Compensation and Injury Management

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. analyse the consequences for the individual worker of occupational injury, disease, and ill health
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. design an effective return to work program incorporating the expertise, consultation, monitoring and other obligations of all stakeholders in the injury management process

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Curtin University

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.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.