Course

Occupational Health and Safety

Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Department
Business
Course Code
BUSN 3353
Credits
3.00
Semester Length
15 Weeks
Max Class Size
35
Method(s) Of Instruction
Hybrid
Online
Lecture
Seminar
Course Designation
None
Industry Designation
CPHR
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
This course will introduce students to the latest Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations related to workplace health and safety, resources and strategies for meeting the health needs of employees in the workplace, and current topics related to workplace health and safety.
Course Content

1. Occupational Health and Safety Legislative Framework, British Columbia occupational health and safety regulation.
2. Hazard Recognition, Unsafe Work Refusal Process, Risk Assessment and Control.
3. Physical Agents, Biological and Chemical Agents, and Psychosocial Hazards.
4. Human psychology and physiology.
5. Workplace Violence, Bullying, Aggression, and Harassment.
6. Workplace health and safety training, strategic motivation programs and safety management systems (including tracking and reporting).
7. Emergency Planning, workplace inspections, health and safety meetings, and fire drills.
8. Incident investigation, first aid requirements, and functional assessments.
9. Disability management, workplace accommodation and gradual return to work programs.
10. Workplace Wellness: Work-Family and Health Promotions Programs
11. Special topics: alcohol, smoking, drug testing, health screening, etc.

Learning Activities

Methods will include case studies, lectures, classroom discussion, seminars, and reading assignments.

Means of Assessment
Term Project(s) 15-25%
Term Tests and/or Quizzes  20-25%
Final Examination  20-25%
Cases, Assignments and/or Presentations 20-25%
Participation 0-10%
Total 100%

 

Notes

1. At least 50% of the total coursework must be individual work.  
2. To pass the course, students must achieve a cumulative grade of 50% in all non-group assessments as well as 50% overall in the course. In other words, students must have achieved at least 50% on their cumulative individual assessments in order to be eligible to earn marks from group work.
3. Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.

Learning Outcomes


After completing this course a student will be able to:

1. Examine the moral, legal and ethical considerations of health and safety management.   

2. Investigate the social and economic impacts of real world accidents.

3. Examine and categorize the safety related tasks, duties and obligations of human resource professionals.

4. Explain how to access and analyze current Safety Statistics Reports.

5. Create industry specific safety policies including proactive workplace policies to address workplace violence, aggression, and violence.

6. Calculate injury frequency and severity rates.

7. Create health and safety plans, forms and/or reports for incident investigation, employer incident reporting, functional assessment, risk assessment, workplace inspection, health and safety meeting minutes, and emergency evacuation.

8. Analyze Occupational Safety Regulations, and the role of WorkSafe BC (including the incorporation of important legislation such as Bill C-45).

9. Examine basic human psychology and physiology, and the impact of chemical and biological agents on human physiology.

10. Examine the impact of psychosocial hazards on human psychology and physiology.

11. Examine the impact of aggression, violence and harassment on human psychology and physiology.

12. Identify training options, certification options, and required training types and timing including "first aid attendant" workplace requirements.

13. Examine management information system tracking and reporting requirements.

14. Examine health and safety committee requirements, and conduct a "workplace inspection and health and safety meeting."

15. Examine employer requirements to accommodate injured employees and be able to design a "graduated return to work program."

 

Textbook Materials

Required:
Kelloway, K., Gatien, B., & Francis, L. Management of Occupational Health and Safety, Nelson, latest edition. 

Or any alternative textbook that has been approved by the Business department.

Custom Course Pack – to be developed by department

Requisites

Prerequisites

Courses listed here must be completed prior to this course:

Corequisites

Courses listed here must be completed either prior to or simultaneously with this course:

  • No corequisite courses

Equivalencies

Courses listed here are equivalent to this course and cannot be taken for further credit:

  • No equivalency courses

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

Course Transfers

These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca

Institution Transfer Details for BUSN 3353
Alexander College (ALEX) ALEX COMM 2XX (3)
Athabasca University (AU) AU IDRL 308 (3)
Camosun College (CAMO) CAMO BUS 312 (3)
College of New Caledonia (CNC) CNC HRPR 302 (3)
College of the Rockies (COTR) COTR MGMT 2XX (3)
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) KPU HRMT 3145 (3)
Langara College (LANG) LANG BUSM 2XXX (3)
LaSalle College Vancouver (LCV) LCV BUS 2XX (3)
Selkirk College (SELK) No credit
University of Northern BC (UNBC) UNBC COMM 2XX (3)

Course Offerings

Summer 2024

CRN
Days
Dates
Start Date
End Date
Instructor
Status
CRN
24211
Fri
Start Date
-
End Date
Start Date
End Date
Instructor Last Name
Satish Kumar
Instructor First Name
Medha
Course Status
Waitlist
Section Notes

BUSN 3353 001 - This section is restricted to Business Management Diplomas, BBA Management, PDD Human Resource Management, and PBD Advanced Human Resource Management until Friday, April 26, 2024, at 9 a.m.

Max
Enrolled
Remaining
Waitlist
Max Seats Count
25
Actual Seats Count
25
0
Actual Wait Count
16
Days
Building
Room
Time
Fri
Building
Anvil Office Tower
Room
708
Start Time
12:30
-
End Time
15:20
CRN
Days
Dates
Start Date
End Date
Instructor
Status
CRN
24544
Thu
Start Date
-
End Date
Start Date
End Date
Instructor Last Name
Satish Kumar
Instructor First Name
Medha
Course Status
Waitlist
Section Notes

BUSN 3353 002 - This section is restricted to Business Management Diplomas, BBA Management, PDD Human Resource Management, and PBD Advanced Human Resource Management until Friday, April 26, 2024, at 9 a.m.

Max
Enrolled
Remaining
Waitlist
Max Seats Count
25
Actual Seats Count
25
0
Actual Wait Count
1
Days
Building
Room
Time
Thu
Building
Anvil Office Tower
Room
708
Start Time
15:30
-
End Time
18:20