This assignment is about preparing and presenting a workplace presentation. For both your study and future work purposes, it is important that you develop confidence in providing an oral presentation to a group. Professional communication can encompass written, oral, visual and digital communication.

(a) Team Role Test (non-graded)

This is a team assignment and you will be assigned to a team by the Lecturer.

Note: If you do not submit this assessment item, you will be randomly added to a team. For best results, all students would have completed the team role test.

First task - Due Tuesday of Week 3 10:00 am AEST!

Please conduct the Team Role Test - based on Belbin's work, and read about your preferred team roles. Once completed upload the scores achieve, in the My Preferred Team Roles forum.

(b) Presentation (30%)

As a team, you are to select an OHS hazard that you anticipate to be present during Residential School. Research the topic and provide a 15 minute presentation that includes a short reinforcement or assessment activity. The presentation should be appropriate for delivery to workers. You will be required to deliver the presentation to the rest of the class during your Residential School.

At the end of your presentation, your team will be required to introduce the next team then chair any questions and conclude their session.

You will be assessed on both content and delivery using the following marking criteria:

• Organisation and preparation (15%);
• Topic discussion (20%);
• Audience engagement – reinforcement activity (15%);
• Conclusion (5%);
• Use of vocal variety (10%);
• Use of audio/visual aids (10%);
• General delivery (10%);
• Introduce following team, chair questions, conclude session (10%).
• Self and peer review (5%)

You will undertake various practical activities while at residential school. All activities will be noted and compiled into an OHS Portfolio. Details will be provided at residential school.

The portfolio is evaluated for completeness according to the activities undertaken during residential school.

Equal weighting will apply for each portfolio item to tally (with reflections) to 100%. Note, more than one item may be required from each of the activities below. Professionalism is a pass/fail component and is based on your conduct during residential school.

• Site visit inspection reports (25%)
• Hygiene monitoring reports (25%)
• Risk management reports (25%)
• Reflections (one reflection for each portfolio item) (25%).
• Professionalism (Pass/Fail)

While at residential School, you will conduct a number of workplace inspections in a variety of different work environments. You will be allocated one of these workplaces for the purposes of this assignment. You are to write a formal workplace inspection report that includes:

• Cover Page – (Student name, number, due date, lecturer, assessment item title)
• Letter of transmittal
• Report Title Page
• Executive Summary
• Table of Contents
• Introduction (Purpose of report, context, scope)
• Methodology (Method of inspection and process)
• Results and Discussion (support discussion with reputable sources, not based on compliance or opinion only)
• Risk Control Plan and associated corrective action plan (prioritised)
• References (Harvard Referencing Style)
• Appendix (completed checklist used and corrective action plan)
• Keep within the word limit of 2,000 words.

Identify both good practice and areas for improvement, based upon the observed risk and the workplace risk controls.

The report will be graded on both report writing and content.

The assessment task will be graded on report writing and content. Identify both good practice and areas for improvement, based upon the observed risk and applied risk controls.

The task will be graded according to the following criteria:

• Executive Summary concisely reflects the report (10%);
• Inspection checklist completed and appended (5%);
• Applies risk management principles (15%);
• Identifies appropriate links between work, energy and risk (15%);
• Applies regulatory framework in an appropriate and in a tactful manner (10%);
• Draws appropriate conclusions (10%);
• Proposes corrective actions according to priority (15%);
• Formal report structure and content (10%); AND
• Utilises relevant scholarly sources, referencing, written expression, and grammatical accuracy - within 2,000 word limit (10%).