Graduate Certificate in Risk Management
The Graduate Certificate in Risk Management program is suitable for professionals working, or seeking to work, in risk management related roles and responsibilities in the engineering industry. It is also designed to have considerable application for personnel in a wide range of technologically based industries, including transport (aviation, rail and shipping), heavy industry, process industries (chemical and pharmaceutical), oil and gas, mining and energy production. This course covers risk management in the areas of health, safety, plant, project, production, property, finance and environment.
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Duration
6 months full-time or equivalent part-time
Intakes
Off-Campus (Semester 1, Semester 2) - View application and start dates
Study mode
- Distance
Course information in detail
- Course detail, course structure and units of study.
Course description
This course is designed primarily to meet the needs of personnel currently involved in, or wishing to be involved in, the risk management industry. In addition, the course is designed to have considerable application for personnel in a wide range of technologically based industries including rail, shipping, heavy industry, the chemical industry and energy production.
Australian organisations increasingly face the challenge to provide more effective management of various financial and societal resources. All organisations need to know how to make good decisions in order to achieve goals and reduce those losses that arise from unexpected incidents, poor maintenance, accidents or illness within the workforce. Also, legislation requirements for safety and occupational health impose important demands to ensure the overall well being of people.
Risk management involves processes and techniques aimed at the cost-effective loss prevention concerning an organisation's assets and resources. The course covers areas of health, safety, plant, property, financial control and maintenance.
This course is not available to on-shore international students.
Course structure
To qualify for the Graduate Certificate of Risk Management, students must complete four units (50 credit points) as follows:
- 3 foundation units (37.5 credit points)
- 1 elective unit (12.5 credit points)
Units of study
Foundation units
Complete three units (37.5 credit points):
Elective units
Complete one unit (12.5 credit points):
* Outcome Units - matched exemptions are generally not granted for higher education outcome units.
^ Delivered via distance education/online.
Careers and graduate outcomes
- Course aims and objectives and graduate skills.
Aims and objectives
The objectives of the Risk Management postgraduate program is to provide useful learning experiences in relevant risk management knowledge sets and in related knowledge areas to students, with an understanding of specific principles, practices and advanced and/ or emerging risk management strategies as well as technologies. It is expected that the graduates from this program will be sufficiently competent to manage risks and safety in products, services and facilities in engineering as well as non-engineering industries.
Graduate skills
At the completion of the Graduate Certificate in Risk Management course, graduates will be able to:
1. demonstrate specialised knowledge and skills in Risk Management practice related to preventing and mitigating risks in engineering industries and other business practices
2. identify, analyse, review and describe issues, changes and trends in Risk Management practice and provide solutions to complex problems using critical thinking and independent judgement
3. describe and/ develop contemporary and emerging Risk Management trends and related best practices in engineering industries and other business sectors
4. demonstrate clear and coherent communication skills to articulate complex knowledge and ideas to a variety of audiences
5. demonstrate responsibility and accountability for all personal work outputs.
Pathways and scholarships
- Pathways, credit transfer, recognition of prior learning and scholarships.
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Course fees and requirements
- Fees, entry requirements and non-year 12 entry.
Course fees
Fees are estimates for students commencing in 2018 only: Tuition fees as published are subject to change given individual circumstances at enrolment. These fees apply for units studied in 2018 only and may change for units studied in future years. If part-time study is permitted, annual fees will be proportionally lower based on the number of units taken per semester.
How do I pay my fees?
FEE-HELP is a loan given to eligible full-fee paying higher education students to help pay part or all of their tuition fees. The Commonwealth Government pays the amount of the loan directly to Swinburne.
The total tuition fee is dependent upon the combination of units of study selected by the student. Fees are reviewed each year. Find out more about fees.
Entry requirements
The admission requirements for Graduate Certificate of Risk Management consist of:
- A Bachelor qualification (AQF 7 or 8), in one of the following allied fields :
Engineering; Technology; Aviation; Mining; Project Management; Emergency Management; Health and Safety; Environment Science, or - A minimum of a TAFE Diploma in any of the above allied fields, plus significant, relevant industry experience* (minimum of three years)
* Relevant industry experience: If this includes work experience, documents substantiating work experience need to be provided on company letterhead and clearly detail roles as well as duties and duration of posts held.