5N1794 Occupational Health and Safety Assignment 2: Risk Control in Nursing Home Care

Instructions

Occupational Health and Safety in the Workplace

For this assignment you are required to:

• Select one occupation in relation to your vocational area of study, and with regard to this occupation, investigate the associated risks and appropriate control measures of vocational specific work issues.
  Include in your answer:
  • Noise and sound (2M)
  • Stress (2M)
  • Diet, exercise and lifestyle (2M)
  • Dangerous chemicals, fumes and dust (2M)
  • Occupational Related illness (2M)
  • Manual Handling (2M) Total = (12 marks)
• Select one Occupational Related Illness (Healthcare in nursing home or hospital in Ireland) and give a detailed description of
  • Causes (3 M)
  • Symptoms (2. M)
  • Impact on the worker (2. M)
  • Preventative measures (2 M) Total = (9 marks)

Your assignment should include:

• Plan of action (3M)
• Recommendations (3M)
• Assignment evaluation (3M) Total = (9 marks)

Note! 0.5 marks deducted for any of the following (to max 2) poor layout, no titles, not proofread, spell checked, page numbers omitted etc., -2 for incorrect or no referencing.

Therefore, your assignment should be structured as follows:

1. Begin with your Aims and Objectives for the overall assignment.
2. Next add an Introduction, which includes your plan of action.
3. Then select one occupation in relation to your vocational area of study, and with regard to this occupation, investigate the associated risks and appropriate control measures of vocational specific work issues following the points required i.e.
   • Noise and sound,
   • Stress,
   • Diet, Exercise and lifestyle,
   • Dangerous Chemicals, Fumes and Dust,
   • Occupational related illness,
   • Manual Handling.
4. Continue by next choosing one Occupational Related Illness and give a detailed description of same under the required points ie
   • Causes
   • symptoms,
   • Impact on worker,
   • Preventative measures.

   (Points C and D above make up the main body of your assignment)

5. Next outline any recommendations identified from your findings as a result of your research in relation to this topic and
6. Finally conclude your assignment with an overall “Assignment Evaluation” of the completed work.

Presentation of Evidence

Evidence for this assessment technique may take the form of written, oral, graphic, audio, visual or digital evidence, or any combination of theses. Any audio, video or digital evidence must be provided in a suitable format.

If written i.e. (typed) use a suitable font style e.g. Times New Roman, font size 14 and line spacing of 1.5 please and justify the word document.
Include in your assignment the “Aim and Objectives” of the assignment and add a cover page (Inc. Word Count), a table of contents, page numbers and include your name as either a header or a footer on your assignment. All assignments must include in-text citation and a reference list at the end.
If any format of AI is used you must look at it, pick out the relevant sections, edit / paraphrase it into your own words, reference appropriately and then you are able to submit it

Word Count of 2,500 max

Assessment/Performance Criteria and Marks

• Risks and appropriate control measures (12 marks)
• Detailed Description of Occupational Related Illness (9 marks)
• Plan of action, recommendations and assignment evaluation (9 marks)