Students come into a unit with one understanding of the subject and - one hopes - leave with another.

This assessment is therefore interested in your learning journey and the highlights, lightbulb moments or 'turning points' in your early learning about Good Work Design and Human Factors in Complex Systems across the first 2 weeks of term.

Turning points in learning journeys centre on a time when a student experienced a new understanding, a shift in perspective or a deep investment in a particular topic.

In this assessment you will complete two (2) online discussions via the Moodle site. 

Your weekly assigned readings from the Assessment 1 Readings 1 & 2 and Assessment 1 Readings 3 & 4 will be used for your two online turning point discussions. 

You are required to reflect and share your turning point learning experience from your readings via the Moodle site with your class cohort.

You will have until the end of week 4 to complete your readings and post your two discussions.

Week 1

Assessment 1 Reading 1 - Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Australia (HFESA) – Good Work Design

Assessment 1 Reading 2 - Envisaging Regenerative Futures Through Good Work Design

Discussion 1 - Reflect on and describe your turning point learning/s from one or both of your week 1 readings on Good Work Design (250 words).

Week 2

Assessment 1 Reading 3 – The Third Age of Human Factors

Assessment 1 Reading 4 - Working for a Better Tomorrow

Discussion 2 - Reflect on and describe your turning point learning/s from one or both of your week 2 reading on the history of human factors and working for a better tomorrow (250 words).

There is no need to upload anything in the Moodle assessment area, as this assessment task will be marked using the online discussions that you post.

Level of GenAI use allowed:

Level 2: You may use Al for planning, idea development, and research. Your final submission should show how you have developed and refined these ideas.

Marks will be awarded as follows:-

1. Turning point 1 discussion (10 Marks)

2. Turning point 2 discussion (10 Marks)

Approximately 250 words per discussion.

A detailed marking rubric will be provided via the Moodle site.

An important step in the overall Human Factors and Ergonomics discipline is the ability to identify work tasks which might result in Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) risks. This assessment is about developing your understanding of the principles of the assessment of these types of activities using a human factors assessment tool.

You are required to choose a manual task activity that might result in a Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) being performed in your workplace or another environment, and which is suitable for analysis by the Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) tool. This many include any static postures such as bending, reaching, twisting, lifting, squatting etc.

You are then required to prepare a written report which: -

1. Describes the context of the workplace or other setting and the role of the person involved; 
2. Describes the actual static task and/or physical posture being assessed and provides a photo of the static posture being assessed; 
3. Describes the MSD hazards or issues, and potential effects which pose a problem; 
4. Provide in the report a completed Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) worksheet of the static pose being assessed; 
5. Discusses the assessment result and interpretation of the MSD risk score using the REBA human factors assessment tool; and 
6. Recommend changes to the task, workplace and/or equipment, based on the assessment findings to reduce the musculoskeletal risk to the person performing the task.

Your report should be no more than 1,500 words and should contain at least ten (10) peer-reviewed journal articles to support your writing. You should use correct CQU Harvard Style or APA 7th edition referencing.

Level of GenAI use allowed: 

Level 3: You may use Al to assist with specific tasks such as drafting text, refining and evaluating your work. You must critically evaluate and modify any Al-generated content you use.

Your assessment task will be assessed against the depth and accuracy to which you have addressed the following criteria:

You are then required to prepare a written report which: -

• Describes the context of the workplace or other setting and the role of the person involved; (2.5 Marks)
• Describes the actual static task and/or physical posture being assessed and provides a photo of the static posture being assessed; (5 Marks)
• Describes the MSD hazards or issues, and potential effects which pose a problem; (5 Marks)
• Provides in the report a completed Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) worksheet of the static pose being assessed; (5 Marks)
• Discusses the assessment result and interprets the MSD risk score using the REBA human factors assessment tool; (10 Marks)
• Recommends changes to the task, workplace and/or equipment, based on the assessment findings to reduce the musculoskeletal risk to the person performing the task; (10 Marks)
• Presentation, grammar, at least ten journal articles and correct Harvard style or APA referencing (2.5 Marks)

A detailed assessment rubric will be supplied via the Moodle site.

Current thinking is that GenAI integration raises fundamental questions for both organisational job design and individual agency such as decision making, autonomy and identity in relation to self-conception and expertise development. Sustained interaction with AI systems now requires human factors and good work design considerations to safeguard cognitive wellbeing. In this assessment you will examine emerging concerns about preserving human cognitive integrity in AI-augmented environments. 

Your task is to write a report which evaluates of the notion of safeguarding cognitive wellbeing in ever-growing AI augmented workplaces by researching and discussing the human factors sociotechnical complex system viewpoints presented below: -

1. Technological Capabilities: GenAI systems introduce unprecedented challenges at the intersection of human cognition and technological capability;

2. Human Cognitive Process: Rapid AI evolution outpaces our understanding of implications for cognitive wellbeing and organisational resilience; and

3. Organisational Structures: Integration reshapes organisational knowledge creation and professional identity and development pathways.

Your report should be no more than 2,000 words and include at least ten (10) peer-reviewed journal articles to support your writing and analysis. 

Reports must be submitted as Word documents, not pdf.

Level of GenAI use allowed:

Level 3: You may use Al to assist with specific tasks such as drafting text, refining and evaluating your work. You must critically evaluate and modify any Al-generated content you use.

Assessment is based on how well the report examines the following assessment criteria:

• Technological Capabilities: GenAI systems introduce unprecedented challenges at the intersection of human cognition and technological capability (12 Marks)
• Human Cognitive Process: Rapid AI evolution outpaces our understanding of implications for cognitive wellbeing and organisational resilience; (12 Marks)
• Organisational Structures: Integration reshapes organisational knowledge creation and professional identity and development pathways (12 Marks)
• Writing supported by peer reviewed journal articles and correct reference style (CQU Harvard or APA 7th Edition) (4 Marks)

A detailed marking rubric will be provided via the Moodle site during the term.