Unit Synopsis
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
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | HECS Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School |
Compulsory Residential School View Unit Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 1 - 2026 Profile
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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 25% |
| 2. Portfolio | 25% |
| 3. Portfolio | 25% |
| 4. Portfolio | 25% |
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
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 25.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 36.36% response rate.
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: 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.
The face-to-face residential was once again offered to the Bachelor of Occupational Health and Safety students.
Source: 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.
Students were reminded to keep back-up copies of their work submitted to Microsoft Teams.
Source: 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.
Students were placed in a team for the entire residential and associated team assignments.
Source: Student Unit and Teacher Evaluation Survey
The real-world exposure to industry and the hands-on experiences while at residential school were appreciated by students.
Continue to give students real-world exposure to industry and hands-on experiences at residential school.
In Progress
Source: Student Unit and Teacher Evaluation Survey
Provide greater emphasis on psychological health and well-being.
Review current provisions and where necessary include more material on psychological health and well-being.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- 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.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | |||
| 2 - Portfolio | • | • | • | • | |
| 3 - Portfolio | • | • | • | • | |
| 4 - Portfolio | • | • | • | • | |
| 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 | • | • | |||
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