors that impede workplace performance and sustainability
- Evaluate and recommend appropriate changes in work design to optimise occupational health and wellbeing, improve organisational performance and sustainability, and demonstrate respect for human dignity and diversity through an understanding of the impact of health and psychosocial factors at the workplace.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Group Discussion | • | • | ||
| 2 - Case Study | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Written Assessment | • | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Research | • | • | • | • |
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | • | • |
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Leadership | • | • | • | • |
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | • | • | • | • |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |