SRT141 – Building Safety
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Trimester 1- 2019
Unit Chair: John Kite
Lecturer and Tutor:
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. This document is to be read in conjunction with the Unit Guide for this unit.
2. It is the responsibility of each student to confirm submission requirements
including dates, time and format.
3. Extension or Special Consideration may be considered for late submission. It
is the responsibility of each student to understand Deakin regulations
regarding late submission and Special Consideration for assessment. You do
not require Special Consideration for an assignment extension. You must
request an extension prior to the submission time.
4. You will be required to complete and submit Assignment 1 & 2 on an individual
basis. Assessment 2 is an individual Quiz task where each student is required to
demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of core unit content concepts
that they have been taught in previous classes of this unit.
Detail of student output: the quiz takes approx. 20 minutes, with two attempts
available. The quiz is open for one week, from the day after the relevant topic.
5. All assignments must be submitted electronically through CloudDeakin.
Assignments submitted in any other way will not be marked.
6. Unless otherwise stated, all assignments submitted through CloudDeakin
must be in Portable Document Format (pdf).
7. You may refer to publications, but you must write in your own “voice” and cite
the references using the Author-Date (Harvard) system. It is essential for you
to fully understand what you write and to be able to verify your source if you are
requested to do so later on. The library provides workshops and advice on
citations and referencing.
8. The University regards plagiarism as an extremely serious academic offence.
Submission through DeakinSync includes your declaration that the work
submitted is entirely your own. Please make full use of the ‘Check Your Work’
folder in the Drop box tab on CloudDeakin.
9. If you are not clear about the requirements of the assignments, please seek
your tutor’s help as soon as possible.
10. Before starting your assignment, please read the University document, Study
Support at http://www.deakin.edu.au/students/study-support.
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ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE
| No | Deliverable | Mark (%) | Format | Submission Date | Description |
| 1 | Report on Construction Safety |
30 | Individual | Ass 1 submission is due on 2019 by 3.00 pm by DeakinSync 5 April | Written Report |
| 2 | Quiz | 20 | Individual | Quiz will open 29th April 2019 at 9am and must be completed by 3rd May 2019 by 3 pm |
Online |
| 3 | Hazard Analysis Report | 50 | Individual | Ass 2 submission is due on 24th May 2019 by 5.00pm by DeakinSync |
Written Report |
| 100 |
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Assignment 1
REGULATORY & COMPLIANCE REPORT
30% Marks
PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT
The purpose of this assignment is to enable students to become acquainted of the
workplace requirements for access and entry to Building Sites.
This encompasses the qualifications for attainment of the OH&S Construction
Induction Card – the WorkSafe White Card.
As such, it will fulfil the Unit aims for ULO 2, and 3.
| | Demonstrate an understanding of site requirements for first aid and for Construction Industry certification. |
Appreciate occupational health and safety requirements.
ASSIGNMENT TASK
Report on Construction Safety.
You have a recently appointed in a part time role as an onsite OH&S officer for a
medium rise construction company.
Your Project Manager (PM) has asked you to prepare a construction safety
report.
Prepare a report to your Manager that outlines the following safety issues that
can occur on site”
• Regulatory requirements for Managing OH&S on site.
• Requirements for first Aid
• Requirements for Induction of an employee.
• Six most likely safety issues to arise on a site and how they can be
managed.
Students should reference legislation documents and guidelines however,
students should not cut and paste from WorkSafe or other relevant documents.
Students must demonstrate that they understand the requirements
NOTE.
As part of the legislative requirement in the training, please provide proof that you
have attained the CI card. This could be proof of attainment of the white card or a
copy of your white card.
Students should also comment on their experience in the process of obtaining the
White Card.
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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
This assignment is to be submitted and marked as an individual. Prepare all your work in a
neat, tidy and professional manner.
FORMAT OF ASSIGNMENT
This Assignment should be presented as a single pdf document.
The structure of the report should conform to a professional workplace standard, which is fully
referenced and includes a table of contents, an Executive Summary, and conclusion.
Include part and clause numbers throughout your report relevant to the Act and the
Regulations.
A Proof of Attainment of the White Card must be supplied in the appendix.
The assignment is required comprise no more than 2,500 words. Accordingly, a word count is
required
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
A detailed rubric is provided on the next page.
The weighting of this assignment is 30% of the overall mark
ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION
Ass 1 submission is due on 5 April 2019 by 3.00 pm by DeakinSync
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| HD | D | C | P | N | Value |
| Legislative requirements are addressed to an exceptional standard and includes all required information. |
Legislative requirements are addressed to very high standard. Minor errors or omissions. |
Legislative requirements are addressed to high standard. Some errors or omissions. |
Legislative requirements are satisfactorily addressed but needs more specific information. |
Legislative requirements are addressed insufficiently. |
30 |
| Exceptional summary that comprehensively identifies and explains the Building Regulations, Principal contractor’s role including first aid, and site induction. |
Very high summary that identifies and explains the Building Regulations, Principal contractors’ role including first aid, and site induction. Minor errors or omissions. |
Good summary that generally identifies and explains the Building Regulations, Principal contractor’s role including first aid, and site induction. Some errors or omissions. |
Satisfactory summary that identifies and explains the Building Regulations, Principal contractor’s role including first aid, and site induction. Many errors or omissions |
Unsatisfactory summary that does not adequately identify or explain the Building Regulations, Principal contractor’s role including first aid, and site induction. Excessive errors or omissions |
50 |
| The method for qualification attainment is discussed to an exceptional standard. Report includes proof of attainment. |
The method for qualification attainment is discussed to a very high standard. Report includes proof of attainment. Minor errors or omissions. |
The method for qualification attainment is discussed to a generally high standard. Report includes proof of attainment. Some errors or omissions. |
The method for qualification attainment is discussed to a satisfactory standard but lacks depth. Report includes proof of attainment. |
Inadequate discussion relating to the method of attaining the qualifications. Report does not include proof of attainment. |
10 |
| Report is well formatted to workplace standard, and appropriate to information, minimal or no spelling or grammatical errors. Excellent images, tables and media. Correctly referenced. |
Report is formatted to workplace standard and appropriate to information. Some spelling or grammatical errors. Interesting images, tables and media. Correctly referenced. |
Report is formatted to workplace standard, some spelling or grammatical errors. Very good images, tables and media. Referencing may or may not be correct. |
Report is adequately formatted and contains errors, and may include errors in referencing. Good images, tables and media. |
Report is not formatted to workplace standard. Poor or little images, tables and media. |
10 |
| Total Possible Mark | 100 |
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Assessment 2
Online Quiz
20% Marks
PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT
This Quiz task requires the students to demonstrate the knowledge on building safety.
This task assesses your achievement of these Unit Learning Outcome(s)
ULO1 – Identify and avoid hazardous situations on construction sites.
ULO2 – Demonstrate an understanding of site requirements for first aid and for
Construction Induction certification.
ULO3 – Appreciate occupational health and safety requirements.
ULO4 – Describe the basic principles of fire safety and building egress.
Online Quiz Questions will be multiple choice with 20 Questions all worth one mark each.
Question will be taken directly from class slide directly related to the above ULO1-4.
ASSIGNMENT TASK
This is an individual task.
Students are required to complete an individual multiple-choice on-line quiz.
There is bank of 40 randomly selected questions.
The quiz will randomly use 20 questions from the bank and you have two attempts.
Once you have commenced you will have a 20-minute duration to complete for each attempt.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
This Quiz is to be completed as an individual.
The Quiz attempt with the highest mark will used for used for grading.
GRADING AND WEIGHTING
20% – marked and graded.
ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION
Quiz will open 29 April 2019 at 5pm and close at 3 May 2019 by 5pm.
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Assignment 3
HAZARD ANALYSIS REPORT
50% Marks
PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT
The purpose of this assignment is to enable students to consider the likely outcome of
Hazards in the Workplace, how to Identify, and manage such hazards/risks, and how to use
the Legislation – both the Act and the Regulations, and other relevant documents – to best
advantage, in order to achieve compliance with the legislation. As such it will fulfil the Unit
aims for ULO 1, 3 and 4.
| | Identify and avoid hazardous situations on construction sites |
| | Appreciate occupational health and safety requirements |
| | Describe the basic principles of fire safety and building egress |
ASSIGNMENT TASK
You have a recently commenced in a part time role as an onsite contract administrator
for a construction company.
The company main work is on building boutique houses and low rise commercial
buildings.
Your project manager has requested you to prepare a hazard analysis report.
Using your knowledge gained from assignment 1 you will now be extending the requirements
for the management of hazards and risks in the workplace.
You may use the site visit organised by Deakin as your project analysis or another similar site
you have access too.
• Give examples of the high-risk construction work and detail relevant codes of
practices undertaken on site.
• Concerning one of the high-risk work activities provide a detailed example for a
toolbox meeting for the site.
• Prepare an example of a SWMS and a MSDS associated with the project.
• Detail the sites fire safety and building egress.
• Discuss who are stakeholders for the project and provide a network diagram (or
similar) on who is involved and how they manage the safety on site.
Diagrams, tables and site photos, correctly labelled and reference should form part of your
evidence.
Ensure you include reference to relevant parts of the Act and the Regulations: other
documents which outline procedure and protocol in the management process; and the
recording and preparation of document required by WorkSafe, particularly in the event
accident and/or injury occurring in the workplace as the outcome of hazard and risk at the
workplace.
Risk Assessment should be an important part of this report in that it will refer to workplace
practice in the control of hazards and risk.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
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This assignment is to be submitted and marked as an individual. Prepare all your work in a
neat, tidy and professional manner.
FORMAT OF ASSIGNMENT
This Assignment is to be a single pdf document.
The structure of the report should conform to a professional workplace standard, which is fully
referenced and includes a table of contents, an executive summary, body and conclusion.
The report may be illustrated with tables, graphs, photographs, and other relevant diagrams. It
is expected that it will comprise at least 3500 words. A Word Count is required.
GRADING AND WEIGHTING
50% – marked and graded.
ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION
Ass 2 submission is due on 24 May 2019 by 5.00pm by DeakinSync
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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
A detailed rubric is provided on the next page
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA The weighting of this assignment is 30% of the overall mar
| HD | D | C | P | N | Value |
| Legislative requirements are identified and discussed to an exceptional standard and includes all required information. |
Legislative requirements are identified and discussed to very high standard. Minor errors or omissions. |
Legislative requirements are addressed to high standard. Some errors or omissions. |
Legislative requirements are satisfactorily addressed but needs information that is more specific. |
Legislative requirements are addressed insufficiently. |
30 |
| Relevant codes of practice are identified and discussed to an exceptional standard and includes an outline of the protocols/practices required for management. |
Relevant codes of practice are identified and discussed to a very high standard and includes an outline of the protocols/practices required for management. Minor errors or omissions. |
Relevant codes of practice are identified and discussed to a good standard but lacks the inclusion of the protocols/practices required for management. |
Relevant codes of practice are identified and discussed to a basic standard and lacks specific information required for management. |
Inadequate discussion of the relevant codes of practice and specific information required for management is missing. |
30 |
| Exceptional discussion that comprehensively identifies and explains the practice of controlling hazards and risks in the workplace. |
Very high discussion that identifies and explains the practice of controlling hazards and risks in the workplace. Minor errors or omissions. |
Good discussion that adequately identifies and explains the practice of controlling hazards and risks in the workplace. Some errors or omissions are apparent and lacks depth. |
Satisfactory discussion that generally identifies the practice of controlling hazards and risks in the workplace but lacks overall depth through an explanation. |
Unsatisfactory discussion that does not adequately identify or explain the practice of controlling hazards and risks in the workplace. |
30 |
| Report is well formatted to workplace standard, and appropriate to information, minimal or no spelling or grammatical errors. Correctly referenced. |
Report is formatted to workplace standard and appropriate to information. Some spelling or grammatical errors. Correctly referenced. |
Report is formatted to workplace standard, some spelling or grammatical errors. Referencing may or may not be correct. |
Report is adequately formatted and contains errors, and may include errors in referencing. |
Report is not formatted to workplace standard. |
10 |
| Total Possible Mark | 100 |
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