CQUniversity Unit Profile.

During the term, your Unit Coordinator will post three discussion questions in Moodle, aimed at enabling you to apply your skills to the report and maintain reasonable progress. You are required to respond thoughtfully to each of the three discussion questions through a post on the Moodle site, as well as reply constructively on the Moodle site to at least two other students' post in each of the four discussion questions.

You will be assessed on your demonstration of reflective skills appropriate to the development of the graduating practitioner.

The following areas will be assessed:

• Demonstrated understanding of the question
• Stated position or argument clearly & concisely
• Supported position with authoritative sources & referenced
• Constructive response to at least two other students
• Engagement as a responsible member of the learning community.

You are to complete the analysis and investigation of your Crash Lab Project 1 / Investigative Methods Practice accident and prepare a detailed report of the investigation.

The report should demonstrate all the learnings from the Accident Forensics course to date.

The investigation needs to be thorough and must contain at least thirty lines of enquiry demonstrated in your event tree. During this term, students are expected to develop additional lines of enquiry, incorporating learnings from other third year units, especially the principles of human factors investigation and AINV13004 Learning from Failure. Accordingly you may request additional evidence for your scenario.

The final report will be assessed on the content, logic and comprehensiveness of the report.  Detailed guidance will be provided during the term as to the content of the report.  As a minimum the following sections are to be addressed in your report:

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Description of the Accident
• Description of the Investigation
• Analysis and testing, including Timeline, PEEPO and Event Tree
• Relevant learnings from similar accidents
• Research of relevant legislation, codes and standards that have a bearing on the causal factors.
• Findings
• Conclusions
• Recommendations
• Attachments (All investigation artefacts, including logs, continuity records photographs, scene maps, witness statements, evidence logs, logic diagrams etc)
• References (It is expected your report will be fully referenced including references from literature, legislation, codes and standards).

Additional information, support and practice opportunities will be available throughout the term.

You are required to submit a digital copy of your completed report by the due date via the Moodle site.  

1. Introduction
2. Establishment of the facts and supports evidence from the scene in the form of relevant photographs, sketches and maps
3. Photographs accurately depict the scene management and evidence collection process. They are cross-referenced and recorded accurately.
4. The final scale map accurately depicts the accident scene, based on the information provided on the sketch map.
5. Witness statements are included in the evidence
6. Critical witness evidence is taken into consideration in the causation argument
7. PEEPO
8. Timeline
9. Event Tree showing a minimum of 30 lines of inquiry, all causation sequences back to the latent failures for each line of inquiry.
10. Causation narrative describing all of the causation sequences leading to the event
11. Analysis considers other accidents of same type
12. Logical conclusions are drawn from the evidence and analysis
13. Recommendations are made to address each causal factors
14. Report demonstrates application of knowledge from throughout the program
15. Formatting & presentation
16. Uses written expression appropriate to a report
17. Sources and referencing (eg. company documents, Australian Standards, Codes of Practice, legislation)

Criteria 1-6: Introduction and evidence - 20 marks

Criteria 7-9: Analysis of evidence - 25 marks

Criteria 10-14: Conclusions & recommendations - 25 marks

Criteria 15-17: Professional report formatting, written expression and referencing - 10 marks

This assessment consists of two parts.

Part A : Demonstration Court and Reflection (20%)

You will be provided a prosecution brief of evidence prepared by an investigator You will also be provided with a recording of a demonstration court which will show two investigators providing evidence. You are required to watch the recording.  You will discuss your learnings and write a guided reflection on the effectiveness of the prosecution's case, including the presentation of evidence in the court and the effectiveness of witness testimony. Questions will be provided in Moodle to guide your reflection.

Part B : Investigator under cross examination (Pass/Fail)

You will be required to be available to defend your final report under scrutiny from a Lawyer.  You will be required to attend online and provide answers under an evidence proofing environment regarding your report. These proofing sessions will be held online and recorded.

Part A: Demonstration court and reflection (20%)

Reflection and learnings on the following areas:

• Importance of accurate evidence being collected and recorded during an investigation in the preparation of an accident report - 4 marks
• The role of an investigator in the court process as observed in the demonstration court -4 marks
  
• Any changes that you would make if required to undertake an investigation again - 4 marks
• How you would prepare for being cross examined in the future - 4 marks
• Written expression - 4 marks

Part B: Investigator under cross examination (Pass/Fail)

You will be assessed on your actions within the evidence proofing process including:

• Knowledge of your report
• Understanding of the tools used within your report
• Confidence and consistence whilst under scrutiny
• Professionalism and respect for the lawyer