Overview 2021
Location
Commonwealth Supported and Full Fee Paying places available (check your Letter of Offer for details)
This course may not be available to international students. Please see the International Online Course Guide (PDF 809KB) for courses that are offered to international students
Whilst primarily based in Hobart, the course has a whole of Tasmania focus, including at least 150 hours of real-world placement working and learning from practicing Environmental Health Officers throughout the state. You will receive on the job mentoring and make vital connections for future employment opportunities. Developed in partnership with industry and the profession, this career could take you anywhere from Franklin to Finland.
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.
Be the frontline of health protection in your community, become an Environmental Health Officer.
Course structure
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
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit develops knowledge and skills relating to the role of environmental health officers 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 of…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit develops knowledge and skills relating to the role of environmental health officers in managing environmental sustainability, health impact assessment and related legislative and policy development and applications. It includes built environment management, land use and contaminated land management,…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for CAM544 Environmental Management and Protection
This unit develops knowledge and skills relating to 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 risk…
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 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 cultural…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 cultural competency, research…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
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
This unit is currently unavailable.
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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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Entry requirements
Entry Requirements
This course has an intake quota of 20 students in 2021. Applications are now open and will be assessed on receipt. Applications will close when the quota is reached. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible in order to confirm your place in the course.
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
- A minimum 50 credit points (equivalent of one semester full-time study) of recognised basic science units that were included at Bachelor level and must include:
- a minimum of 12.5 credit points (one unit) of chemistry; and
- a further 37.5 credit points (equivalent to three units) in other science areas (e.g. microbiology, physics, anatomy and physiology, life science).
Safety in Practice Requirements
This course includes compulsory work placements. All students must meet the course's Safety in Practice Requirements before their first placement. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course admission application.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at the Domestic Student Fees website, including additional information in relation to a 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