Course Title: Contribute to risk management in electrotechnology systems
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2010
Course Code: BUSM6212C
Course Title: Contribute to risk management in electrotechnology systems
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5227 - Diploma of Computer Systems Engineering
Course Contact: Mohammad Hassan
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4700
Course Contact Email: mohammad.hassan@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Michael Stewart
Phone: +61 3 9925 4702
Email: michaela.stewart@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 20
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Nil.
Course Description
This unit covers contributing to the management of risk in electrotechnology systems related to OHS, environment, resources and financial viability. It encompasses contributing to the identification of electrotechnology systems risks; and risk events, the likelihood and consequences of such events, evaluating risk, risk management planning and mitigation of risk.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
UEENEEE078B Contribute to risk management in electrotechnology systems |
Element: |
1. Contribute to the identification of risks and development of management strategies. |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 OHS policies, processes and procedures for a given work area are identified, obtained and understood. |
Element: |
2. Contribute to the implementation and monitoring of risk management strategies. |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Risk management processes and procedures are produced and submitted for incorporation into work |
Element: |
3. Contribute to the evaluation of risk management strategies. |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Project outcomes are reviewed with appropriate person(s) to determine effectiveness of risk management processes and established procedures. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Classroom activities:
Lectures: to introduce the important concepts.
• Attending lectures will make it much easier for you to understand the central concepts of the course
• You will feel more comfortable and you will learn more if you read the relevant material before you attend the lectures
Tutorials: to enable you to ask questions and to clarify unresolved issues
• Review the material and prepare your questions before you come to class.
• There will be an overview of course content with a focus on the material students find difficult
• If something is unclear or if you find yourself falling behind please ask for help immediately
• You may be given worksheets to complete during the tutorial
Reflective Lab Journal: You will perform the exercise and write it up in a reflective lab journal.
The reflective journal will be an Online Blog created by you in the Learning Hub.
A reflective lab journal is a means to reflect on your learning (and learning experiences) in different ways. They are used to:
• record the development of your ideas and insights and / or those of a group in a given context and can include concepts, ideas and main points from experience and theory
• reflect upon the subject content and personal experiences as a means to increase your understanding
• analyse your own learning in and for self development.
They are used to explore situations from a personal perspective, but generally within the context of learning from your experiences. They are used to reflect on, in and for action. Common questions arising from ’reflection’ are:
• What happened? (Reflecting on actions)
• Why did it happen? (Reflecting in actions)
• What can be learnt from this for future actions? (Reflecting for actions)
The write up will be a record of your actions as they are performed and your corresponding observations
The write up must be performed in the class as you perform the exercise, not at a later date
o Write ups not in the Blog will not be marked
o Write ups which are not done concurrently with the performance of the exercise will not be marked
In general the detail of the write up must be sufficient for you to be able to comfortably perform the practical exercise a year or more later directly from the lab journal
Any difficult or tricky points should be especially noted in the reflective journal for future reference.
The neatness, completeness and the presentation of the reflective journal must be of a quality such that you would be prepared to show it to a future employer as an example of your work.
Work simulated activities: you will progressively implement a networking scenario as you would be expected to do in industry.
• You will be expected to work on a networking scenario progressively as you learn the material required for you to be able to do so.
• Leaving the work to a late stage and then rushing to complete it is bad industrial practice. It will be strongly discouraged and marked down heavily. You will be expected to meet progressive milestones in the completion of this activity.
Occupational Health and Safety:
• Conduct in lecture theatres, classrooms and laboratories will be of a standard required by OH&S legislation as applied to industry.
• You must behave in such a way as not to place the health and safety of yourself or anyone else at risk
• Covered shoes must be worn in all labs
• Thongs and sandals must not be worn in any lab
Preparation for the Work place:
All skills and knowledge in this course are oriented towards current industry practices and technologies. An essential industry expectation is that you are responsible for your behaviour and actions. When you are in employment you will be expected to attend work on time on a regular basis, perform you work on time to an accepted standard and be responsible for what you do. Industry will expect you to comprehend and follow both verbal and written instructions. All industry expectations will be applied to you in this course.
You will be expected to:
• Observe all Occupational Health and Safety requirements
• You must behave in such a way as not to place the health and safety of yourself or anyone else at risk
• Prepare for classes
• Attend all classes regularly and on time
• Use your class time in a productive and responsible way
• Finish your work on time to an accepted standard
• Pay attention to, comprehend and follow both verbal and written instructions.
• It is your personal responsibility to be aware of course requirements and timelines
• Please ask if something is not clear
The Preparation for the Workplace component will be an essential part of the assessment for this course. It will be included in the assessment of the practical and work simulated activities.
Activities Outside of Class:
It is expected that students allocate at least 60% of course hours for reading, independent study, project research, design, implementation, testing and problem solving activities.
Teaching Schedule
Week1- 2 Introduction to Course Outline and Assessment Criteria, OHS policies, processes and procedures for a given work area
Week3-4 Potential, perceived and actual risk events and electrotechnology systems risks identification, maintaining reflective journal (20%)
Week5-6 Development of risk management processes and procedures, maintaining reflective journal (30%)
Week7-8 Principles of risk management planning, Maintaining reflective journal
Week9-11 Principles of risk mitigation – handling and monitoring, Maintaining reflective journal
Week12 OHS practices – general, training, manual handling, and specific technical/occupational, organisational procedures, maintaining reflective journal
Week13-14 Following risk management plan, Incident notification maintaining reflective journal
Week15-17 Hazard control and reporting, maintaining reflective journal (30%)
Week18 Catch up
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Google Book: The Computer System Risk Management and Validation Life Cycle By R. Timothy Stein http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Lnmok6CybyUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Computer+System+Risk+Management+and+Validation+Life+Cycle&hl=en&ei=D9keTIGfO8aXceKYsKMN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |
References
Other Resources
Resource materials will be availble on course Learning HUB.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including written/oral activities and demonstration of practical skills to the relevant industry standards. Participants are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment activities to their teacher/assessor. Feedback will be provided throughout the course.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment 1 : Reflective Lab Journal (20%)
Assessemnt 2: Electrotechnology systems risks identification (20%)
Assessment 3: Development of risk management processes and procedures (30%)
Assessment 4: Hazard control and reporting (30%)
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
For optimisation of training and assessment effort, competence development in this unit may be assessed concurrently with other units in a qualification.
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