Overview 2023
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Be the frontline of health protection in your community, become an Environmental Health Officer.
The Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health provides you with a pathway into professional practice, and will equip you to work at the front line of health protection, assessing environmental health risks and combat a range of environmental public health challenges including food safety, pollution, climate change and the prevention of communicable diseases.
Whilst primarily based in Hobart, the course has a whole of Tasmania focus, Developed in partnership with industry and the profession, this course provides a pathway to further study into the Master of Public Health. This ensures that graduates are practice-ready and have strong links with practitioners, employers and systems that address environmental health and able to progress to relevant further study in public health.
If you have a passion for science, health and environment and like working outdoors and with people, this course is for you. It is a pathway to a career not just a job.
Learning Outcomes
Practical experience
Taught by experienced Environmental Health Officers, your studies include real world assessments that reflect the work of Environmental Health Professionals. This course includes a 2 day intensive workshop, field trips and work placements across Tasmania, giving you over 100 hours of industry experience.
Receive on the job mentoring and make vital connections for future employment opportunities.
Safety in Practice Compliance
This course includes compulsory Professional Experience Placements. You must meet the College of Health and Medicine's Safety in Practice Requirements before census date of the first semester of your course. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course admission application.
Career outcomes
Professional Accreditation
The Graduate Diploma of Environmental Health is a professionally accredited degree. Provisional accreditation has been granted for this course by Environmental Health Australia (EHA).
In line with EHA requirements, the University will seek full accreditation once a sufficient number of students have graduated from this course.
Graduates may meet the requirements for membership of EHA as an Environmental Health Officer. There may be additional requirements for membership beyond the completion of the course. For further membership requirements, please visit the Environmental Health Australia website.
If you have any queries about the accreditation process, please contact us for further information.
Course structure
Core units
This unit develops knowledge and skills relating to the role of Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) in developing, enforcing, evaluating and advising on legislative, legal and policy instruments designed to protect and manage environmental health across all jurisdictions. A thorough understanding…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit develops knowledge and skills relating to sustainability; land use planning including health impact assessment (HIA) and environmental impact assessment (EIA); air, water and environmental noise pollution; contaminated land; waste management; and environmental management systems (EMS). Contemporary environmental protection…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CAM544 Environmental Management and Protection
This unit develops knowledge and skills relating to toxicology, environmental health risk assessment, including core principles, frameworks and procedures for environmental health risk assessment and critical evaluation of evidence underpinning environmental health risk assessment. It also introduces risk management and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CAM545 Environmental Health Risk Assessment and Management
This unit develops professional competencies to assess environmental health risks, select and implement management tools, processes and strategies to effectively control health, safety and environmental hazards, and communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders. Topics covered in this unit include…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit develops professional competencies to assess environmental risks, select and implement management tools,processes and strategies to effectively control health, safety and environmental hazards, and communicate effectivelywith a variety of stakeholders. Topics covered in this unit include research methods, projectmanagement,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit will provide a broad understanding of current environmental health concepts. Students undertaking this course will gain insight into how our health is influenced by our environments and ecology, and the likely impacts of climate change and benefits of…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Communicable Disease Epidemiology will explore communicable diseases of humans from an epidemiological perspective. It will provide an introductory overview of the basic biological knowledge needed to understand the interactions within and between populations of microbes, human and other animals. Students…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Online | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CAM626 Communicable Disease Epidemiology
Traditional approaches to food safety assurance are failing to keep up with the modern food industry. In response, and to harmonise international trade in food, food safety management is moving to a "risk-based approach that relies strongly on synthesis of…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Online | Semester 2 | ||||
Entry requirements
For Domestic students
This course is not currently accepting applications.
To be eligible for an offer, an applicant will have:
- A completed recognised bachelor degree (AQF7) (or higher award) in a health or science discipline; and
- In addition, all applicants will have completed a minimum of 50 credit points (equivalent of one semester full-time study) of recognised basic science units that
- Were studied at Bachelor level or higher (AQF7 of higher), and
- Include a minimum of 12.5 credit points (one unit or equivalent) of chemistry; and
- Include a further 37.5 credit points (three units or equivalent) in science areas (e.g. microbiology, physics, anatomy and physiology, life science).
- These units do not have to be part of the completed Bachelor degree.
SAFETY IN PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS
This course includes compulsory Professional Experience Placements. You must meet the College of Health and Medicine's Safety in Practice Requirements before census date of the first semester of your course. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course admission application.
For International students
This course is not available to international students. Please enquire online for advice on alternative course options.
Credit transfer
Applications for credit can be made in your course application. Find out more information about how to apply for a credit transfer/advanced standing at Recognition of Prior Learning.
Talk to us on 1300 363 864 or enquire online about your credit transfer.
Articulation
Students who complete the Graduate Diploma of Environmental Health may receive credit for up to 100 credit points into the Master of Public Health.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
This is a full-fee course, which means you’ll need to pay the full amount for your studies. Commonwealth Supported Places are not available in this course. However, there are still support options available for eligible students to help you manage the cost of studying this course.
You may be able to fund all or part of your tuition fees by accessing a FEE-HELP loan from the Australian Government. FEE-HELP is a loan scheme that assists domestic full-fee students to pay for University, which is repaid through the Australian Tax System once you earn above a repayment threshold. This means you’ll only have to start repaying the loan once you start earning above a specific amount
Our scholarships and prizes program also offers more than 400 scholarships across all areas of study. You can even apply for multiple scholarships in one easy application.
Further informationDetailed fee information for domestic students is available at Scholarships, fees and costs, including additional information in relation to the compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
International students
International students should refer to the International Students course fees page to get an indicative course cost.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
How can we help?
Do you have any questions about choosing a course or applying? Get in touch.
- Domestic
- 1300 363 864
- International
- +61 3 6226 6200
- Course.Info@utas.edu.au
- Online
- Online enquiries