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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
This unit is the Part A of a two-unit series which will provide you the opportunity to consolidate and apply practically all of the knowledge, skills and attitudes developed during your learning journey in the OHS course, especially in relation to human factors, occupational hygiene and risk management. There is a specific emphasis on developing higher order skills and understanding which are representative of the holistic application of core skills that occurs when a professional understands the interaction between core disciplinary domains in solving complex problems. In addition, you will explore professional practice through the lens of futures methods and thinking, applied research methodology and project management. During this unit (Part A) you will also negotiate with an industry sponsor to complete project work during OCHS13021 Future Paradigms in OHS B (Part B) and will prepare appropriate documentation in readiness for approval.
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 - 2025
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 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 SUTE Feedback
Students enjoy engaging with other students during residential school.
It is recommended to continue to provide face-to-face learning opportunities in the Bachelor of Occupational Health and Safety.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator Reflections and Student Comments
This year Microsoft Teams crashed which significantly impacted student teamwork and time.
It is recommended to remind students that while Microsoft Teams is a useful place to collaborate, to always save back-up copies of their work frequently to avoid lost work.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator Reflections and SUTE Feedback
While placing students in a different team for the three team activities encourages networking and enjoyed during residential school activities, it slowed down teamwork report write-up.
To avoid exacerbating the time commitment to engage with multiple teams, it is recommended where there is more than one team assignment during a team in a unit, to keep the same student groupings for each.
- 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 - Written Assessment - 25% | |||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 25% | |||||
| 3 - Portfolio - 25% | |||||
| 4 - Portfolio - 25% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 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 - Written Assessment - 25% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 25% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Portfolio - 25% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Portfolio - 25% | ||||||||||