Unit Synopsis
In this unit students will evaluate and critique the impact of laws, infrastructure, principles of operation, hazards and the operational safety precepts that contribute as accident causation and prevention in the domain. Students will also examine and critique the features unique to accident scenes and the contemporary methods of investigation and reporting unique to the domain.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 12 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.25 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Group Discussion | 20% |
| 2. Portfolio | 30% |
| 3. Written Assessment | 50% |
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%).
Past Exams
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No previous feedback available
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.
Source: Coordinator observations from comparable unit
Some assessment tasks would be more manageable and useful if broken into smaller components to limit large amounts of work being required at the same time.
Timelines for term-long continuous tasks (e.g. reflective journals) have been built into the Moodle pages for the subsequent offering to increase awareness of deadlines and appropriate pacing.
Where possible, individual components of the term-long assessments were emphasised. For example, separate discussion fora were created for each week's reflective journal posts.
Source: Informal student feedback
Students continue to appreciate the support that is provided by having contact with mentoring teams in addition to the unit coordinator.
Continue to develop mentoring capacity among Transport and Safety Science team.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Evaluate domain specific laws in relation to accident investigation.
- Examine and interpret the domains' unique principles of operational safety effecting logistics, operations, infrastructure and maintenance in the contexts of accident causation and prevention.
- Assess the significance of hazards in the domain and their contribution to accident causation.
- Appraise the unique features of accident scenes in the domain.
- Evaluate the unique investigation methods and their contribution to understanding accidents in the domain.
- Critique contemporary methods of human factors investigation specific to the domain.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Group Discussion | • | • | • | |||
| 2 - Portfolio | • | • | • | • | • | |
| 3 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Communication | • | |||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Research | • | • | • | • | • | |
| 5 - Self-management | • | |||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | ||||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |