Overview
This unit provides an overview of occupational health and safety as a discipline. Students will trace the history and development of the discipline and develop an appreciation of the impact of the occupational environment on the health and safety of individuals. Students will examine the costs and benefits of strategies to prevent occupational injury and illness and be introduced to the different specialities within the OHS discipline.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student Unit Evaluations via Have Your Say
Students liked the use of the Scoop It platform for Assessment 1 OHS Quests.
Keep the use of the Scoop It platform for Assessment 1 OHS Quests.
Feedback from Student Unit Evaluations via Have Your Say
Students found the unit content and number of assessments appropriate for an Introductory OHS course.
Keep the current unit assessments and structure which supports students foundational knowledge learning.
- Trace the history and development of occupational health and safety.
- Identify the essential elements of occupational health and safety.
- Describe the impact of occupational injury and disease on individuals, organisations and society.
- Source risk management and prevention guidance material.
- Construct a reflective mind map related to occupational health and safety topics.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 40% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 40% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
Additional Textbook Information
The Core Body of Knowledge for Generalist OHS Professionals is available to download for non-commercial purposes. Students are free to download and print single copies (ONLY) from the web site for their own professional use available at: http://www.ohsbok.org.au/
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
r.kift@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction
The Generalist OHS Professional
Global Work
Chapter
All Chapters are from the OHS Body of Knowledge
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Extent of the OHS Problem
Global Safety
Global Health
Chapter
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Organisation
Organisational Culture
Chapter
Chapter 10
Chapter 10.2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Systems
How to - Harvard Referencing Style
Chapter
Chapter 11
CQUniversity Harvard Referencing Style Guide
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Chapter 8
Chapter 8.2
Chapter 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Written Assessment - Mind Map Due: Week 6 Friday (20 Apr 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Hazards as a Concept
Risk
Chapter
Chapter 15
Chapter 31
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Control Prevention and Intervention
User centric safe design approach to control
Chapter
Chapter 34
Chapter 34.1
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Academic Writing - How to Succeed
Journal Searching
What is Plagiarism?
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
OHS Professional Practice Quests Due: Week 9 Monday (7 May 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Models of Causation -Safety
Models of Causation - Health determinants
Chapter
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Introduction to Practice as a Concept
Model of OHS Practice
Chapter
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
There is no prescribed text book for this unit. This unit uses the Core Body of Knowledge for Generalist OHS Professionals which is available as a download for non-commercial purposes. Students are free to download and print single copies (ONLY) from the web site for their own professional use, available at: http://www.ohsbok.org.au/.
To pass this unit students must complete and lodge via the Moodle site Assessments 1, 2 and 3 (all three assessments must be attempted) and receive an overall unit score greater than 50%.
1 Online Quiz(zes)
Details: An important step in developing your knowledge in the area of OHS in this unit is to take you on a journey into the world of OHS practice, its history, essential elements, its importance and how you as an OHS practitioner can develop your skills and critical thinking in this area. This assessment will include 3 OHS specific professional practice quests and 1 reflective OHS professional survey quest.
Each of the four quests are worth 10%, for a total of 40% for Assessment 1.
Details of each of the OHS Quests will be made available via the Moodle site as a staggered approach with students have to complete set tasks by set dates on a fortnightly basis.
4
Fortnightly
Week 9 Monday (7 May 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Four (4) OHS Quests
Week 10 Monday (14 May 2018)
The four Individual quests will be marked and returned as they are completed.
Assessment Criteria: As a general rule assessment criteria for the Assessment 1, Quests 1 to 3 are: 1. Communication of critical thinking and key ideas (50%), 2. Deliver the required content for the quest and where applicable use information to support sound reasoning when answering the quest/s (40%), 3. Correct use of grammar, spelling and language to convey thoughts and key points ethically and to a wide cross cultural audience (10%.) The Quest 4 Reflective Survey will be marked slightly differently and will cover the ability to 1. Critically reflect on and answer key questions of the quest in relation to your OHS profession learning journey across the term (80%) and 2. Demonstrate an ability to self-assess your OHS knowledge and skills, level of professional capabilities, as measured by the OHS Professional Capabilities Framework (20%). A detailed marking matrix will be presented to students via the Moodle site.
- Trace the history and development of occupational health and safety.
- Identify the essential elements of occupational health and safety.
- Describe the impact of occupational injury and disease on individuals, organisations and society.
- Source risk management and prevention guidance material.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
In this assessment you will explore the Generalist OHS Professional in Australia.
Chapter 3 of the OHS Body of Knowledge (OHS Bok) discusses the Generalist OHS Professional in Australia and covers the history, positive and negative aspects of the role, challenges, education, perceptions, recognition and paradigm shifts in the understanding of the OHS field of practice.
For this assessment you are required to construct a reflective mind map related to five main elements of the profession of OHS that are covered in chapter 3 of the OHS BoK.
Therefore, for each of the headings listed below, display, via a mind map, your deeper understanding of these elements which are extensively discussed in chapter 3, being:-
(1) Perceptions of the OHS professional, (2) OHS educational issues, (3) Australian legislation development, (4) OHS paradigm shifts (ages of safety) and (5) OHS professional roles.
The five headings above form the basis of your mind map branches which centre out from OHS, and you should add to those branches, ideas, concepts and understandings of what you now know they represent as they relate to the profession of OHS.
Week 6 Friday (20 Apr 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Written Assessment - Mind Map
Week 7 Friday (27 Apr 2018)
When grading this submission specific attention will concentrate on finding:-
1. Evidence of your development of learning and understanding in relation to the key elements and concepts presented in this chapter of the BoK (75%); and
2. Evidence of critical thinking and creativity of presentation of key ideas (15%).
A marking matrix will be provided on the Moodle site.
- Trace the history and development of occupational health and safety.
- Identify the essential elements of occupational health and safety.
- Describe the impact of occupational injury and disease on individuals, organisations and society.
- Source risk management and prevention guidance material.
- Construct a reflective mind map related to occupational health and safety topics.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
For this assessment you will prepare a written report that discusses your understanding of both Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) as a profession and the role of the OHS professional.
Your report should cover the following two main areas which have been covered in this unit:-
1. Outline the historical developments of the profession of OHS demonstrating your understanding of (a) how the profession developed over time (cover early years to current day) and (b) why the OHS profession has become of importance to ensuring the health and wellbeing of individuals, organisations and society over the years;
2. Describe how a OHS professional uses their understanding of the essential elements of OHS practice (covered in this unit via the OHS BoK) to reduce the occupational injury and disease impacts to individuals, organisations and the wider community (society).
Week 11 Friday (25 May 2018) 11:45 pm AEST
Written Assessment - The Impact of Occupational Injury and Disease
Week 12 Friday (1 June 2018)
Your assessment will be marked on the following criteria:- Ability to apply a historical foundation to the topic - 25% Ability to discuss the impacts on individuals, organisations and society - 25% Ability to identify how the discipline of OHS strives to reduce the impacts to individuals, organisations and society - 30% Organisation and sequence of written expression of the report, accurate grammar and spelling -10% Correct Use of Harvard Style Referencing - 10% A detailed marking matrix will be presented to students via the Moodle site.
- Trace the history and development of occupational health and safety.
- Identify the essential elements of occupational health and safety.
- Describe the impact of occupational injury and disease on individuals, organisations and society.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
