CQUniversity Unit Profile.

The lecturer will give you a list of real case studies. You are to select one case study and identify one hazard therein that is a chemical or biological hazard.

You will be required to:

• Provide an overview of the case study including the jurisdiction and any other important information (you can provide your own made up detail if the case study does not include them). 
• Identify all potential chemical and biological hazards in this case study. 
• Identify the hazard that the report will focus on.
• Explain the type of hazard, routes of exposure and the states of matter (if relevant) in which the hazard occurs.
• Explain why the hazard presents a risk to workers’ health. This section must be justified using the literature such as legislation, texts and journal articles. You may include information about the toxicology of the chemicals, exposure, acute and chronic health effects and how they occur, as well as the health effects to workers and to industry as a whole.
• Describe the different ways that the hazard would be monitored and analysed using an overview of occupational hygiene monitoring methods. This must be related to the case study given and include information about the standard methodology that is used for both the monitoring techniques and comparison of the findings against a benchmark or standard. You must include information about how the sampling and analysis would actually be carried out for the hazard. This will include information about how you would sample the workers, who should be sampled and if repeat samples are required.
• Describe the relevant Legislation, Codes and Standards which apply to this hazard and the issues involved with meeting these requirements.
• Use the Hierarchy of Control to outline the ways that the hazard may be controlled.

The report should be written as an you would write to upper management to convince them that an external Occupational Hygienist is required to undertake monitoring (however, a budget is not required).

A limit of 2500 words will be applied. 

Please refer to the Generative AI Permission document available on your Moodle site for guidelines on the acceptable and unacceptable use of generative AI in this unit

This assessment will be graded with the following criteria:

• Introduces the case study, correctly identifies all possible chemical and biological hazards, explains the route of exposure of the selected hazard (15%)
• Explains exposure and impacts, and describes the potential health effects (20%)
• Describes the way that monitoring would be carried out for the hazard (15%)
• Outlines relevant legislative requirements and identifies the issues of compliance (15%)
• Proposes appropriate control measures (15%)
• A logical report structure and professional presentation including referencing (20%)

A detailed marking matrix will be provided in Moodle. 

There are two parts to this assignment:

Part A (Group component)

Working as a group you are required to develop a booklet on one physical hazard. You will be required to design a technical information/educational information booklet with the main emphasis of the assignment on the quality of the content presented:

Your assignment should include (but not be restricted to):

• Introduction to the workplaces where the exposure occurs, who your target audience is, important factors and specific concepts related to the working environment and exposure.
• The physical/chemical breakdown of the hazard (what it is) and its relationship to the related health effects, mechanisms of injury and any other relevant information.
• An explanation of the health effects of exposure, its manifestation and progression.
• The monitoring techniques, equipment, methodologies, legislation, benchmarks and standards that should be used in relation to the evaluation of the hazards.
• Describe the relevant Legislation, Codes and Standards which apply to this hazard and the issues involved with meeting these requirements.
• Control (using the hierarchy of control) and containment measures that could be introduced to reduce workplace exposure and prevent the occurrence of the adverse health effects or reducing its severity.

Bear in mind that this unit has an emphasis on the quantitative evaluation of occupational hazards, utilising standards, accepted methodologies, specialised equipment and benchmarks, so it is expected that your information booklet will focus on developing an accurate, useful, and technically detailed information source that will cover the aspects mentioned previously. All information provided should be supported with relevant authoritative references and /or supporting documentation. You are encouraged to use graphics and other relevant resources in order to develop a visually appealing yet informative resource.

Ensure you reference and acknowledge all sources of information, graphics, etc.

You will be assigned a group and allocated a physical hazard in Week 8.

Length: 10 pages (max)

Please refer to the Generative AI Permission document available on your Moodle site for guidelines on the acceptable and unacceptable use of generative AI in this unit

Part B (Individual component)

As an individual you will be required to review another teams Information booklet.

After submission of Part A, all teams information booklets will be deidentified and made available via Moodle. You are to select a booklet that is focused on a different physical hazard to the one that you completed. You will be provided with a marking criteria to use to review the chosen booklet.

Your review will then be submitted via Moodle.

Length - 10 pages max (including title page, information and references).

This assessment will be graded with the following criteria

• Identifies and explains the background to the hazard, including the identification of the workplaces where exposure can be an issue (10%)
• Explains the way exposure occurs, its impacts, and describes the potential health effects (20%)
• Describes the way that monitoring would be completed for the hazard (15%)
• Outlines relevant legislative requirements and identifies the issues of compliance (10%)
• Proposes appropriate control measures (20%)
• Booklet structure and presentation including referencing (you may use Harvard or Vancouver style referencing for this assessment) (15%)
• Review (Part B) - you will have to assess a different teams booklet (10%). If you do not complete this assessment you will receive zero marks for this component.

In week 6 and in week 12 you will be required to complete a Moodle quiz. (20% of total marks, 10% for each quiz)

Each quiz will be based on the information that has been covered in lectures until (and including) that week.

Marks will be awarded for correct answers. As these will be marked via an online method, the lecturer will review all answers provided after the quiz closes to ensure that all awarded marks are appropriate.