Understanding of occupational health management principles

Assessment: Literature Review

Task

Topic: Emerging Occupational Health Issues in (a chosen industry)

In the contemporary workplace there are a range of emerging issues in the management of occupational health. Based on relevant sources of occupational health information, data, statistics and/or workplace incidence records you are required to select one emerging occupational health issue and undertake a critical literature review, focusing on a single organisation or industry of your choice.

The requirements for this assignment must undertake the following tasks:

1) Introduction: outline the aims and objectives of your review and explain why the selected emerging issue is significant in occupational health terms in the chosen workplace/ industry.

2) Review of the relevant literature for the chosen emerging occupational health issue. The review must compare, examine and critically discuss the chosen workplace/ industry, concepts and/or results that are presented in the literature. You need to consider such issues as:
- How the health hazard/risk manifests itself at the selected industry/workplace and how it may cause harm;
- Legislative requirements relating to the health hazard/ risk - (for Australia you need to consider the Work Health and Safety legislation, 2011), relevant codes and guidelines and referring to relevant Australian/ International Standards.
- Standard industry practice relating to the elimination or minimisation of the health hazard and its effectiveness.

3) A conclusion that summarises the main content of the discussion informed by the beginning of the process in the introduction where you outlined the content and discussion.

4) Presented in academic assignment style format, following the APA 6thsystem of in-text acknowledgements and a reference list.