Assessment 3 (Group Assignment) Guide
Introduction to Aviation Safety AERO1025
2022 SP5

Introduction
The purpose of this assessment is to further develop your knowledge in Safety Management
Systems (SMS), including a specific aspect of SMS in greater depth.
Aspects of SMS that your paper can focus on include:
• Safety Policy and Objectives
• Safety Risk Management
• Safety Assurance
• Safety Promotion
• Safety Culture
• A real-world aviation enterprise SMS profile

Deliverable
Your group will submit, by the deadline of November 18 at 11PM Adelaide time, a written
assessment and associated coversheet, formatted as described below.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Don’t forget every member of the group must also submit their completed
Peer Review via SparkPlus by 11:30pm (30 minutes after the written assessment deadline
expires).

Formatting
Your paper should conform to the following format requirements:
• The length of the paper must be between 2000-3000 words (excluding references) with
the following suggested, but not required, organisation:
o Introduction (200-300 words)
o Discussion of the background of Safety Management Systems (700-1000 words)
o Discussion of chosen aspect (800-1200 words)
o Summary/Conclusion (300-500 words)
o Reference list

• Your reference list must follow APA formatting. For more information about APA
format, see
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_styl
e_guide/in_text_citations_the_basics.html. Please note, you should only follow the
referencing rules of APA format for both in-text citations and the reference list. You do
not need to format the paper (margins, running head, etc) according to APA
requirements.
• You must include a minimum of 6 references, including 3 peer-reviewed scholarly
articles. The UniSA library has some great starting point guides for finding scholarly
references here: https://guides.library.unisa.edu.au/aviation and here:
https://www.library.unisa.edu.au/siteassets/files/scholarlysources.pdf
• You must submit a coversheet (using the template on Learnonline) along with your
paper that clearly outlines the specific contribution from each member of the group.
Grading
This assessment is worth a total of 100 points:
Component of the Paper Value
Coversheet is provided and
complete
5 points
Quality of discussion of Safety
Management Systems
25 points
Quality of discussion of the
group’s chosen aspect
30 points
Formatting requirements have
been met:
• Minimum 6 references
including 3 peer-
reviewed scholarly
articles
• APA formatting is used
correctly
• Spelling/grammar is
appropriate
15 points
Quality of individual
contribution
25 points
Peer Review RPF x 0.0- 1.1
TOTAL SCORE 100 points

Late Submissions
Late submissions will be accepted in accordance with the policy in the course outline.