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 emerging OHS professional 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 you having to complete set tasks by set dates on a fortnightly basis. Please see the schedule for the specific due dates for each Quest.

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 for each quest will be available to you via the Moodle site.

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.

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 (25%).

A marking matrix will be provided via the Moodle site.

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).

Word expectation- 1500-2000 words

Submission should be in Word or pdf format.

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 avilable to you via the Moodle site.