SYNOPSIS:

Occupational Safety And Health course is designed to impart understanding of the self regulatory concepts and provisions under the Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) in Malaysia. This course presents the responsibilities of workers in implementing and complying with the safety procedures at work. Understanding of notifications of accidents, dangerous occurrences, poisoning and diseases and liability for offences will be imparted to students. This course will also provide an understanding of the key issues in OSH Management, Incident Prevention, Hazard Identification Risk Control and Risk Assessment (HIRARC), Fire Safety and First Aid, Workplace Environment and Ergonomics and guide the students gradually into this multi-disciplinary science.

DENDROLOGY aims to familiarize students with the vernacular and scientific names of commercial species in Malaysia. It also emphasizes in naming the trees based on the botanical or scientific techniques. This course provides knowledge of availability and commercial value of Malaysian timber from dipterocarp and non-dipterocarp families. Students will have field trips to lowland dipterocarp forests, hill dipterocarp forests and mangrove forest as all these regions are important in terms of economic values. Through experiences from coursework in classes and field trips, students will possess strong basic skills in recognizing commercial trees in Malaysia.