Students come into a unit with one understanding of the subject and - one hopes - leave with another. This assessment is therefore interested in your learning journey and the highlights, lightbulb moments or 'turning points' in your early learning about the OHS profession across the first 4 weeks of term.

In this assessment you will complete one online discussion per week for the first 4 weeks of term, via the Moodle site. Your weekly assigned readings from the OHS Body of Knowledge chapters from week 1 to week 4 will be used for your online turning point discussion. You are required to reflect and share your turning point learning experience via the Moodle site with your class cohort.

(1) Week 1 - BoK Chapters 3 and 4 - The Generalist OHS Professional and Global Concept - Work.

Discussion 1 - Reflect on and describe your turning point learning from your week 1 readings on the OHS Profession and the modern-day concept of work and how it has changed across time.

(2) Week 2 - BoK Chapters 5 and 6 - Global Concept - Safety and Global Concept - Health.

Discussion 2 - Reflect on and describe your turning point learning from your week 2 readings on the history and theory of Safety Science, and physical and psychological health.

(3) Week 3 - Bok Chapters - Humans - Chapters 7.1, 8.1 and 8.2.

Discussion 3 - Reflect on and describe your turning point learning from your week 3 reading on humans.

(4) Week 4 - Bok Chapters - Organisations - Chapters 10.1 and 10.2.

Discussion 4 - Reflect on and describe your turning point learning from your week 4 readings on organisational complexity, culture and safety performance.

Students are required to complete all four-discussion post by the end of Week 5, and it is suggested you post your discussions week by week across the first 4 weeks of term. You weekly post should be no more than 250 words as a maximum. 

There is no need to formally submit an assessment item in the Moodle site, your discussion posts will be marked by the unit coordinator directly from the discussion forums on the Moodle site. A marking matrix will be provided in the Moodle site Assessment tile.

Minimum mark or grade: To pass this unit students must obtain a minimum grade of 50% for all assessment tasks.

Discussion 1 - Reflect on and describe your turning point learning from your week 1 readings. (10 marks)

Discussion 2 - Reflect on and describe your turning point learning from your week 2 readings. (10 marks)

Discussion 3 - Reflect on and describe your turning point learning from your week 3 readings. (10 marks)

Discussion 4 - Reflect on and describe your turning point learning from your week 4 readings. (10 marks)

This Introductory OHS unit takes you on a learning journey across the term into the profession of OHS. In this assessment you will construct a Mind Map of your key OHS learnings across the following areas of study: -

1. The history and development of the profession of occupational health and safety.
2. The essential elements of occupational health and safety.
3. The impact of occupational injury and disease (consider individuals, organisations and society).
4. The OHS Body of Knowledge as a foundational risk management and prevention guidance source for OHS professionals.

Using the term "Intro to OHS" as the central heading in your mind map, map a branch for each of the 4 topics listed and then add details about your learning in each of the branches.

Examples of Mind Maps will be provided in Moodle and a detailed marking matrix will also be provided.

Presentation Format:

You are required to prepare a ONE-page Mind Map of your key learnings under each of the 4 key branches referred to above.

Examples of Mind Maps will be given in Moodle, however, please feel free to research Mind Maps and think about how you would like to present your work.

Minimum mark or grade: To pass this unit students must obtain a minimum grade of 50% for all assessment tasks.

When grading this submission specific attention will concentrate on the following: -

1. The history and development of the profession of occupational health and safety (10%).
2. The essential elements of occupational health and safety (10%).
3. The impact of occupational injury and disease - consider individuals, organisations and society (10%).
4. The OHS Body of Knowledge as a foundational risk management and prevention guidance source for OHS professionals (10%).

A detailed marking matrix will be provided via the Moodle site.

OHS professionals work in complex systems of work in what has been termed the Fifth Age of Safety or the Adaptive Age. As an early career OHS professional you are required to prepare a written paper that demonstrates your understanding of the key notions linked to OHS modern day work. You are therefore required to: -

1. Discuss your understanding of the Fifth Age of Safety / The Adaptive Age;

2. Discuss the notions of Safety-I and Safety-II including how safety is now thought to be achieved by adaptations to changing circumstances through variability in human performance; and

3. Discuss why an understanding of complex socio-technical systems is important for modern day OHS professionals.

You will need to refer to the paper by Borys, Else and Leggett (2009) titled 'The Fifth Age of Safety: The Adaptive Age' and further support your writing with a total of at least 10 references.

Submission should be in Word format only - Not PDF. Length - 1500 words.

Minimum mark or grade: To pass this unit students must obtain a minimum grade of 50% for all assessment tasks.

Assessment Criteria:

Ability to discuss an understanding of the 5th Age of Safety - the Adaptive Age - 30%

Ability to discuss the notions of Safety-I and Safety-II including an understanding of human performance variability which is now acknowledged as necessary for OHS - 30%

Ability to discuss the importance of a complex socio-technical systems view of OHS - 30%

Correct Use of Harvard Style Referencing - 10%

A detailed marking matrix will be available to you via the Moodle site.