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and improvement; diagnosis and trouble shooting;
maintenance facilities; .maintenance management and
control.
References
Engineering Design Handbook - Maintenance Engineering
Techniques AMCP706-132, June 1995, US Army Material Command
Pamphlet
Kelly, A. Maintenance Planning and Contml. London: Butterworths,
1987
Kelly, A. Maintenance and its Management. Monks Hill: Conference
Communications, 1987
MM814 Risk Technology (Health and Safety)
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: lectures and visits
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Risk Management.
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to develop safety engineering skills relevant
to health and safety issues.
Technology and practices in the safe operation and use of:
hazardous chemicals storage, handling and transport,
machinery and tools (e.g., power presses, woodworking,
metalworking, construction equipment), with .particular
reference to guarding requirements. Compressed fluids
storage and transport, piping and tankage requirements,
vehicles (fork lift trucks, mobile equipment, trucks and heavy
transport), lifting equipment (cranes, slings, hoists), stairs,
steps, ladden, walkway;, platforms.
Personal protection equipment: selection, implementation
and use.
Emergency equipment and procedures: breathing apparatus,
gas and smoke detection devices, procedures design and
maintenance.
Particular industry practices.
References
Australian Standards and Codes of Practice
McElroy, EE. Accident Prevention Manual for Industrial Operations.
9th ed, Chicago: National Safety Council, 1988
Papers from the literature
Var~ous government, industry association and union publications
MM815 Risk Technology (Plant and Property)
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: lectures and tutorials
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Risk Management.
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to develop the use of standards concerning
natural and industrial hazards.
Historical development of standards; use of design principles
to prevent loss; human element factors in risk management
programs; risk management simulations and applications.
Development of skills and techniques to identify and control
particular hazards endemic to property loss.
Fire: flame, heat and smoke detection, extinguishing systems;
water, CO, dry chemical, halon and foam, water sprinkler
system design. Australian and US standards and codes.
Explosion: detection and suppression, dusts, boilers and
pressure vessels, gas trains.
Flammable substances: handling and storage, Victorian and
Australian Regulations.
Protection against natural hazards: floods, wind, storms,
earthquakes and fire.
Protection within the confines of industry: heating and
electrical systems.
References
Code, AS1940 Flammable Liquids Code, A51 596 LP Gas Code
Dangerous Goods Act (Storage and Handling) Regulations 1989,
Victorian Government Printer
Factory Mutual System, various data sheets
National Fire Protection Association. Fire Pmtection Handbook. 16th
ed. Quincy. Mass.: National Fire Protection Assoc., 1986
National Fire Protection Association, various Codes of Practice
MM816 Risk Technology (Maintenance)
No. of hours per week: two hours
Instruction: lectures, seminars and site visits
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Risk Management.
Subject aims and description
This subject aims 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 improve operating performance through
monitoring procedures.
Designing a maintenance program, selection procedures and
parameters.
Monitoring systems, performance and condition for
thermography, noise, vibration power, efficiency.
Noise control, sound measurement and analysis, sound
propagation predictions, acceptability and standards, noise
reduction methods.
Vibration control, vibration measurement, anal~is and
control, machinery balancing.
Computer modelling, language and program structure,
algorithms and flow charting, modelling real systems.
References
Beebe, R.S. Machine Condition Monitoring. 2nd ed, Victoria:
Engineering Publications, 1988
Buley. M. Industrial Noise Control. Melbourne: Swinburne Press, 1991
Steidel, R.F. An lntmduaion to Mechanical Vibrations. 3rd ed. New
York: 1989
Thompson, WT. Theory of Mechanical Vibrations Unwyn. 1987
MM817 Risk Research
No. of hours per week: two houn
Instruction: lectures, group work and tutorials
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Risk Management.
Subject aims and description
This subject aims for students to develop skills and
techniques for conducting and reporting on research in the
field of risk management.
Research methodology and orientation.
Resource gathering techniques; data acquisitions and
analysis.
Use of library as resource centre.
Research communication techniques.
References
Lane, N. Techniques for Student Research. Melbourne: Longman
Cheshire, 1989
Leedy, ED. Practical Research: Planning and Design. New York:
Macmillan, 1989