Course Overview

Course Title: Accident Investigation Fundamentals
Credit Points: 12
Nominal Hours:
Course Coordinator: Jose Silva
Course Coordinator Phone:
Course Coordinator Email: jose.silva@rmit.edu.au
Course Summary

Through this course, you will develop and establish relevant competencies to enable you to initiate an accident investigation process as a Transport Safety Investigator (TSI). The course will have a particular emphasis on fundamentals aspects necessary to carry out an investigation at the accident site. The course covers the main transport modes by exposing you to specialised knowledge on aviation, rail or marine accident investigation principles.
You will learn to be prepared to initiate an investigation to an accident, to conduct an initial assessment on site, to control site integrity to preserve evidence, to examine the scene, to collect evidence and to formulate preliminary hypothesis on the contributory factors to the accident
You will gain the knowledge and skills to recognise potential health and safety risks and to take action to eliminate or control those risks at accident sites.
The course also includes a specialised module on forensic photography, where you will learn basic photographic techniques to enable you to collect photographic evidence at the accident site.

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