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Overview
- Recognised health, safety and environmental management qualification to expand your career opportunities in a wide range of industries or government, and locations.
- Gain advanced knowledge and specialised skills to successfully undertake Health, Safety and Environment advisory or management roles that encompass OHS and Environmental Management.
- Study on-campus or online and complete in two years full-time or four years part-time.
- Graduates of the QUT Graduate Diploma in OHS or QUT Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health are eligible to complete the Masters program in one year full-time.
- Graduates from other universities with similar Graduate Diplomas may be eligible to receive advanced standing based on their completed units.
| QUT course code | PU80 |
| Attendance | Part-time or Full-time |
| Course duration | 2 years full-time
4 years part-time |
| Start month | 2013 February |
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| CRICOS code | 077704J |
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Details
The Master of Health, Safety & Environment aims to equip individuals with the specialised skills and advanced knowledge required for professional practice or research in occupational health and safety (OHS) and environmental management (EM). Graduates will have the capacity to lead and influence the development of high standards of OHS and EM.
Traditionally, organisations have employed graduates from various disciplinary areas to fill OHS and EM roles. However, there is an increasing trend for companies and government organisations to seek graduates who can occupy both the OHS and EM roles.
Convergence of the OHS and environmental management roles is common in mining, manufacturing and construction industries where the production processes have both on-site and off-site impacts. Government and other industries are starting to follow this trend.
The Master of Health, Safety and Environment has been designed for environmental health, environmental science or occupational health and safety Bachelor or Graduate Diploma graduates. It is recommended that graduates from different disciplines first complete QUT's Graduate Diploma in OHS or QUT's Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health, and then articulate to the Master of Health, Safety and Environment. Graduates from different disciplines may be elegible to apply for QUT's Graduate Diploma in OHS or QUT's Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health strand in the Master of Health, Safety and Environment, if they have completed a minimum of 48 credit points of basic science units in their Bachelor degree (e.g. chemistry, microbiology, physics, anatomy and physiology or life science).
You can choose to complete the course on-campus or online with our flexible study arrangements, and you can choose to study full-time over two years or part-time over four years. Graduates of the QUT Graduate Diploma in OHS or QUT Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health are eligible to complete the Masters program in one year full-time. Graduates from other universities with similar Graduate Diplomas may be eligible to receive advanced standing towards the Master of Health, Safety and Environment based on their completed units.
Career outcomes
The course is designed to qualify graduates for Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) positions in a wide range of industries. Position titles include: HSE Advisor, HSE Coordinator, HSE Manager, HSE Auditor and Sustainability Manager.
You will gain advanced knowledge and skills to successfully undertake HSE advisory or management roles that encompass OHS and EM, in a wide range of industries and locations.
Professional recognition
Accreditation of this course is being sought from the Australian OHS Education Accreditation Board so that students who have completed the course will be recognised as having met the entry requirements for OHS professional practice.
The Master of Health, Safety and Environment is not accredited by Environmental Health Australia (EHA). Students seeking to practise as Environmental Health Officers should complete QUT’s Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health, which is accredited by EHA.
Graduates with relevant work experience will be eligible for professional membership of one or more of the following professional associations:
- Safety Institute of Australia
- Environment Institute
- Environmental Law Institute
- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Australia
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Entry requirements
This course requires completion of a Bachelors degree or equivalent.
For entry to the Environmental Health strand, it is also a requirement that applicants have completed a minimum of 48 credit points of basic science units in their Bachelor degree (e.g. chemistry, microbiology, physics, anatomy and physiology, life science).
PU65 Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety and PU67 Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health articulate fully into the Masters and it is expected that most applicants will enter the Masters via one of these courses.
Applicants who have completed a Bachelor degree, Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma (or equivalent) in the same discipline may be eligible for advanced standing.
Applicants with prior studies in Environmental Health or Environmental Science will be admitted to the Environmental Health strand in the Master of Health Safety and Environment.
Applicants with prior studies in Occupational Health and Safety will be admitted to the Occupational Health and Safety strand.
Course fees
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.
2013: $7,800 (indicative) per Semester (subject to annual review)
Student Services and Amenities Fee
You'll need to pay the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) as part of your course costs.
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Scholarships and financial support
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments
Apply
How to apply for Master of Health, Safety and Environment
You apply directly to QUT for all our postgraduate courses.
Are you ready to submit your application?
You're ready if you have:
- Found all the courses you want to apply for. You can apply for up to 3.
- Checked important dates.
- Checked you meet the entry requirements
- Checked course costs and if you're eligible for financial support
- Checked if you're eligible for credit for prior learning
- Collected supporting documents (see application form)
All done? Then you're ready to apply.
Application for postgraduate course admission form (PDF file, 362.47 KB)
