You will be directed to complete and post a variety of Moodle-based activities throughout the term. You will then be required to provide a constructive and supportive critique to one of your peer's submissions.  These will include activities about:

1. Risk Assessments and Logistics - plan to investigate an accident scenario provided in the designated Moodle forum (Due 09:00 Mon 29 July 2024) (10%). 
2. Photography - produce a series of photographs detailed and in the designated Moodle area,  (Due 09:00 Mon 2 September 2024) (10%).
3. Accident Report Introduction - Write an introduction to an accident report (Due 09:00 Mon 7 October 2024) (10%).

Further information will be provided in your Lectures and in Moodle

Moodle Activity 1 (10%)

You will be assessed on your demonstrated knowledge and application of logistics, planning and OHS at the scene. Marks will also be allocated for the response to peers.

Moodle Activity 2 (10%)

Marks will be awarded for the quality of the required photographs produced. 

Moodle Activity 3 (10%)

You will be assessed on your application of accident reporting techniques including accuracy and clarity.. 

You must download the SCENE2GO 3D file of an accident scene. A SCENE2GO application is a very basic form of visualising and interacting with a registered 3D laser scanned project with attached photos, videos, imagery, PDF files and more, known as annotations. The SCENE2GO file is simple to operate and requires a basic low-end computer system. The assessment has been designed so that you fully interact with the SCENE2GO application and 3D laser scans. The assessment draws on past lecture material and will develop your investigation skills and thinking process in practice for conducting a full and transparent accident investigation.

There are 4 parts to this assessment:

1. You will be given a set of specific questions to answer about your SCENE2GO Scene. This part of the assignment requires you answer those questions relating to the accident scene. (10%)

2. Hand draw a detailed scale map from measurements taken from the computer model showing the accident scene. (10%)

Showing:

• North point
• Title block
• Datum point (Choose two fixed points such as lamp post etc)
• Show distances of a minimum of 2 exhibits from the datum
• Evidence locations shown with a small cross with evidence numbers corresponding to your collected evidence log

Include a short description of the method of traditional mapping you would use if you were sent to undertake this task, and why you chose this method.

3. Provide an evidence log for the evidence you would collect if you were to investigate this scene. Do not include photos as evidence entries, only list exhibits here that you have decided you would seize as useful in developing your investigation.

4.  Provide a short paragraph for each piece of evidence you have collected and answer the following for each describing:

• Why you collected that piece of evidence and what can it prove?
• How you believe this will progress the investigation in terms of evidentiary value and further investigative leads?
• Can you send this piece of evidence off for analysis by an expert and what will this prove?

5. Based on your believed causation factors of this accident, describe four safety actions you would want to be implemented in preventing this type of accident happening again on this worksite. Use the SMART principle and hierarchy of control model.

Submission

You must upload:

• Activity assessment document
• Scale map
• Evidence log
• Short paragraphs relating to the evidence collected
• Corrective actions that you wish to be implemented

in either .docx, .pdf or .pptx files in the applicable assignment submission area in Moodle before 0900 hrs Monday Week 10.

Assessment will be based on:

• Answers provided in the Activity assessment document
• Scale map is drawn at an appropriate scale
• Scale map contains all items of evidence
• Scale map includes north point and scale.
• The selection of an appropriate mapping method to carry out the mapping task
• Accuracy and detail of evidence logs
• Description of evidence collected.
• Thought and extent of proposed controls

A detailed marking matrix will be provided in Moodle.

Three tasks are required in this assessment.

TASK A: Witness Interview Critique (10%)

You will be most successful in this assessment if you have first watched the lectures on Witnesses and Interviews from week 9.

Watch the witness interview video provided on Moodle during the term. Use the PEACE witness interview checklist provided on Moodle and the knowledge gained from watching the witness interview lectures to:

• critique the interviewer’s technique , identifying both the failings and correct techniques based on each sub-part of the P.E.A.C.E model.
• Identify the interviewer’s professional approach, body language and communication questioning techniques based on open, closed, leading question and disruptions.

Write short concise answers in the comments column on the P.E.A.C.E  interview checklist identifying what and was not followed.

Provide an end statement paragraph on how well you thought the interview was conducted, and the questioning techniques used, in the answer section of the checklist . 

Referencing is not required for this assessment.

TASK B: Developing  an Interview plan (10%)

As the investigator for the Car v bike accident explored in assessment 2, develop a written interview plan with PEACE methodology for interviewing the driver of the car, on the provided P.E.A.C.E interview plan. This is a plan to help prepare yourself for an interview, and should detail all the important points that you want to ask your interviewee so you do not forget. This should be structured, and well-planned interview presented professionally to help you remember to ask everything and not relying on your memory.

1.    Complete the interview plan proforma as if you are about to commence the interview. 
2.    Use topic and notes to list what you will consider in preparing for your interview i.e quiet room etc see Planning and Preparation section.
3.    Use topic and notes to list at least 30 quality questions that are important to ask your interviewee regarding the accident and evidence you collected in your interview account. Use Teds and 5WH+H as a guide. List the evidence that you are going to probe questions on and why. This should be written in short concise notes.
4.    Complete a timeline of events based on the dashcam video footage in the scene2go only needs to be one page and basically document from the start of the dashcam video to the end of the video, use correct times and dates, think of impact point, cyclist and detailing what you see in the dashcam video. The timeline is a record of the factual events of what you know. This gives you a framework to fill in the blanks areas that are unknown from your interviewee during questioning. 
(You do not need to complete the sketch plan this is for an interviewee to complete).

TASK C: Taking a witness statement (10%)

You will be most successful in this assessment, if you have first watched the lectures on Witnesses and Interviews from week 9.

Interview a friend or relative about an accident that they have been involved in or observed and prepare a witness statement. You need to:

• Find a relative or friend who has been involved in or observed an accident;
• Interview that relative or friend, using the provided interview structure, to obtain a detailed account of what they observed; and
• Prepare a witness statement based on the information provided by the witness during the interview using the lecture slide (Written Witness Content) to develop a structured witness statement that must be written in a concise and structured manner.  It must include introduction to the witness, introduction to the scene and location, the story of what happened and finally any points regarding observations made. 

Remember that writing style is very important in a witness statement, so make sure the statement is written in a flowing narrative style, in the language style of the witness and in the first person.

Record the interview statement on the template provided.

Although there is no word limit on this assessment, you are unlikely to be successful with less than one page, but maximum of 2 pages.

Submission

All activities detailed in the task are to be uploaded into the assessments submission area in Moodle.

Task A:

You will be assessed on your ability to:

• Critique the interviewer's technique;
• Identify the errors at each stage of the interview; and
• Explain how these errors vary from the interview process outlined in the lecture.

Task B:

You will be assessed on your ability to:

• Develop a interview plan that ensures that appropriate evidence has been collected
• Demonstration that PEACE methodology has been understood

Task C:

You will be assessed on your ability to:

• undertake a structured witness statement
• prepare a witness written statement
• provide a well structured grammatically correct statement written in the first person

A detailed marking matrix will be provided in Moodle.