Occupational Safety, Health & Environment:Risk Management Assignment

Assignment 1 Question

Risk assessments are generally accepted as an essential part of any health and safety riskmanagement process. The approaches to risk assessment can vary depending on thecircumstances and can be broadly categorised as:

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

• Dynamic

Write a management report that discusses these broad categories and their application inthe workplace.

Your discussion should be in the form of a structured report of 1500 words with anintroduction, key headings, conclusion and recommendations.You will need to makereference to a broad range of published literature including guidance, standards andresearch. These sources must be referenced in your work using the Harvard systemto support your discussion throughout.

General Instruction

You should research a range of reference materials including recent published researchrelating to the topic you are discussing. Journal articles on research can be found throughthe portal in the e-library using science direct, for guidance on accessing journals andeBooks online please refer to the accessing electronic resources guide on Moodle. The work is to be word-processed, double or 1.5-line spacing Arial or Calibri, 12 Font, aligned to theleft hand of the page and appropriately referenced using the Harvard system. A word countmust be included, and the assignment should be within +/- 10% of the word limit.

Assignment 2 Question

You are the Health and Safety Manager in a company of your choice, and you have beentasked with improving the collection of leading performance indicators for health and safety.Write a 1500-word technical report that identifies suitable leading indicators and makesrecommendations for how to implement them.

Your report should include an introduction, key headings, conclusion and recommendations.You will need to read and evaluate the published research literature and guidance on thissubject and reference these sources using the Harvard system of referencing in your reportto support your discussion throughout.

General Instruction

You should research a range of reference materials including recent published researchrelating to the topic you are discussing. Journal articles on research can be found throughthe portal in the e-library using science direct, for guidance on accessing journals andeBooks online please refer to the accessing electronic resources guide on Moodle. The workis to be word-processed, double or 1.5-line spacing Arial or Calibri, 12 Font, aligned to theleft hand of the page and appropriately referenced using the Harvard system. A word countmust be included, and the assignment should be within +/- 10% of the word limit.