Purpose

The objective of this assessment item is to develop professional presentation and teamwork skills. For both study and work it is important that you develop confidence in presenting orally to a group. At university, teamwork is different to industry in that teams provide a learning experience for you. During this experience, you will learn:

• about how comfortable you are speaking before others
• how to persuade others in a variety of ways
• how to avoid death by PowerPoint
• how to engage the audience
• about yourself as a team worker
• how to build relationships, an important skill for building partnerships as an OHS Professional
• how to work with others to draw the best out of each other
• how to work through difficult situations, such as: losing a team member, disruptions to team progress, conflicts among team members and differences in ability, personality and motivation (Note conflict and differences of opinion enhance your learning experience)
• project management.

Many of these skills relate to other situations beyond working in teams that will support personal growth expected of OHS professionals.

Task Description

There are two parts to this assignment:

1a the Team Presentation (10%)

1b the Individual Presentation Project (20%)

You will be assigned to a team (of three or four members) based on your team role preferences and level of OHS experience.

Preparation

By Friday of Week 2, you are required to perform the following task:

• Complete the OCHS12002 Team Selection (Week 1) Survey

1a The Team Presentation (10%)

Before Residential School:

By Monday of Week 2, you will be assigned to a team and provided with a team space within Microsoft Teams.

Details

As a team you are required to perform the following tasks:

• Establish a team contract that includes: roles, communication, schedule of milestones and an issues resolution plan.
• Select a presentation topic from the list provided on Moodle. Each team will present a different topic and selection of topics will be on a 'first in best dressed' basis.
• The presentation is to take 20 minutes after which there will be 5 minutes for questions. All members must contribute to the development of the presentation. Delivery of the presentation should be equally divided among team members.
• The content of the presentation should:

-Pitch to management who have the power to resource actions proposed.

-Establish the context.

-Provide details about the hazards.

-Indicate the extent of associated risks and who is impacted.

-Propose corrective actions in a persuasive manner.

-Include an interactive component to engage the audience and aid learning that takes about 5 minutes. The interactive component can be done in a 5-minute block or spread across the presentation.

-In developing the content, you may like to consider the Energy-Damage Model, the Hierarchy of Control Measures, legislation, Australian and International standards and any other reputable information sources.

-The presentation should be appropriate for managers and contain enough information to make a compelling case that requires management approval and resourcing.

-Provide a reference list as the final slide.

Submission

Submit the final presentation PowerPoint slides in the Moodle Assessment Block by the due date (25/8/23).

During Residential School:

Your team will deliver your presentation to your fellow classmates. Assign one team member to drive the slides during the presentation. You will also be required to chair questions. Share this task among the team if you wish.

Post Residential School:

After residential school you are required to complete the second half of this assignment.

1b Individual Reflection (20%)

Prepare and submit your reflection on how the presentation went and your contribution to it. Present, in a couple of paragraphs:

• Your contribution to the presentation (slides, information, etc.), and:

• A personal reflection on how well you felt your delivery went in up to 250 words.

Complete and submit this assessment task within Moodle by the due date.

Weighting

30%

Assessment Criteria

1a. Team Presentation (100 marks) weighted at 10%

The Presentation:

. Pitched to management appropriately (10 marks)

· Context is established (10 marks)

· Sufficient depth of discussion (10 marks)

· Provides details about the hazards (10 marks)

· Indicates the extent of associated risks and who is impacted (10 marks)

· Proposes corrective actions in a persuasive manner (10 marks)

· Interactive reinforcement activity/s (10 marks)

· PowerPoint design (10 marks)

· Delivery technique (breath control, pitch, pace, pause, dynamics…) (10 marks)

· Reputable sources and referencing (10 marks)

1b. Individual Reflection (20 marks) weighted at 20%

Describes personal contribution (10 marks)

-Depth of discussion (based on your contribution)

-Design of presentation (PowerPoint, video, reinforcement activity)

-Reputable sources and accurate referencing.

Personal reflection (10 marks)

-Critical thinking

-Consideration of delivery techniques

-Offers useful improvements.

Purpose

The purpose of this assessment item is to give you an opportunity to conduct a general workplace inspection within a workplace visit during the residential. During the process you will develop valuable practical skills such as hazard identification, risk assessment, control and monitoring skills. You will become acquainted with OHS legislation and other OHS codes, standards and guidelines. Formal report writing will hone written communication skills and develop various administrative skills required of an OHS Professional.

Your task is to conduct a workplace inspection at a facility provided at the residential. You will be taken to a location in a workshop, and your task is to design an appropriate inspection checklist (which will be finalised sometime after the visit). Guidance (a template) is provided in Moodle and in a lecture preceding the residential.

Before going on site, you are to:

• Identify the work area to be inspected. Guidance on this, including visual captures of the facility are provided in Moodle.
• Prepare a general workplace inspection checklist, where some categories are drawn up (information provided in the preceding lecture) and you are ready to take notes and make entries against predetermined items but also add to your list. Include hazard types (classifications) common to that facility. Classifications may also be made according to parts of the facility (i.e. storage areas). Note that this inspection is not to include systems items (e.g. Management Commitment and consultation arrangements).

During the inspection, you are to do the following:

• Be dressed in appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (Long cotton drill pants, long sleeved high visibility short, safety boots and safety glasses). Check this against the information provided in the Moodle tile ''Getting Started & Residential School Preparation'.
• View/inspect the various areas provided and document the inspection with your observations. A refinement of your observations/notes can be made after the visual inspection is completed.

• Follow instructions and conduct yourself professionally, as per the OHS Professional Capability Framework document.

• Document the inspection.
• You may take photographs during the visit (no persons in the photograph please) to use for the purposes of this assignment, and a selected few may be used within the inspection report.
• Please be aware of your professional obligations, by not identifying individual persons (visually or in writing) and by providing a completed inspection and report that can provide positive feedback and also offer opportunities for improvement.

The Formal Workplace Inspection Report should contain, and adhere to, the following:

-Cover page (Assignment details, name, date)

-Report title page

-Executive summary (one page only)

-Table of contents

-Contextualisation of the workplace

-Methodology (inspection approach, instrument used)

-Findings (includes good practice and areas for improvement)

-Evaluation of observed risks and additional risk treatment

-Corrective Actions Plan that is evidence-based and reasonably practicable

-Assertions with reference to reputable sources (e.g. legislation, Codes of Practice)

-Australian Standards, other best practice standards/guides from reputable sources

-Appendices: The completed Inspection Checklist and Corrective Action Plan

-Complies with the limit of 2,500 words (select the most salient items to include in the report)

Word count excludes the following: cover page, letter of transmittal, title page, executive summary, table of contents, reference list and appendices).

Submission

Submit the Report, with the completed inspection as an Appendix in Moodle.

Weighting

40%

Formal workplace inspection report 30% (100 marks)

• Images and or sketches (capture of evidence) that supports report assertions (10 marks)
• Identifies aspects that manage the hazards and associated risks well and those that need improvement (20 marks)
• Evaluates risks observed by utilising a suitable risk control framework (20 marks)
• Develops an evidence-based risk control plan and associated Corrective Actions Plan (20 marks)
• Assertions are supported with reference to reputable sources (10 marks)
• Format is professionally and concisely presented, including document control (10 marks)
• Appendix: contextualised workplace inspection template (10 marks).

Purpose

The purpose of this assessment item is to give you an opportunity to develop your risk assessment skills for a variety of items in either a domestic or light-to-medium industrial environment. During the process you will develop valuable practical skills such as hazard identification, risk assessment, control and monitoring skills. You will become acquainted with the OHS legislation and other OHS standards and guidelines.

Task Description

You are required to undertake the following three tasks:

1. Conduct a plant risk assessment (20 marks)

2. Develop a hazardous chemical risk register and conduct a hazardous chemical risk assessment (10 marks)

3. Reflect on professional practice (10 marks).

1. Risk assessment of plant (20%)

Your task is to select a type of plant and to conduct a Plant Risk Assessment. This can be commenced during one of the site visits in the residential.

You are required to do the following:

• Conduct a Plant Risk Assessment, using the Plant Risk Assessment template provided to you in Moodle. You will need to include your own risk assessment matrix to suit the risk context.
• Provide some photograph captures of the item of plant to provide some visual context and to demonstrate that you have accessed the item of plant.
• Submit the completed risk assessment (completed template) by the due date.

An exemplar of how to commence the risk assessment, along with an accompanying video file and another ‘plant familiarisation video’ is provided in Moodle for your reference.

2. Hazardous chemical risk register and risk assessment (10%)

Your task is to:

• Take a photograph or video of a chemical storage area.
• Develop a chemical risk register for the chemical storage area. Please use the Hazardous Chemicals Risk Register template provided by Safe Work Australia.
• Select one chemical and conduct a risk assessment. Please use the Chemical Risk Assessment Worksheet provided to you in Moodle.
• Submit the completed risk assessment and hazardous chemicals risk register by the due date.

3. Reflections on professional practice (10%)

The Board of Directors of the International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations (INSHPO) established a Global OHS Capability Framework to provide greater clarity around the generalist OHS positions by defining levels of practice, roles and what capabilities, knowledge and skills they would require to be effective. Your task is to:

• Use the skill list in Section 6 of the INSHPO OHS Capabilities Framework to map your current skill levels (1 to 4) across each of the performance criteria. This is presented in a matrix format (see here for the template).
• Based on this mapping exercise, self-analyse where you are positioned for each skill (i.e. 1 = Awareness, 2 = Routine Application, 3 = Skilled Application, and 4 = Creative Mastery)
• Based on the analysis, identify the skill gaps or areas for improvement that you may have.
• Discuss these results (approximately 200 words) and outline an action plan (i.e. a table) that will help you develop your OHS professional skills for the future and more immediately for your third-year studies.
• Submit the completed mapping and reflection by the due date.

Weighting

30%

Assessment Criteria

1. Plant Risk Assessment Project (20%)

• Digital capture provides evidence that is this student completed the work
• Risk assessment worksheet is complete and shows all parts of plant are considered
• Hazards are comprehensively captured and associated risks assessed accurately
• Risk control measures are identified accurately and additional or changed control measures are appropriate
• The risk matrix is appropriate for the context
• The corrective actions plan reflects what might be reasonably practicable to do.

2. Hazardous Chemical Risk Register/Assessment Project (10%)

• Risk register reflects photographic or video evidence
• Risk assessment worksheet includes all essential items for one chemical
• Hazards are captured and associated risks assessed accurately
• Risk control measures are identified accurately and additional or changed control measures are appropriate
• A suitable risk control plan has been developed that includes provisions for monitoring and reviewing the controls implemented.

3. Reflect & Review Project (10%)

Your grade will be evaluated on the depth and breadth of your response.

• Skill set mapped to all skills in Section 6 of the INSHPO Capability Framework. Matrix has a 1-4 rating
• In-depth elf-analysis and discussion
• Skill gaps and areas for improvement identified
• A useful action plan is created for future work
• Demonstrates reflective writing and critical thinking.