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Unit of Study PBHL5002 - Risk and Resilience Engineering (2025)

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Unit description

Introduces participants to the emerging discipline of risk and resilience engineering. Participants will examine real-life case studies of crisis and disaster events in critical infrastructure, engineering, and asset management organisations.

Unit content

Risk management including standards and frameworks

Resilience engineering theory and practice

Managing Safety, Safety culture and safety climate

Developing management practices that foster resilience

Case studies in risk and disaster management

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Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term3
Term3
Melbourne N/A
Term3
Perth N/A
Term3
Sydney N/A
Term3

Learning outcomes

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

identify, apply and critically discuss risk and resilience engineering principles

identify and critically analyse risk situations and demonstrate an in-depth understanding of how various theories, evaluation and processes tools can be used to manage events or risks.

critically analyse and apply risk management theories and frameworks to review experiences of organisations for improving organisational effectiveness

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