AERO2350 Human Factors in Aviation Safety –
Individual Assignment
Lecturer: Dr Richard Yeun; Dr Jose Silva; Dr Selina Fothergill
RMIT Course Co-ordinator: Dr Richard Yeun
VERSION Issue: 1
1. Due Date (Submission of Individual Assignment Report – In Microsoft
Word ONLY via Turnitin): Monday, 28 May 2018
2. Your report should be submitted via the course website using the “Turnitin”
Group assignment tool. (Submission times are electronically recorded).
Standard penalties apply for late submissions as per RMIT Policy which may
include zero marks after the due date.
Overview of Assessment
This individual assignment requires students to research the human factors
associated with an accident as assigned by your lecturer within the aviation sector
groups below:
Aviation Sectors Groups
1. Unmanned aircraft systems (or drones)
2. Air traffic control
3. Aviation maintenance
4. Helicopter operations (civil or military)
5. Airport ground, apron, and fire and rescue services
6. Cabin operations (flight attendants)
7. Aerial work / agriculture (e.g., aerial mustering, crop spraying, aerial
surveying)
8. Air-to-air refuelling (manned or unmanned)
9. Air carrier operations (airlines, general aviation)
10. Sub-orbital vehicles (e.g., Virgin Galactic operations)
The objective is to develop an academic research report. The materials should
succinctly inform your peers of the human factors associated with the selected
accident(s).
Assessment Deliverables
Individual Research Report (40 Marks)
The report should present the research undertaken and major findings.
The report must be between 3000 to 3500 words (main body font size – 11pts, line
spacing – single). The total word count is based from Sections 5 to 7 only.
Penalties may apply for failure to meet this requirement.
The body of the report is limited to 20 to 25 pages excluding front matter (title page,
table of contents, etc.) and references. The title page must include the name,
student number, and the assigned human factors topic.
References should follow an approved bibliographic style (see Helpful Resources).
The report should provide a concise description of the research undertaken,
providing an outline of the purpose, research method, findings, and main
conclusions.
Helpful Resources
Referencing:
• http://emedia.rmit.edu.au/learninglab/content/annotated-bibliographies
• http://www1.rmit.edu.au/library/referencing
Report Writing:
http://emedia.rmit.edu.au/learninglab/sites/emedia.rmit.edu.au.learninglab/files/resea
rch_report.pdf
Writing the Individual Assignment Report
The written assignment report is to have the following sections / headings:
Section Heading Word Count
1
Title Page
NA
Name of student and student email
address
Topic assigned to group
Not included in the overall assignment
word count limit
2
Abstract
Between 175 to
280 words
Not included in the overall assignment
word count limit
3
Table of Contents
Not included in the overall assignment NA
word count limit
4
List of Tables and Figures
Not included in the overall assignment NA
word count limit
5
Introduction
280 words
maximum
Should be around 5 to 8% of the total
word count for the assignment paper
6
Main Body
Objectives and scope of the
assignment paper
Should be around 5 to 8% of the total
word count for the assignment paper
280 words
maximum
Literature Review
890 words
minimum
Minimum number of at least 4 different
academic sources such as textbooks,
journals etc. (not from Wikipedia, media
sources)
Discussion
1440 words
minimum
1. Explanation of results
2. References to previous research
3. Deduction
4. Hypothesis
7
Conclusion
280 words
maximum
Should be around 5 to 8% of the total
word count for the assignment paper
8 References NA
AERO2350 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT MARKING RUBRIC / GUIDE
