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OTHM L6 OHS - Assignment Briefs January 2021
OTHM L6 OHS - Assignment Briefs January 2021
Assignment Briefs
OTHM Level 6 Diploma in
Occupational Health and Safety
Qualification Number: 603/5002/7 | January 2021
Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 5
Qualification Structure ............................................................................................................... 5
The assessment grading criteria characterises the level of complexity and demand expected of students at each level of qualification. Please
note that these are generic descriptors which apply mainly, though not exclusively, to written academic work.
Any further unit-specific assessment criteria, such as number of words, should be clearly stated in each individual assignment brief.
No counterarguments
or alternative frames of
reference are
generated or
considered.
• Apply methods and techniques that they have learnt to review, consolidate, extend,
and apply their knowledge and understanding, to initiate and carry out projects.
• Critically evaluate arguments, assumptions abstract concepts and data (that maybe
incomplete), make judgements, and to frame appropriate questions to achieve a
solution or identify a range of solutions to a problem.
• Communicate ideas, problems, and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist
audiences.
Holders of a Level 6 qualification should be able to demonstrate the following qualities and
transferable skills necessary for employment requiring;
The exercise of initiative and personal responsibility, decision-making in complex and
unpredictable contexts and the learning ability needed to undertake appropriate further
training of professional or equivalent nature.
• The assessment should be taken place at the end of the period of learning.
• The task will cover all learning outcomes and assessment criteria within the unit. This task
is necessary to map and claim knowledge and competence.
• Learners are expected to adhere to the word count, provided as a range within the question
text. A 10% leeway either side of this range is permitted before the assessor is instructed
to stop reading any further.
• There is no formal time limit for the completion of the tasks, besides that of the validity of
assessment materials.
• As well as the content of your answers, your tutor/assessor will be scrutinising the following
aspects:
The descriptor verb highlights the level of detail expected within each answer. This expectation
correlates with the qualification specification and the marking scheme.
It is important to read the whole question and to understand what the question requires as the
command word on its own will need to be reinforced by the remainder of the question.
Learners need to think about each question carefully.
What is the command word?
What is or is not relevant to the question?
In many cases a brief answer plan is an essential aid to ensuring that answers are well thought
out and structured.
Unit Aims
The aim of this unit is to provide learners with an understanding of the key principles of health
and safety policy, the internal, external and change factors that influence practice, and how
these are operationalised in an organisation’s health and safety systems. Learners will also
develop the knowledge and skills to undertake a critical review of an organisations health and
safety policy.
Instructions:
Conduct a detailed review of an organisation’s health and safety management
system.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Instructions:
Conduct a policy review of an organisation’s health and safety policy.
• A detailed justification of the moral, legal and financial need for a health and
safety policy with the organisation.
• A detailed explanation of how the health and safety policy document drives a
health and safety management within the organisation.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Unit Aims
The aim of this unit is to provide learners with the knowledge, understanding and skills to
translate organisational policy into an effective occupational health and safety management
operation, including the planning, organising, controlling, reviewing and auditing of health and
safety management performance and operations, the application of corporate social
responsibility and ethical codes of conduct on management, and the critical factors in
managing the occupational health and well-being of workers.
Instructions:
Carry out an analysis of an organisation’s health and safety management practices.
organisation.
• An evaluation the use of goals and targets in health and safety management
practices within the organisation.
• An assessment of the organisations resources and skills for reviewing health and
safety practices.
• An explanation of the health and safety monitoring techniques used within the
organisation and improves which could be made.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Instructions:
Explain the importance of corporate social responsibilities and ethical conduct within
Health and Safety Management and provide and outline of how your organisation
applies ethical codes of conduct within health and safety management.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work
Instructions:
Carryout a detailed review of an organisation’s management of occupational health and
well-being.
• An outline of the features of vocational rehabilitation and the role external support
agencies play in this process.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Unit Aims
This aim of this unit is to enable learners to identify, address and manage risk and
incidents in relation to their roles as health and safety practitioners, including
understanding strategies to assess and evaluate risk, strategies and techniques to
control risk, cause of loss events and analysis of loss data, and managing incidents.
4. Understand processes and 4.1. Outline the critical stages for managing
strategies to manage health incidents in the organisation.
and safety incidents in an 4.2. Outline organisational policies to
organisation. identify, investigate, report and
record incidents.
4.3. Explain how to maintain records of incidents
to meet regularly and statutory
requirements.
4.4. Evaluate an organisational process for
managing health and safety incidents.
Task 1 of 4 - Essay - Assessment Criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
Instructions:
Detail the processes and strategies used to identify and analysis risk and how
this influences risk management within the organisation.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the
work.
Instructions:
Carry out an evaluation of the organisation’s strategies and techniques for controlling
risk.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Instructions:
Assess the organisations approach to incident investigation.
• An assessment of the needs for reporting events and the impact on the
organisation.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Instructions:
Outline the organisations processes and strategies to manage health and safety
incidents.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Unit Aims
The aim of this unit is to provide learners with an understanding of a range of factors
that influence health and safety behaviours, performance and culture in the workplace,
including the impact of human and organisational factors, leadership styles,
organisational structure and consultation arrangements. Learners will develop the
skills to evaluate the health and safety culture and performance within an organisation,
and to develop a coherent strategy to improve these.
Task 1 of 2 - Report and Plan - Assessment Criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Instructions:
Assess the health and safety culture of the organisation and produce a plan to
promote a positive health and safety culture within an organisation.
• Evaluation of the benefits of positive health and safety culture within the
organisation and the potential barrier to achieving a positive health and safety
culture within an organisation.
• A detailed plan to promote health and safety culture within an organisation and
how you aim the implement the plan.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the
work.
Instructions:
Carry out a critical review of the health and safety culture within an organisation
and provide recommendations for improving health and safety culture, with
associated strategy for implement of recommendations and supporting business
case.
• Outline of the different organisational structures and functions and their benefits
and limitations to health and safety within the organisations.
• A detailed action plan to improve the organisations health and safety culture,
including a detailed strategy for implementation of actions and recommendations
and supporting business care for the improvement strategy.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Unit Aims
The aim of this unit is to provide learners with the critical technical knowledge that underpins
the maintenance of safe working environments. This covers a wide range of aspects of the
work environment and factors that must be considered by health and safety managers and
those responsible for the health, safety and welfare of the workforce. This unit takes the
learner on a journey through the immediate work environment, risk analysis and control for a
range of workplace contexts that may be encountered, fire safety and protection against
explosion, management of hazardous substances and materials, and management of
workplace equipment and machinery. This unit intends to build upon the learners previous
grounding in occupational health and safety, and covers the technical knowledge required by
a learner/practitioner who wishes to develop in a range of managerial roles.
Task 1 of 5 - Report - Assessment Criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
Instructions:
Provide a detailed account of how the organisation ensures a safe working
environment is maintained.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Instructions:
Assess workplace approaches to noise, vibration, and radiation.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Instructions:
Assess the organisations Fire Management Plan.
• An explanation of the hazards, risks and controls measures with the organisation
for the prevention and protection against fire and explosion (including detection
systems, alarm systems and evacuation procedures in place within the
organisation).
• An outline of the factors that must be considered to ensure safe and effective
firefighting and egress in the event of a fire within the organisation.
• Learners are expected to adhere to the word count, provided as a range within the
question text. A 10% leeway either side of this range is permitted before the assessor
is instructed to stop reading any further.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Task 4 of 5 - Report - Assessment Criteria 4.1, 4.2 , 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6
Instructions:
Carry out an assessment of an organisation’s management of hazardous
substances
The following must be included:
• An outline of how hazardous substances are classified and the effects of their
exposure to human health.
• An explanation of the key standards for safe storage, handling and transportation
of hazardous substances in relation to the organisation.
• An outline of the features of effective risk assessment and control measures for
minimising and reducing exposure to hazardous substance in accordance with
the hierarchy of controls.
• A description of the control measures for working with asbestos and lead.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Instructions:
Carry out an assessment of the organisation’s management of work equipment and
machinery.
• An explanation of the criteria for the selection of safe work equipment for organisational
tasks and the processes for managing associated risks.
• An explanation of the features of effective risk assessment and control measures for
workplace equipment and machinery within the organisation (including skills, training,
and supervision to install, test, maintain and operate equipment).
• An outline of the main hazards and control measures associated with mobile work
equipment.
• An outline of the main hazards and control measures associated with lift equipment.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Unit Aims
This aim of this unit is to is to give learners an understanding of international frameworks
for health and safety legislation and regulation, how these frameworks are set, and the
subsequent obligations on organisations to comply. The learner will explore the role
played by industry, professional bodies and media communities to influence the promotion
of positive health and safety outcomes locally, nationally and globally.
3. Understand the industry and 3.1 Outline the function of professional and
community roles in employer bodies, trade associations, media
influencing and promoting and community groups and organisational
partnerships in influencing and promoting
positive health and safety outcomes.
3.2 Outline the ethical and social responsibilities of
organisations to develop high standards of
health and safety.
3.3 Assess the role of corporate governance and
self-regulation in supporting continual
improvement of organisational health and
safety standards.
Task 1 of 2 - Report - Assessment Criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Instructions:
Evaluate the organisation’s compliance with statutory and regulatory obligations
against national and international standards.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Instructions:
Review the organisation’s understanding of industry and community roles in
influencing and promoting positive health and safety at local and national levels.
Referencing:
• You should use and cite a range of academic and reliable sources.
• A comprehensive Harvard style reference list must be included at the end of the work.
Unit Aims
This aim of this unit is to provide learners with a deep understanding of the roles and
responsibilities of health and safety practitioners, the challenges and conflicts facing them,
how they support safe working environments, and the skills required to meet these
challenges. Learners will develop the skills to assess organisational competence and skills
requirements, recommending training and/or recruitment strategies to meet these. Learners
will also enhance their own personal and professional development with particular reference
to utilizing a reflective learning approach.
area of responsibility as a 3.2. Assess the value of group discussion and shared
health and safety personal reflections to support professional
practitioner. development within an organisation.
3.3. Evaluate own strength and weaknesses in
relation to an organisational role.
3.4. Set and prioritise goals to improve own
performance as a health and safety practitioner.
3.5. Produce and maintain a personal and
professional development plan.
3.6. Outline own application of professional ethics in
relation to health and safety in an organisation.
3.7. Outline own performance in relation to the values
of equality, diversity and inclusivity.
• An evaluation of the potential challenges and conflicts that a health and safety
professional faces within an organisation.
Instructions:
Assess the organisation’s competence and skill requirements in terms of health and
safety professionals. You can use your own personal experience to formulate your
answer.
• An assessment of the organisation skill and knowledge gabs in terms of health and
safety.
• An outline of how the health and safety training plan supports the organisation in
meeting their moral and legal obligations to health and safety.
Task 3 of 3 - Portfolio of Evidence Assessment Criteria 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
Instructions
Produce a portfolio of evidence to include:
- Up to date CV
- Learners reflective account on their development journey
- Development plan, to include goals, objectives, SWOT analysis and list CPD
activities
- Essay – based on their personal application of professional ethics and their
performance in relation to the values of equality, diversity and inclusivity in
relation to health and safety in an organisation.