Discussion: 10%

You will be required to post a discussion about the presentations of the various domains.

You need to:

• Watch all of the lectures on the domains and participate in tutorial discussions
• Explore the web sites of the various regulatory and investigation agencies
• Access accident reports from the specific domain
• Access any public accident databases relative to the domains

• What are the unique characteristics of this domain in relation to laws, technologies, operation and hazards?
• What agencies are responsible for regulation and investigation in the domain?
• What accident investigation/forensic methods are used that are unique to this domain?
• Are there any other differences or reasons that influenced your choice?

Posting is to be no more than 1000 words and appropriately referenced using the current CQUni Harvard style.

You are also required to respond constructively to two of your colleagues, each response consisting of approximately 300 words.

When you respond to another student’s post in each of the discussion threads, engage constructively and respectfully with what they have said. For example, you could say whether you agree or disagree with them and explain why briefly, or you could take what they have said and extend it with another example.

Peer review: 10%

You will be required to post your draft accident report in Moodle for comment from your colleagues. You are required to review and provide thorough constructive feedback to one of your colleagues on their report. Post your feedback in the designated area on Moodle.

Discussion 10%

You will be assessed against the following criteria:

1. The depth of your discussion of the various domains presented (2.5%)

2. Identification of the domain which you would like to pursue in both academic studies and vocation, and why you have selected this domain (2.5%).

3. Constructive feedback to two of your colleagues' discussions (2 x 2.5%).

Peer review 10%

You will be assessed against the following criteria:

1. Draft report showing substantial progress against Assessment 3 Part A criteria (7%).

2. Constructive feedback to one of your colleagues' reports (3%).

During the Crash Lab Project residential school, you will work in an investigation team to investigate a series of accidents. Each student will lead one team and work as a team member on a number of teams led by other students.

You will be accountable for the integrity of the investigation in which you are the leader. This includes responsibility for:

• Managing your investigation team
• Safety at the accident scene
• Preservation of the the accident scene
• Gathering and continuity of evidence
• Identifying and interviewing witnesses
• Obtaining witness statements
• Identifying and collecting documentary and other evidence
• Creating and maintaining appropriate logs
• Initial analysis of the accident
• Initial preparation of the applicable logic diagrams

Your practical application of the relevant theory will be assessed during the residential school against each of these subject areas. You and your team will collect evidence throughout the residential school. Your understanding of your collected Evidence Portfolio will be assessed at the end of the residential school.

In addition, you will be required to prepare and deliver a presentation, supported by Powerpoint and other relevant artifacts, that describes your investigation, your preliminary analysis, including your preliminary logic diagrams.

There will be four parts to this assessment:

Part A : Preparedness (5%)

• Risk Assessment
• Crash kit
  

Part B : Advanced Scene Management and Evidence Collection (15%)

• Accident Scenario - Team Leader Assessment
• Collected Evidence Portfolio

Part C : Initial Analysis (10%)

• Verbal Presentation supported by visual materials

Part D : Professionalism (Pass/Fail)

• Throughout the residential school, you will be assessed on their ability to apply professional approaches to all activitie.

The majority of the assessment will be completed during the residential school. Your completed Powerpoint presentation should also be uploaded into the applicable assessment lodgement area in Moodle by 0900 hours on the Monday following the residential school.

NOTE: In order for all students to satisfactorily complete this assessment, it will be necessary for students in the investigation teams to share their collected evidence, artefacts, photos, maps, documents, records and logs etc with their team leader/s in a timely fashion. To facilitate this, you should each bring an appropriate USB stick to the residential school to facilitate the transfer of files.

Failure to share your evidence, artefacts, photos, maps, documents, records and logs etc collected during the investigation activities at the residential school with your team leader in a timely fashion, will result in your failure of this assessment task.

The detailed assessment criteria for each part will be provided and explained during the term. In summary, students will be assessed on their demonstration of:

PART A  - Pre-planning (5%) You are required to have completed an effective risk assessment (submitted prior to the residential school) and understand the necessity of a complete crash kit as detailed during the lectures. You are also required to attend the residential school with the crash kit items detailed in the lectures and on the Moodle site.

PART B  - Scene Management & Evidence Collection (15%)

Accident Scenario - Team Leader Assessment

Your physical collected evidence will be assessed to ensure that you have collected, engaged with and can verbally explain:

• photographs
• sketch map and the process to create a scale map from this
  
• log sheets completed by their team.

This assessment will also include ensuring that you have

• witness statements, including
• identified the appropriate witness
• planned questions
• collected a statement using appropriate techniques
• prepared a written witness statement.
• sufficient materials and understanding to be able to prepare a report.
• recognised weaknesses in collected materials and has a plan to address any shortcomings identified.

PART C  – Preliminary Analysis (10%)

The presentation of your preliminary analysis will be assessed for

• Content & preliminary event tree logic diagram
• Professional presentation style
• Professional formatting
  

PART D – Professionalism (Pass/Fail)

Throughout the residential school, you are expected to apply professional approaches to all activities, including:

• attendance
• teamwork
• personal leadership
• professional and ethical practice

• Obtain copies of all the relevant physical and documentary evidence, photographs, logs, interview statements etc collected by the members of your investigation team as part of the investigation in which you were leader
• Assemble a timeline to display the critical sequence of events
• Explain the accident using an event tree
• Complete your analysis of the accident and PEEPO, Timeline and Event Tree diagrams which were commenced during the residential school
• Prepare a comprehensive report describing the accident, your investigation, your analysis of the evidence including your PEEPO, Timeline and Event Tree logic diagrams. Your report should conclude with your findings regarding causation of the accident and recommendations for corrective action.

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 Graduate Diploma (HF Analysis, Engineering, Victim Pathology, Regulatory Analysis)
    
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 - 15%

Criteria 7-11: Analysis of evidence - 15%

Criteria 12-14: Conclusions & recommendations - 15%

Criteria 15-17: Professional report formatting, written expression and referencing - 5%

Part B: Pre-trial briefing (Pass / Fail)

You will be assessed on your understanding of the work produced in your report including your explanation of:

• the field work undertaken at the residential school
• the analysis of the evidence collected
• the accident analysis tools used
• the recommendations and conclusions