Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Assessment Type Individual assignment / Group assignment
Assessment Title “Human Factors accident analysis and Recommendations for addressing the HF”
Purpose of the assessment (with CLO Mapping) LO2: Identify the characteristics of human factors in the aviation industry.
LO3: Evaluate the human factors contributing to incidents/accidents.
LO5: Design policies that reduce the effects of human factors on active failures.
Weight 50% of the total assessments
Total Marks 100 / scaled down to 20%
Word limit 3500-4000 words
Submission Guidelines • All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a cover page.
• The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2.54 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings.
• Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style.
Due Date 22 May 2025 by 23:59- submit your report on Moodle- Similarity Percentage should not exceed 20%
Late submission • late project submissions will result in a penalty. A 7 days late submission results in a 10% deduction on the project marking; while a project submitted between 8- 12 days late will be subject to a 20% deduction on the project marking. Submissions after will be considered a fail on the project.
Academic Misconduct and Plagiarism
• Plagiarism is defined as the presentation of another person’s work as your own. This includes copying from books without referencing the material or copying from another student’s work.
Assignment tasks:
1. 1.1 Choose an aviation accident and present the accident case in a brief short paragraph (5 points).
1.2 Present the chain of events that lead to the accident (10 points)
1.3 Identify and discuss the Human factors which directly caused but also may have contributed in this accident (35 points). (LO2, total 50 points )
2. 2.1 The investigation authority has conducted the investigation. After the completion the investigation, the accident investigation authority needs to give some conclusions and recommendations. In your opinion, was everything covered in the report? Did you discover any issues that were not mentioned in the report? What was the reason these issues were not mentioned in the report? (LO3, total points 15)
3. If you had to design polices, give suggestions and recommendations in order to help reduce the human factors that could result into causing future potential accidents, what would those (policies, suggestions recommendations be). What suggestions for changes would you recommend in order to reduce the effects of human factors on active failures? (LO5, total points 25)
This is an individual report. Your report should comprise approximately 3500-4000 words plus appendices and be fully referenced in Harvard style. Marks will be allocated for the originality of your choice of accidents/incident, the breadth and depth of your research, and the style and clarity of your analysis, use of appropriate literature review and the quality and clarity of your analysis and presentation.
Submission Requirements
1. Signed Assignment cover sheet.
2. Report
a. Cover page.
b. Table of contents.
c. Introduction
3. Turnitin report
Sections to be included in the report Description of the section Marks
Cover page, and table of contents and the organization of the report
Introduction Write a Cover page, and table of contents, and Ensure everything is typed using a word processor and organized well. 5
Body Answer the questions 1 and 2 here 65
Recommendations
Answer question 3 25
Conclusion Give an overall conclusion reflecting the purpose of this assignment 5
* Add any other sections as you see fit to your assignments Total 100
Marking Rubric for Assignment-1: Total Marks 100
Note: The marking rubrics varies for each assignment
Assignment
Mark 90-100 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-70 60-64 <60
A B+ B C+ C D+ D F
Introduction Demonstrated excellent understanding of Human Factors
Purpose of the assignment introduction the reader to assignment, making the reader understand the importance of HF Demonstrated very good understanding of Human Factors. Purpose of the assignment introduction the reader to assignment, making the reader understand the importance of HF Demonstrated good understanding of Human Factors. Purpose of the assignment introduction the reader to assignment, making the reader understand the importance of HF Demonstrated fair understanding of Human Factors. Purpose of the assignment introduction the reader to assignment, making the reader understand the importance of HF Demonstrated limited understanding of Human Factors-Human Factors. Purpose of the assignment introduction the reader to assignment, making the reader understand the importance of HF Demonstrated very limited understanding of Human Factors.
Purpose of the assignment introduction the reader to assignment, making the reader understand the importance of HF Demonstrated poor understanding of Human Factors.
Purpose of the assignment introduction the reader to assignment, making the reader understand the importance of HF Demonstrated unsatisfactory understanding of Human Factors.
Purpose of the assignment introduction the reader to assignment, making the reader understand the importance of HF
Body
Demonstrated excellent understanding of Human Factors
Depth and breadth of the analysis, analysing the factors going beyond the superficial factors Demonstrated very good understanding of Human Factors. Depth and breadth of the analysis, analysing the factors going beyond the superficial factors Demonstrated good understanding of Human Factors. Depth and breadth of the analysis, analysing the factors going beyond the superficial factors Demonstrated fair understanding of Human Factors. Depth and breadth of the analysis, analysing the factors going beyond the superficial factors Demonstrated limited understanding of Human Factors-Human Factors. Depth and breadth of the analysis, analysing the factors going beyond the superficial factors Demonstrated very limited understanding of Human Factors
Depth and breadth of the analysis, analysing the factors going beyond the superficial factors . Demonstrated poor understanding of Human Factors.
Depth and breadth of the analysis, analysing the factors going beyond the superficial factors Demonstrated unsatisfactory understanding of Human Factors
Depth and breadth of the analysis, analysing the factors going beyond the superficial factors
Conclusion and recommendations
Demonstrated excellent understanding of Human Factors
Reasonable conclusions and recommendation that address the HF discussed. A variety of recommendations given. Demonstrated very good understanding of Human Factors. Reasonable conclusions and recommendation that address the HF discussed. A variety of recommendations given. Demonstrated good understanding of Human Factors. Reasonable conclusions and recommendation that address the HF discussed. A variety of recommendations given. Demonstrated fair understanding of Human Factors. Reasonable conclusions and recommendation that address the HF discussed. A variety of recommendations given. Demonstrated limited understanding of Human Factors-Human Factors. Reasonable conclusions and recommendation that address the HF discussed. A variety of recommendations given. Demonstrated very limited understanding of Human Factors.
Reasonable conclusions and recommendation that address the HF discussed. A variety of recommendations given. Demonstrated poor understanding of Human Factors.
Reasonable conclusions and recommendation that address the HF discussed. A variety of recommendations given. Demonstrated unsatisfactory understanding of Human Factors
Reasonable conclusions and recommendation that address the HF discussed. A variety of recommendations given.
Report overall
Mark 90-100 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-70 60-64 <60
A B+ B C+ C D+ D F
Cover page, and table of contents and the organization of the report
/5 Outstanding Cover page, table of contents, and organization of the report Very good Cover page, table of contents, and organization of the report Good Cover page, table of contents, and organization of the report Acceptable Cover page, table of contents, and organization of the report Fair Cover page, table of contents, and organization of the report Adequate Cover page, table of contents, and organization of the report Poor Cover page, table of contents, and organization of the report Unacceptable Cover page, table of contents, and organization of the report
, or does not exist.
END of ASSIGNEMENT – GOOD LUCK