Using the scenario provided on the unit Moodle site, determine whether any provisions of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (or comparable legislation in Victoria or Western Australia) have been breached.

If so, outline which provisions have been breached, how and by whom (2 000 - 2 500 words)

Relevance

• Depth of understanding in formulating responses to the assigned task
• Alignment of responses to the assigned task
• Connections between discussion and evidence

Validity

• Depth and extent of discussion: i.e. understanding of concepts and evidence
• Accuracy and originality of the discussion
• Judgement and reasoning: i.e. assertions made based on level of critical thought, analysis and synthesis
• Depth and extent of evidence used

Organisation

• Consideration of required components of the assigned task
• Structure and flow of information
• Coherence and clarity of expression (spelling, grammar, syntax)

Presentation

• Style and formatting in accordance with required academic standards
• Typographical precision
• Referencing protocols
• Length

A detailed assessment rubric will be available in Moodle.

Based on the compliance investigation undertaken in Assessment 1, conduct an Enterprise Needs Analysis and prepare a Safety Improvement Plan for the organisation. The aim is to provide a blueprint for a new/enhanced safety management system (SMS) which will facilitate regulatory compliance and best practice after the incident outlined in the scenario.

In order to secure the necessary resources to implement your plan you will need to justify your proposals to management. The plan should include specific information relating to each proposed implementation action, time frames, resources, accountabilities, performance indicators, targets and evaluation criteria which will support your justification. 

Relevance

• Depth of understanding in formulating responses to the assigned task
• Alignment of responses to the assigned task
• Connections between discussion and evidence

Validity

• Depth and extent of discussion; ie: understanding of concepts and evidence
• Accuracy and originality of the discussion
• Judgement and reasoning; ie: assertions made based on level of critical thought, analysis and synthesis
• Depth and extent of evidence used

Organisation

• Consideration of required components of the assigned task
• Structure and flow of information
• Coherence and clarity of expression (spelling, grammar, syntax)

Presentation

• Style and formatting in accordance with required academic standards
• Typographical precision
• Referencing protocols
• Length

A detailed assessment rubric will be available in Moodle.

Checking that the safety management system has been effectively implemented is generally completed in two parts - monitoring of the organisation's activities and management review of the organisation's performance against safety objectives.

This assessment is in two parts

1. Development of an Audit Plan (20%)

Based on your reflections of the compliance investigation, the Safety Improvement Plan, and your research on risk controls for the subsystem of operational plant, develop an audit plan for the activity outlined in the scenario.

Notes

1. Your plan should be self-explanatory with an embedded description of the audit scoring criteria and a summary of the context in which the audit will be conducted.

2. Catalogue the auditable criteria in sufficient detail that an auditor will conduct a comprehensive audit.

3. Tailor your audit plan to the scenario and ensure you include the logical evidence-based practice for each criterion (auditable criteria, source reference for each criterion, space for auditor observation, auditor findings and auditor grading for each finding).

4. Auditor grading should use the format of Comment, Observation, Minor non-conformance and Major non-conformance.

There is no particular word limit for this assessment piece because the target is to be comprehensive in identifying the audit criteria and delivering a user-friendly audit plan. A tabulated format (use A3 if necessary) of say 3 pages is suggested.

2. Management Review (10%)

Based on the Safety Improvement Plan, your learnings from the audit plan and the requirements for management review contained in AS/NZS/ISO 45001:2018, write a report to management for their consideration. This report should outline the process followed, from the needs analysis, creation/upgrading of the organisation's SMS and the audit plan. Document the issues and your recommendations for the relevant management review topics, which may include the following:

• documents and data on the status of the business
• key management review issues to watch out for
• key factors to be considered for subcontractor management
• issues in organisational learning from failure
• key organisational change strategies, and
• your current AS/NZS/ISO 45001:2018 rollout status within the business for elements associated with the scenario.

Use a formal report style format. Length should be between 1 000 - 1 500 words.

Relevance

• Depth of understanding in formulating responses to the assigned task
• Alignment of responses to the assigned task
• Connections between discussion and evidence

Validity

• Depth and extent of discussion; ie: understanding of concepts and evidence
• Accuracy and originality of the discussion
• Judgement and reasoning; ie: assertions made based on level of critical thought, analysis and synthesis
• Depth and extent of evidence used

Organisation

• Consideration of required components of the assigned task
• Structure and flow of information
• Coherence and clarity of expression (spelling, grammar, syntax)

Presentation

• Style and formatting in accordance with required academic standards
• Typographical precision
• Referencing protocols
• Length

A detailed assessment matrix will be provided on Moodle.