Preparing a brief research report on monitoring and measuring techniques 2 Prepare a brief research report that • critically reviews techniques for monitoring and measuring health and safety performance • evaluates the effectiveness of your chosen organisation’s health and safety monitoring and measuring techniques • makes TWO recommendations for improving the monitoring and measuring techniques used in your chosen organisation. (50) Your research report must be presented in the following format (see marking descriptors for further information) • Executive summary. • Introduction – containing aims/objectives, methodology and introduction to the topic. • Critical review – which briefly, but critically, reviews techniques for monitoring and measuring health and safety performance. This must draw from a range of reliable reference sources such as authoritative guidance, expert opinions, and other evidence. References for the cited evidence should use a recognised referencing style (Harvard, Vancouver, OSCOLA, etc). The learner can choose which style to use, but the style must be used consistently throughout the report. • Brief analysis of the effectiveness of your chosen organisation’s health and safety monitoring and measuring techniques. This is effectively a brief gap analysis or commentary comparing your organisation to good practice/effective insights that you have determined from your critical review. It should include examples from the workplace to support the analysis. • Conclusion – a summary of findings that includes – A clear outline of TWO recommendations for improving the monitoring and measuring techniques used in your chosen organisation. – A justification for EACH of your recommendations. The justifications must include links back to the research carried out in the introduction to show that they logically follow, and that they would most likely be effective. – List of Reference sources cited. NOTES ON WORD COUNT: Your report must be no more than 2500 words in total and approximately 10% of these (ie 250 words) must be used for the executive summary. If your answer exceeds the word count NEBOSH reserves the right to not mark any of your work beyond • 275 words (250 words + 10% tolerance) of the executive summary, and/or • 2475 words (2250 words + 10% tolerance) of the rest of the report
