Course Title: Apply OHS practices in the workplace
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2011
Course Code: OHTH5464C
Course Title: Apply OHS practices in the workplace
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6084 - Advanced Diploma of Computer Systems Engineering
Course Contact: Program Manager
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254468
Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Kenneth Falzon
PHONE: 99254716 FAX: (03) 99254377
Email: kenneth.falzon@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
Co-requisites: ISYS5668C, ISYS5678C, OHTH5468C
Course Description
This unit specifies the mandatory requirements of occupational health and safety and how they apply to the various electrotechnology functions. It encompasses responsibilities for health and safety, risk management processes at all operative levels and adherence to safety practices as part of the normal way of doing work.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
UEENEEE001B Apply OHS practices in the workplace |
Element: |
1. Prepare to enter a work area. |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Instruction in hazards and risk control measures for specific work functions and work areas are identified and obtained. |
Element: |
2. Apply safe working practices. |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Workplace procedures and work instructions for controlling risk are followed accurately. |
Element: |
3. Follow safe workplace procedures for hazard identification and risk control. |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Hazards are identified and control measures implemented and monitored through active participation in the consultation process with employer and other employees. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Learning and simulated work activities to demonstrate an understanding and documentation of Occupational Health and Safety, which includes the following topics: :
Electrical conditions, Energy levels, Radiation levels, Toxic substances, Airborne particles, Pressure discharge, Explosive atmosphere, Work-site location, General work-site conditions, Specific work location, Moving parts, Tools and equipment, Workers competence and/or capacity and/or personal effects Classroom tutorial 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
Lab exercises: to give you the hands on experience of implementing and troubleshooting networks
• In general there will be one practical exercise per week
• You will perform the exercise and write it up in a lab journal
• The lab journal will be a bound exercise book
o Loose leaf binders will not be accepted
• 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 lab as you perform the practical exercise, not at a later date
o Write ups not in the lab journal will not be marked
o Write ups which are not done concurrently with the performance of the practical 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 lab journal for future reference
• Responses to worksheets for practical exercises must be written up in the lab journal
• The neatness, completeness and the presentation of the lab 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 computer related tasks and scenarios to complete as you would be expected to do in industry.
Test and exams:
There will be weekly tests to assist your progress in the course
• You will be required to read and study at least one chapter of the course content per week
The will be an on-line final exam at the end of semester covering all
topics
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
o 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 applied to you in this course. You will be expected to:
• Observe all Occupational Health and Safety requirements
o 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.
o It is your personal responsibility to be aware of course requirements and timelines
o 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
This competency will be delivered in a holistic maner together with comptencies UEENEED043B Install and Configure a computer Operating system (ISYS5678C), UEENEEE001B Apply OH&S Practices inthe Workplace (OHTH5464C) and UEENEEE032B Document Occupational Hazards and Risks in the Workplace (OHTH5468C).
Week 1 Introduction to course:
• Review of course guide
• Review of assessment - all assessment tasks, all start and due dates and assessment criteria explained. All assignments and projects may be begun at the beginning of the semester.
• Overview of course Content
• Review resources
• OH&S issues
Lecture/tutorial:
• Introduction to the PC:
Laboratory:
• Lab Safety and ESD
Week 2 Lecture/tutorial:
• Safe lab procedures
Laboratory:
• Physical inspection of PC and identification of components
Week 3 Lecture/tutorial:
• Assembling a PC, OH&S - Risk class and safety risk control
Laboratory:
• Partial PC disassembly and reassembly
Week 4 Lecture/tutorial:
• Preventative maintenance and troubleshooting, OH&S - Monitoring risk control and the OH&S documentation process
Laboratory:
• Full PC dissassembly and reassembly
Week 5 Lecture/tutorial:
• Operating systems fundamentals, OH&S - Electrical hazards
Laboratory:
• Lab test 1
Week 6 Lecture/tutorial:
• Laptops and portable devices, OH&S - Radiation hazards
Laboratory:
• Boot process and BIOS configuration
Week 7 Lecture/tutorial:
• Printers and scanners, OH&S - Toxic substances
Laboratory:
• Installation of operating system
Week 8 Lecture/tutorial:
• Networks, OH&S - Airborne particles
Laboratory:
• Obtaining information from the operating system
Week 9 Lecture/tutorial:
• Security, OH&S - Explosive hazards
Laboratory:
• Command line interface
Week 10 Lecture/tutorial:
• Communication Skills, OH&S - Industrial worksite hazards
Laboratory:
• Recovery Console
Week 11 Lecture/tutorial:
• Advanced laptops and portable devices, OH&S - Tools and equipment
Laboratory:
• Microsoft Management Console and resource useage
Week 12 Lecture/tutorial:
• Advanced operating systems, OH&S - Rotating machinary hazards
Laboratory:
• Boot failure
Week 13 Lecture/tutorial:
• Advanced laptops, OH&S - Electrical storage devices; capaciitors and inductors
Laboratory:
• Partitioning a hard drive
Week 14 Lecture/tutorial:
• Disk and resource management, OH&S - Correct use of electrical measuring devices
Laboratory:
• System utilities
Week 15 Lecture/tutorial:
• Advanced printers and scanners, OH&S revision
Laboratory:
• Laboratory summary
Week 16 Lecture/tutorial:
• Advanced security
Laboratory:
• Practice lab exam
Lab journal submission
Week 17
• Final exams
Laboratory:
• Lab test 2
• Lab journal submission
OH&S assignment submission
Week 18 Assessment feedback, catch-up and finalisation for exams, laboratory work, and project
Please note that this schedule is subject to change depending on prevailing circumstances.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Internet and trade journals
Overview of Assessment
Practical test
Project
Written Examination
Assessment Tasks
Assessment task 1 (project): 35%
Written assignment to demonstrate an understanding of industrial hazards
Assessment task 2 (Practical demonstration in simulated workplace): 20%
Written examination to demonstrate an understanding of assessing risk, implementing risk control and documentation (45%)
Assessment Matrix
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