Overview
This unit is Part A of a two-unit learning series which will provide students the opportunity to consolidate and practically apply all of the knowledge, skills and attitudes developed during their learning journey in the OHS course. In particular as related to analyses which draw on human factors, occupational hygiene, safety science and risk management knowledge. There is a specific emphasis on developing higher order skills and understandings which are representative of the holistic application of core skills that occurs when the professional understands the interaction between core disciplinary domains in solving complex problems. In addition, students will explore professional practice through the lens of futures methods and thinking, applied research methodology, project management and return on prevention analyses. During this unit (Part A), students will negotiate with an industry sponsor to complete project work during Part B of this unit series and will prepare appropriate documentation in readiness for approval. Students will create and submit a professional portfolio of their work.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite:- 48 credit point, including OCHS12002 Occupational Health and Safety Practice Co-requisite:- OCHS13016 and either OCHS12019 or OCHS13008.
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 - 2017
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).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
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 Have Your Say
Good use of different lecturers for different fields of knowledge
Continue to invite a range of teaching staff to deliver specialist content, especially in the residential school
A range of teaching staff again delivered specialist content.
Feedback from Have Your Say
Students appreciate when turnaround times are minimised
Reduce the turnaround times for return of assessment items
This remains an ongoing focus for this unit.
Feedback from Have Your Say
Students enjoying exploring the future of safety through the Board Papers. They would like to devote more time to exploring one topic thoroughly, instead of researching two topics for this assessment.
Review the topic descriptions in the Futures Board Papers so that one topic can deliver the required outcomes.
The Futures Portfolio was reduced to one Board Paper rather than two.
- Select and apply tools and techniques used to investigate and analyse human factors, occupational hygiene, accidents and other complex problems.
- Design risk management strategies for a variety of settings and communicate 'return on prevention' effectiveness.
- Evaluate the usefulness of futures methods to OHS related domains.
- Discuss contemporary problems and issues related to professional practice in OHS contexts and consider how applied research methods might be utilised to help solve the problem or issue.
- Lead professional OHS practice through effective project management and facilitation of teams.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 70% | |||||
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 - Practical and Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 70% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
Additional Textbook Information
The Body of Knowledge is available to download and print for non-commercial purposes at http://www.ohsbok.org.au/download-the-body-of-knowledge/
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.
a.hutton@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Module 1 : Professional Practice in OHS Contexts
Lecture 1 : Project Management
Tutorial : Writing Reports
Chapter
Welcome
- Ch 3 "The Generalist OHS Professional in Australia"
- Ch 37 "Introduction to Practice as a Concept"
- Ch 38 "Practice Model of OHS Practice"
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Module 1 : Professional Practice in OHS Contexts
Lecture 2 : Problem solving : Science or Art
Tutorial : Writing a proposalChapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Module 1 : Professional Practice in OHS Contexts
Lecture 3 : Contemporary problems and issues
Chapter
Context
- Ch 8 "Socio-political law"
- Ch 9 "Socio-political industrial"
- Ch 10.2 "Organisational culture"
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Module 2 : Preparation for Residential School
Lecture 1 : Welcome & Risk Management
Tutorial : Introduction to Risk Registers
Chapter
- Ch 15 "Hazard as a concept"
- Ch 31 "Risk"
- Ch 31.2 "OHS Risk and decision-making"
- Ch 34 "Control - Prevention and Intervention"
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Module 2 : Preparation for Residential School
Lecture 3 : Hygiene : Why
Tutorial : Hygiene Risk Assessments
Chapter
Hygiene
- Ch 12 "Human biological systems"
- Ch 33 "Models of causation - health determinants"
- Ch 17 "Chemical hazards"
- Ch 18 "Biological hazards"
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Module 2 : Preparation for Residential School
Lecture 4 : Hygiene - How?
Tutorial : Hygiene : Handling Results
Chapter
Hygiene
- Ch 22 "Noise and Vibration"
- Ch 24 "Ionising radiation"
- Ch 25 "Non-ionising radiation"
- Ch 26 "Thermal Environment"
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Module 2 : Preparation for Residential School
Lecture 2 : Human Factors
Tutorial : Human Factors Tools - worked examples
Chapter
Human Factors
- Ch 13 "Human Psych Principles"
- Ch 14 "The Human Principles of Social Interaction"
- Ch 16 "Hazard Biomechanical"
- Ch 19 "Psychosocial hazards"
- Ch 20 "Fatigue"
- Ch 34.1 "User centric safe design approach to control"
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Module 2 : Preparation for Residential School
Lecture 5 : Accident Investigation - Scene Management
Tutorial : What to Expect at Res School
Chapter
Accident Investigation
- Ch 32 "Models of causation : Safety"
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Residential School 8 - 12 May
Gladstone
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 2 : Team Presentations due (12 May 17) 17:00 AM AEST
Module/Topic
Module 3 : Futures
Lecture 1 : What Haven't we Thought About Yet?
Tutorial: Writing Reports
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Module 3 : Futures
Lecture 2 : Black Swan Events
Tutorial: Board Papers
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 2 Portfolio Part A Reports & B : due (29 May 17) 09:00 AM AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 2 Portfolio Part C : Futures Portfolio due (5 June 17) 09:00 AM AEST
Portfolio Due: Review/Exam Week Monday (5 June 2017) 9:00 am AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Practical and Written Assessment
Formal Written Proposal
This assessment provides the opportunity to scope and develop a project proposal in OHS practice and forms part of the preparation for your next course OCHS13021 Future Paradigms in OHS B. This project proposal documents the results of your negotiations with an industry sponsor for the project work that you will undertake during OCHS13021 Future Paradigms in OHS B. The project proposal must clearly document the project, including aims, objectives, timing and outcomes for both the student and the industry sponsor.
Further information will be provided in Moodle during the term.
Week 10 Monday (15 May 2017) 9:00 am AEST
Three weeks after date of submission
As a general rule assessment criteria for all assessment items include:
1. (90%) Content - includes the accuracy, relevance and application of key concepts, analysis, argument, language and grammar used in answering a question or report (see marking criteria for individual requirements).
2. (10%) References - includes the provision of a reference list and the application of the Harvard style for referencing information, data, tables or images sourced for the assignment or report.
Specific assessment criteria for each assessment piece will be provided through Moodle.
- Select and apply tools and techniques used to investigate and analyse human factors, occupational hygiene, accidents and other complex problems.
- Design risk management strategies for a variety of settings and communicate 'return on prevention' effectiveness.
- Evaluate the usefulness of futures methods to OHS related domains.
- Discuss contemporary problems and issues related to professional practice in OHS contexts and consider how applied research methods might be utilised to help solve the problem or issue.
- Lead professional OHS practice through effective project management and facilitation of teams.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Portfolio
This assessment comprises 4 Parts. Portfolio requirements will be discussed thoroughly during residential school.
Part A- Residential School Team Work -
- During the residential school - Team Presentation on site visit results - due last day of Residential School (Wk 9)
- After the residential school you will develop the following reports in your teams - due 0900 hours Monday 29 May (Wk 12)
- Hygiene site visit report
- Human Factors site visit report
- Risk Management activity report
Part B - Residential School Individual Work - due 0900 hours Monday 29 May (Wk 12)
- Reflection : Leadership - Your work as an OHS professional, will place you in both formal and informal leadership roles as well as influencing roles. Write an individual reflective piece discussing your critical and constructive observations of leadership during the group activities, considering your roles as participant and as leader. With reference to literature on team leadership and management, reflect on the leadership behaviours you observed in yourself and others, evaluate what worked well and what you and others in your team could perhaps have done differently to improve the team dynamic and produce a more effective outcome.
Part C : Futures Portfolio - Board Paper - due 0900 hrs Monday 5 June (Review Week)
- Thinking about the Future - During residential school, you will be provided with Futures tools. Choose 1 topic from the list provided on Moodle. Use the Futures tools to assist you to develop the Future position of the case study organisation, and then write a 1500 word board position paper, with reference to current literature.
Part D : Professional
- Throughout the residential school, students will be assessed on their ability to apply professional approaches to all activities.
Review/Exam Week Monday (5 June 2017) 9:00 am AEST
Part A Presentation due last day of Residential School, Part Reports A & B - Due 0900 hrs Monday 29 May; Part B - Due 0900 hrs Monday 5 June
Within 3 weeks
As a general rule assessment criteria for all assessment items include:
1. (90%) Content - includes the accuracy, relevance and application of key concepts, analysis, argument, language and grammar used in answering a question or report (see marking criteria for individual requirements).
2. (10%) References - includes the provision of a reference list and the application of the Harvard style for referencing information, data, tables or images sourced for the assignment or report.
Specific assessment criteria for each assessment piece will be provided through Moodle and during Residential school.
- Select and apply tools and techniques used to investigate and analyse human factors, occupational hygiene, accidents and other complex problems.
- Design risk management strategies for a variety of settings and communicate 'return on prevention' effectiveness.
- Evaluate the usefulness of futures methods to OHS related domains.
- Discuss contemporary problems and issues related to professional practice in OHS contexts and consider how applied research methods might be utilised to help solve the problem or issue.
- Lead professional OHS practice through effective project management and facilitation of teams.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- 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?
