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Compensation and Injury Management
Postgraduate
CUR-OCHS5000 2025Previously CUR-OHS520
Course information for 2025 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 21 July 2025
- Price from
- $3,464
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Compensation and Injury Management
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- analyse the consequences for the individual worker of occupational injury, disease, and ill health
- demonstrate a detailed understanding of the modern approach to responsible management of work-related injuries consistent with the applicable legislation, appropriate policies, procedures and organisational processes
- recognise the need to consider a broad spectrum of potential employee health and injury factors and the fitness for work obligations and evaluations required within a legislative and ethical framework
- design an effective return to work program incorporating the expertise, consultation, monitoring and other obligations of all stakeholders in the injury management process
- A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.
Introduction to rehabilitation and services, fitness conditioning and work hardening, rehabilitation accreditation and providers, medico-legal and cultural issues, psycho-social issues, workers compensation legislation and injury management programs in the workplace.
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- CUR-OHS-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
CUR-OHS520-Compensation and Injury Management (no longer available)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
Postgraduate
CUR-OHS-GCE