MASTER OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Study Duration
Minimum 3 semesters (1½ year)
Maximum 5 semesters (2½ years)
*Classes on weekends

Intake
Intake – every October
*subjected to UKM academic calendar

Z1LK6013 Environmental and Industrial Law
This course discusses legal aspects related health and safety at work. Prior to discussion of the relevant legal provisions, students will be introduced to the general overview of the Malaysian legal system. Employer and employee responsibility related to workplace safety is also discussed. The aspect of environmental law is also given to the students.

Z1LK6023 Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
This course covers topics, which include Introduction to Hazard System, Methods of Analyzing Process Hazards, Potential Assessment due to Hazards, and determination and assessment of risk from the industry. Topics of discussion in this course include Hazards and the Hazard System; Methods of analyzing process hazards such as checklist, what-if analysis, hazard rating, failure mode and effect analysis, HAZOP, fault tree and event tree; and estimation and assessment of risk.

Z1LK6033 Occupational Safety Management
This course will focus on important aspects in general occupational safety and health management system especially OHSAS 18001 and MS1722. Discussions will include topics, including the formulation and realization of the safety and health policy, organization and arrangements. Occupational safety and health management will be discussed as an important and integral part of total management taking into consideration the relevant legislative requirements. All the above discussions will be based on the principle of self-regulation to ensure efficient and effective continuous management.

Z1LK6043 Advanced Organisational and Industrial Psychology
This course focuses on the one main branches of organisational and industrial psychology, which is organisation, and personnel psychology. Personnel psychology/ human resource management covers topics of occupation analysis, performance assessment, training and development, and personnel choice. Organisation psychology will include topics related to motivation, leadership, personality, and work satisfaction, communication, decision-making and stress and worker wellbeing. To ensure the diverse roles of organisational and industrial psychology is understood, students are asked to organise workshops/seminars/field training, with the purpose of applying the learned topics into the field of worker safety.

Z1LK6053 Occupational Health Management
This course basically covers preventive diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of occupational diseases, which are caused by biological, physical, chemical or psychological factors at the work place. Management of diseases related to occupation is emphasised.

Z1LK6063 Fire Prevention, Explosion and Toxic Release
This course gives a clear view of the concepts related to fire prevention, explosion and toxic release. Topics discussed are related to the basic principles of flame and fire, which is the main cause of fire, explosion and toxic released incidents. Even though incidents of explosions and toxic release can occur without the presence of fire, it may in the result in a fire accident. Consequently, topics related to introduction to fire, explosion and toxic release prevention and how to carry out prevention, which includes the management that is the safe workflow and safety planning. At the end of the course, students will be exposed to the need of an emergency response plan and accident investigation.

Z1LK6073 Ergonomics
This course highlights the important issues regarding occupational health and safety regulations to operators/workers when designing workplace and equipment. This course discusses the application of antropometry or designing workplace, which is suitable for humans (i.e height of the chair, head and neck posture, movement space). It will start with the definitions in ergonomics (for example: human-machine interface, displays and controls for operation). It will also discuss issues related to ergonomic environmental principles regarding lighting, noise and thermal regulation at the workplace. Finally, the course will cover work stress, boredom and mental/physical fatigue, capability and limits of human operators/workers while carrying out manual material handling.

Z1LK6123 Mechanical and Electrical Safety Management
This course introduces the concept of management and safe use of electrical and mechanical equipment, mechanical and electrical protection system, and safety procedures while using electrical and mechanical equipment. This course will also discuss the aspects of mechanical and electrical safety, which needs to be known, understood and applied, in line with the Regulation and Acts gazetted by the government, including codes of conduct that are accepted internationally. More specifically, this course will cover the mechanical and electrical safety procedures related to the Electricity Supply Act 1990, Electricity Regulation 1994 and Malaysia’s Factories and Machinery Act 1967.

Z1LK6173 Radiation and Chemical Safety Management
This course gives an overview of chemical and radiation (ionising and non-ionising) safety management aspect. Chemical safety management focuses on chemical classification, risk, material safety data sheet (MSDS) and aspects related to chemical safety management during normal handling, emergencies, transport, storage and disposal. Lectures will focus on relating the chemical safety management to the requirements of the Control of Industrial Major Accidents Hazards (CIMAH 1996), Occupational Safety and Health (Classification, Labelling and Safety Data Sheet of Hazardous Chemicals) Regulation 2013, Introduction to Use and Standards of Exposure to Chemical Hazardous to Health regulations 2000 (USECHH 2000) and Notification of Accident, Dangerous Occurrence, Occupational Poisoning and Occupational Disease (NADOPOD 2004). Ionising radiation safety will be divided into radioactivity and radiation source, the effects of ionising radiation on humans, radiation exposure dose, radiological safety management, responsibilities of a Radiation Protection Officer (RPO), emergency response plan, radiation protection programme and ACT 304. Meanwhile, non-ionising radiation safety will focus on safety aspects of ultraviolet (UV), Infrared (IR), LASER, Microwave (MW), Radiofrequency (RF) and Extremely Low Frequency (ELF).

Z1LK6193 Biological and Environmental Safety Management
This course will discuss and focus on the important aspects in the management of biological and environmental safety, with added impetus to preventive action. These aspects include types of pollution caused by disposal of dangerous solid and liquid waste, their threat to human health and safety, their effect to the environment, related regulations, measurement and analysis of pollution level, management steps to prevent, reduce and treat pollution. This course is also important for all workers in laboratories using biological materials, and covers the dangers, practice and equipment needed for the various biosafety levels.

Z1LK6014 Research Project 1
The purpose of this course is to train students to carry out research for a specified topic of choice in the field of occupational safety and health through reading and focused selfresearch. Students are required to do a literature review of a particular topic of interest and prepare a proposal for the research that will be carried out in the Z1LK 6016 Research Project 2 course.

Z1LK6016 Research Project 2
(Pre-requisite: Passed Z1LK 6014 Research Project 1)
This course is offered with the purpose of allowing students to experience carrying out research in a topic of their interest under the guidance of a supervisor or a panel of supervisors. The research can be experimental or analytical by nature. Students are required to prepare a significant research project dissertation based on the findings of their research and present their findings in an oral defence.

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field with minimum CGPA 2.50 or equivalent, from any institutions of higher learning  recognized by the UKM Senate; or
• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field with minimum CGPA 2.00 – 2.49 or equivalent, with minimum of 5 years working experience or research project in relevant field. Proof of the working experience of a foreign candidate should be acknowledge by the embassy of the respective country; or
• Fulfill Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL A) for local candidates only:
  • should be more than 30 years of age in the year of application; and
  • possess at least STPM or diploma in relevant field or other equivalent qualification recognized by the Government of Malaysia and approved by the UKM Senate; and
  • possess a certificate of MQA APEL with MQF Level 7
• An international student shall obtain minimum results of TOEFL iBT score 46 / IELTS band 5.5 / CEFR band B2 / MUET band 3 (An international student who comes from a country where English is the official language, or who has obtained academic qualifications from any institution of higher learning that uses English as the medium of instruction may be exempted from the requirement for TOEFL / IELTS / MUET); and
• Fulfill other requirements prescribed by the UKM Senate from time to time.