1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Lees, F.P., Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. London,
Butterworths, 1980
Sutton, LS., Process Reliability and Risk Manugemat. New York,
Van Norstrand Reinhold, 1992
Vaughan, E.J., Fundamentals of Risk & Insurance. 6th edn, New
York, Wiley, 1992
MM823 Risk Management Practices
(Maintenance Engineering)
6 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
assignments Instruction: lectures
A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Risk
Management
0 b jectives
To provide an understanding of the practical applications of
management functions arising from risks associated with
maintenance requirements and the prevention of loss within
an organisation.
Content
Strategies for systems operation and support.
Maintenance operations selection of maintenance strategies
based on management decisions, maintenance planning,
resource allocation, plant inventory, maintenance control,
plant records.
Stores and spares inventory scientific inventory control,
inventory analysis and strategies, stores and spares
management policy assessment:^.
Work measurement in maintenance method study, work
improvement, work sampling in maintenance; Just In Time
programs.
Information management technical and management
database Assessment: and management (search, retrieval,
Assessment: and consolidation).
Computer applications software for maintenance, evaluation
of commercial packages.
Recommended reading
Corder, A.S., Maintenance Management Techniques. London,
McGraw-Hill, 1976
Kelly, A., Maintenance Planning & Control. London,
Butterworths, 1984
MM824 Risk Technology (Health and Safety)
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6 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthom Instruction:
i
a lectures and tutorial workshops Assessment: assignments
S A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Risk
& Management
Objectives
To introduce students to the risks associated with
occupational hygiene factors and to emphasise control
methods.
Content
The course of study examines occupational hygiene factors,
invasive mechanisms and methods of control to reduce the
risk of damage to recipients.
Control and measurement aspects of occupational hygiene.
Toxicology; dose response relationships, TLVs applied to
chemicals, noise, vibrattion, radiation.
Chemical hazards and their effects, medical monitoring
programs.
Respiratory protection, equipment types, ventilation
requirements for extraction and dilution.
Noise and vibration control programs, hearing conservation
programs.
Thermal stress and comfort measures of stress and comfort.
Radiation, . ionising . and non-ionising, uses and applications,
exposure risks.
Biological hazards, legionnaire's disease, zoonoses, AIDS,
bacterial infections.
Stress, physical, psychological and social stressors.
Recommended reading
Atherley, G.R.C., Occupational Health & Safety Concepts Chemical
and Processing Hazards. London, Applied Science Publishers, 1978
Harrington, J.M. and Gill, F.S., Occupational Health. Oxford,
Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1983
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The
Industrial Environment, Its Evaluation and Control. 3rd edn,
Washington, D.C., NIOSH, 1973
MM825 Risk Technology (Plant and Properiy)
6 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn Instruction:
lectures and tutorials Assessment: assignments
A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Risk
Management
Objectives
To introduce the practical application of risk control
techniques in areas of safety.
Content
Australian industry requirements with required safety
protection.
Fire detection and protection equipment and techniques
operations and use of sprinklers; fire pumps and water
suppllies, carbon dioxide suppression systems; protection
against flammable liquids and explosive atmospheres.
Recommended reading
National Fire Protection Association. Fire Protection Handbook.
17th edn, Quincy, Mass., National Fire Protection Association,
1991
Periodical Reliability Engineering & System Safety. (Current issues)
Standards Association of Australia, (current relevant standards)
MM826 Risk Technology (Maintenance)
6 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn. Instruction:
lectures, laboratoy work and site visits Assessment:
assignments
A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Risk
Management
0 biectives
To provide an overview of maintenance practices and
technologies used to predict plant performance reductions
from the onset of damage and to introduce methods used to