Monash University gains accreditation for Master of Occupational and Environmental Health July 5, 2013
Monash University joins RMIT and La Trobe universities in having accredited post graduate occupational health and safety programs.
The Australian OHS Education Accreditation Board announced this week that the Graduate Diploma and Master in Occupational and Environmental Health offered by Monash University had been examined and assessed as meeting the exacting OHS and educational standards set by the Accreditation Board for education of generalist OHS professionals.
’The Monash programs set a new benchmark’, said Board Education Advisor, Professor Bruce King. ‘They combine research-led understanding with a genuine commitment to high- level, technology supported teaching and learning.’
OHS advisors are increasingly required to have university qualifications with the Australian OHS Education Accreditation Board setting the benchmark for such qualifications. The Monash Graduate Diploma and Masters in Occupational and Environmental Health is unique in that while it is designed to meet the needs of occupational health advisors it has a broad base and also addresses the needs of generalist OHS professionals with a particular interest in the occupational health aspects of OHS. With the total cost of work-related disease estimated at $30 billion per year1 such a focus on worker health is becoming increasingly important. As the premier occupational health research centre in Australia the Monash programs are also informed by leading edge research.
Accreditation Board Registrar Pam Pryor said that the objective of the Accreditation Board was to ensure that quality professional education was available to aspiring and current OHS professionals and that this required a range of programs with differing emphases to meet the various OHS needs of industry. Monash University is such an example.