Exercise rehabilitation
Exercise Rehabilitation Clinic serves as a learning laboratory for exercise science students and as a commercial rehabilitation centre for people recovering from soft tissue or musculoskeletal problems. A Master of Exercise Rehabilitation is offered by coursework.
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Farm safety
The Victorian Farm Safety Training Centre operates from within the School of Business Services and has developed a national reputation for effective and innovative approaches for the provision of training and consultancy in farm safety. The School has many customers within rural industry, as well as organisations such as the Victorian Workcover Authority and the Indigenous Land Council. The school also offers short courses such as Chainsaw Operations, Farm Chemical Training, Environmental Care for Forest Workers and OHS for Forest Workers training.
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Health informatics
Electronic messaging is increasingly being used to transfer health information between the medical profession, hospitals networks and other health care facilities. A key requirement is that messages conform to standards designed to enable interoperability between different databases and information systems. The Collaborative Centre for eHealth (CCeH), within the Centre for Informatics and Applied Optimization (CIAO), assists the health industry to implement HL7 compliant electronic messaging.
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Human movement
Research at the School of Human Movement and Sport Sciences follows traditional sub-discipline lines: sports psychology, exercise physiology, exercise rehabilitation, functional anatomy/biomechanics, sociology, sports management, motor learning and control, health promotion, outdoor and environmental education, and sports coaching.
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Injury prevention
Health promotion and injury prevention is one of the key focus areas of the Centre for Health Research and Practice (CHRP). CHRP undertakes significant research and consultancy which is characterised by its application and impact value to the community, the industry sector and to the individual.
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Occupational health and safety
VIOSH Australia is a cross-disciplinary centre located in the School of Science and Engineering at UB. VIOSH is recognised as one of Australia’s leading centres in occupational health and safety.
Together with a network of consultants, VIOSH Australia provides training, professional consultancy and contract research to corporate and industry association clients aimed at increasing health and safety literacy in Australian workplaces. VIOSH Australia aims to stimulate and undertake research and development to reduce occupational risk. The centre provides timely, OHS solution-focused advice to assist client organisations to increase productivity through programs targeted at workplace health and safety.
Short course training programs include the Workplace Health and Safety Course and OHS Management System Auditor Training. VIOSH also provides client-tailored training such as Hazard Specific Training (eg. noise), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Training, Risk Management Training, Generalist OHS Awareness Training (including a range of levels and duration) and OHS Management Training. Training needs analysis can be undertaken to support the design work offered by our expert educators.
The Certificate IV in Occupational Health and Safety provides multi-disciplinary frameworks on which to build health and safety knowledge and experience. The course does not attempt to provide detailed coverage of all aspects of health and safety. Rather, the aim is to produce self-directed learners, who have the necessary skills to tackle new issues in health and safety, as and when they arise. Course participants will be given a basic understanding of a broad range of contemporary health and safety issues and related control strategies. A Graduate Certificate and a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Hazard Management are also available.
VIOSH Australia’s research activities are focused on reducing the incidence of injury and risk through the application of OHS solutions to the workplace and are typically achieved through partnerships with industry.
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Physical recreation
Successfully involved in the provision of customised training drawn from the National Fitness and National Recreation Training packages, the School’s nationally accredited delivery occurs at Certificate III and IV in Fitness and Certificate IV in Outdoor Recreation. The School has proactively implemented alternative training options, delivering specialised training through VET in Schools, preparing secondary students for a wider range of a career options.
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Outdoor education
The Graduate Diploma in Outdoor and Environmental Education combines the study of outdoor and environmental education knowledge, and skills and values with the development of competence and experience in outdoor activities. Outdoor activities are viewed as approaches to gaining access to more natural settings and as a medium for developing human/nature relationships. The theoretical perspective of the course aims to develop student's understanding of the interdependence of culture and the natural environment and to identify the influence of cultural beliefs on environmental and outdoor education issues and practices.
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Unisports
Unisports offers a range of recreational, aquatic, fitness and health programs. It houses a state-of-the-art gymnastics facility. Unisports offers programs for juniors, through to business and community groups. Fully qualified and experienced staff welcome all participants.
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