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LEARNING GUIDE 48122 Engineering Practice Review 1

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48122 Engineering Practice Review 1 Learning Guide

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Table of contents

Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1

1 About Engineering Practice Review 1 .................................................................... 1

2 Graduate Attributes and Subject Objectives ......................................................... 1

2.1 Graduate attributes ........................................................................................ 2

2.2 The Subject Objectives for 48122 Engineering Practice Review 1 ................. 3

3 Assessment items ................................................................................................... 4

3.1 Assessment Item 1: Attendance ..................................................................... 4

3.2 Assessment Item 2: Subject Outline Quiz (5%) .............................................. 4

3.3.1 Items to be covered in your report ...................................................... 5

3.3.2 Outcomes of the report ....................................................................... 6

3.3.3 Describing your Professional and Technical Development .................. 6

3.3.4 Overall assessment of the internship report ..................................... 12

3.3.5 Effort involved in the creation of the internship report .................... 13

3.3.6 Submitting your internship report ..................................................... 13

3.4 Assessment Item 4: Seminar presentation (40%) ........................................ 13

3.4.1 Items to be covered in your seminar presentation ............................ 14

3.4.2 Effort involved in the creation of the seminar presentation ............. 18

3.4.3 Submitting your seminar presentation .............................................. 18

4 References ............................................................................................................ 18

Appendix A — Subject Objectives Explained ............................................................... 20

Appendix B — Engineers Australia Stage 2 Competency Standards ........................... 21


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Introduction

This document contains information to assist you understand the contents of assessment items for 48122 Engineering Practice Review then collect, prepare and submit evidence of your learning to be assessed, graded and marked.

For specific details of dates and times, format of deliverables and places for submission, additional information is available in the Subject Outline and on UTSOnline. The Subject Outline provides important information about objectives and learning outcomes for the subject, as well as due dates for submitting assessment tasks. UTSOnline contains additional information, including operational details of format, location and dates and times.

This learning guide must be used in conjunction with the Subject Outline, the references listed at the end of this document, particularly Engineering your future: An Australasian guide (Dowling et al, 2013), as well as any specific instructions and resources posted on UTSOnline.

1 About Engineering Practice Review 1

The activities in Engineering Practice Review 1 take you through a process of thoughtful reflection and review of your engineering internship experience. They assist you to develop approaches to your experiential learning in the areas of professional and technical competence and create a logical structure for organising your newly developed ideas and integrate them with your theoretical and practical knowledge, increasing your investment in human capital (Becker, 1993).

By identifying, reviewing and reflecting on your technical and professional advancement during your internship experience, you will develop a firm grounding in the fundamentals of engineering practice including, among others, your ability to (a) apply your knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering concept to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems using appropriate methods, (b) understand the employment process, (c) situate yourself in a professional workplace and culture, (d) adopt ethical and socially responsible practices, (e) document and communicate your solutions, (f) follow occupational health and safety guidelines, (g) understand industrial relations issues and (h) take ownership of your personal and professional development.

2 Graduate Attributes and Subject Objectives

The structure and contents of your course are determined by two components: The graduate attributes set for your course and the subject objectives at the subject level.

The University has an overall set of attributes or intended capabilities that graduates should have at the completion of their courses (UTS: IML, 2012). In addition, each Faculty also determines its own discipline or course-specific graduate attributes that support the University’s overall attributes. At the highest level of attributes to be developed, all graduates of UTS:

Are equipped for ongoing learning and inquiry in the pursuit of personal development and excellence in professional practice.


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Operate effectively with the capabilities that underpin professional practice in a global context.

Are committed to the actions and responsibilities required of a professional and a global citizen.

2.1 Graduate attributes

Graduate attributes are the capabilities in the professional, personal and intellectual domains that UTS graduates will have upon graduation. “Each course (or suite of courses) at UTS will have a graduate profile that describes the intended capability of a graduate from the course. The graduate profile includes the graduate attributes that students will develop as outcomes of their learning in the course. It may also include overarching statements about the professional roles or contexts for which successful graduates will be prepared. The graduate profile will reflect the principle that a range of attributes are important to successful graduates, to enable them to live and work in changing contexts” (IML, 2011). Graduate attributes are the total knowledge, skills and capabilities that you develop as a graduate of the University.

The graduate attributes inform the intended learning outcomes of each course and in turn each of their subjects’ learning objectives and outcomes. The assessment tasks and assessment criteria are derived from these graduate attributes and learning objectives and outcomes. A graduate profile for each course addresses these overarching attributes within three broad domains: personal, professional and intellectual, acknowledging that these attributes are interrelated in the overall capability of a course graduate.

The Graduate Attributes for Graduates of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

At the successful completion of your studies in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology you will have developed knowledge (i.e., the body of knowledge for your discipline) that is appropriate for your field of practice, represented by specific graduate attributes in the following areas (UTS: FEIT, 2013):

a. Needs, context and systems: Engineering and IT take place within the larger context of society and the environment, which encompasses social, economic and sustainability needs.

b. Problem solving and design: Engineering and IT practice focuses on problem-solving and design where artifacts are conceived, created, used, modified, maintained and retired.

c. Abstraction and modelling: Abstraction, modelling, simulation and visualization inform decision-making, and are underpinned by mathematics, as well as basic and discipline sciences.

d. Self-management: Graduates must have capabilities for self-organisation, self-review, personal development and lifelong learning.


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e. Communication and coordination: Engineering and IT practice involves the coordination of a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary activities to arrive at problem and design solutions.

f. Professional practice within global context: Graduates must possess skills, knowledge and behaviours to operate effectively in culturally-diverse workplaces and a changing global environment.

2.2 The Subject Objectives for 48122 Engineering Practice Review 1

Subject objectives are the specific outcomes that you need to achieve for each of the subjects in your course.

Following from the FEIT Graduate Attributes, and specifically for 48122 Engineering Practice Review 1, there are twelve learning objectives that you are expected to achieve as part of your activities in the subject. These are called the subject objectives and are listed in the Subject Outline:

1. Reflect on your workplace participation and identify learning outcomes.

2. Review your process of obtaining employment and begin to develop strategies for your next employment encounter.

3. Review and evaluate learning proposals as tools to guide learning and to develop more effective preparatory techniques.

4. Demonstrate familiarity with workplace cultures and behaviours and begin to demonstrate a professional manner.

5. Describe important aspects of engineering practice so that you can recognise and adopt appropriate and ethical behaviour.

6. Develop and demonstrate effective communication and documentation skills appropriate to professional engineering.

7. Review and extend your approaches to experiential learning.

8. Relate the theoretical knowledge you have gained in your studies to the work you have experienced.

9. Identify tensions between personal, organisational and wider social issues and discuss strategies to address these tensions.

10. Identify the extension of your engineering knowledge that you have gained during your experience.

11. Evaluate how you contributed to social wellbeing and sustainability through applying your engineering knowledge.

12. Review your own and your colleagues’ experience to determine how it contributed to your academic, professional and personal development and to devise strategies to maximise outcomes.


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Achieving the subject objectives

In order to develop the graduate attributes and achieve the subject objectives you will:

1. Work individually and in teams, reflecting on and demonstrating your internship experience, and peer reviewing your colleagues’ demonstration of their internship experiences.

2. Develop knowledge about the reflective nature of the review process of your internship, including researching, documenting and communicating results via report writing and presentation to colleagues, instructors and other professionals.

3. Extend the knowledge that you developed in 48121 Engineering Practice Preview 1 and 48110 Engineering Experience 1 or, if you were exempted from these two subjects, the knowledge that you developed during your work experience (and which you documented to apply for the exemption).

4. Present your experience, the story of your evolution as a student and professional, to your colleagues in the subject as well as to those who are completing 48121 Engineering Practice Preview 1.

3 Assessment items

There are four assessment items in this subject. (Refer to the Subject Outline and UTSOnline for more details.)

3.1 Assessment Item 1: Attendance

The activities in this subject require your participation in peer reviewing colleagues’ reports and sharing your experience with them, hence the compulsory requirement for the lecture, tutorials and seminar presentations.

3.2 Assessment Item 2: Subject Outline quiz (5%)

The Subject Outline quiz tests your understanding of the Subject Outline and the Learning Guide.

It consists of a set of 10 questions and will be available on UTSOnline, together with detailed information to assist you to take the quiz.

The Subject Outline Quiz is worth 5% of the subject’s total marks.

3.3 Assessment Item 3: Internship report (55%)

You are required to submit a report in which you describe and reflect upon your work experience and the resulting learning from your first internship and how this experience helps you to achieve (a) the objectives for this subject and (b) contributes to achieving the graduate attributes for your course. The intent of the internship report is for you to make the case that you are developing as an individual, student and future professional by the application of the skills you are learning in your course and by the application of prior and new information to construct new concepts or create new understandings.


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At a minimum, you will apply the skills you gained for successful completion of 48121 Engineering Practice Preview 1 and 48110 Engineering Experience 1 to prove that you are developing the competencies that will be subsequently used to assess you for admission to the profession.

The learning from your unique experience will be initially reviewed by your peers and then submitted for grading, assessment and marking by your instructors. The peer review process should help you to review and address issues in your report before submitting it for final assessment.

The internship report is worth 55% of the subject’s total marks. You must achieve at least 50% of the internship report result (or 27.5 out of 100) and at least 50% of the seminar presentation result (or 20 out of 100) to pass the subject.

You will also present and discuss the reflection on your experience to your colleagues and instructors as they will benefit from your knowledge (see assessment item 4).

You previously studied how to identify your preferred learning styles, look for, prepare and apply for an internship, and reflect about your activities in 48121 Engineering Practice Preview 1. You also recorded your activities and reflected about them in light of your competence and expectations in 48110 Engineering Experience 1. If you were exempted from these two subjects, the source material for the report should be based on your equivalent work experience and professional development which you documented and submitted for the exemption process.

3.3.1 Items to be covered in your report

Your report should cover the following items (although it should not necessarily be limited to them):

1. The workplace: Your role and position in the structure of the business where you did your internship, reporting lines, your contracted and actual activities, etc.

2. Achieving the learning objectives: How the learning objectives in the subject were met during your internship (refer to Appendix A).

3. Professional and technical development: Demonstration that you are taking ownership of the development of the following characteristics or competencies in your chosen field of practice:

3.1. Responsibility for your academic, personal and professional development through the use of reflection, competency assessment and career planning.

3.2. Professional and technical competence in your intended field of practice.

3.3. Ethical practice.

3.4. Social well-being and sustainability.

3.5. Competencies in the Engineers Australia National Stage 2 Competency Standards (refer to Appendix B).

3.6. Ability to conduct research, critically analyse information and communicate ideas effectively.


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4. How the result of your internship experience influences you academic studies as well as how your academic studies influenced your internship experience.

3.3.2 Outcomes of the report

When addressing the items in section 3.3.1 the two most important outcomes of your report should be:

1. Proof that you are developing as an individual, student and future chartered professional by the application of the skills you are learning in your course and how you apply prior and new information to construct new concepts or create new understandings:

1.1. Application of the skills developed for successful completion of 48121 Engineering Practice Preview 1.

1.2. Application of these skills during your internship in 48110 Engineering Experience 1.

2. Proof that you are developing the competencies that will be used to assess you for admission to the profession.

The focus of your demonstration should not be on the mechanics of your activities (e.g., how many printed circuit boards you assembled and tested each day, how many programs you designed, coded and tested in a month), although these should be included in your report. Instead, as you describe your internship activities, you must elaborate on the experiential learning that was taking place, what you were learning about yourself, how much of what you have learned in your course you were able to put to actual use and how much you developed your skills. There is a constant interplay between what you learned in your course and its application in real-life situations, as well as when you use the experience you gained to guide how you learn in your studies.

Simple descriptions or bulleted lists of your activities are not adequate to demonstrate your development nor for instructors to evaluate your development. You must demonstrate and provide insightful reflection on the activities that helped define your experience and inform your own experiential development as an individual, student and professional.

For all your claims you need to demonstrate that you achieved the intended result, that is, by providing explanations and examples of how you have done so. Simple statements of achievement will not be sufficient.

3.3.3 Describing your professional and technical development

Your activities must be demonstrated taking into account two very broad categories of skills – cognitive and non-cognitive – that indicate the development of your technical competence as well as your judgment and ability to discern when to apply your knowledge. You should always refer to these two broad categories to describe the skills that you developed as you compile and discuss your internship experience.


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Broadly speaking (and particularly for the purposes of this assessment item), your technical abilities are those related to cognitive skills, such as memory, spatial, mathematical and mechanical skills, many of which you are learning about and practicing in your course’s subjects.

Non-cognitive skills are related to your own behaviour and relationship with others and are not necessarily objectively measured. Non-cognitive skills are also referred to as soft skills and include, among others, leadership and communication abilities, emotional development, interpersonal skills, and your ability to effectively work and collaborate with others.

Professional (P) and Technical (T) development items

As you prepare the report you will need to differentiate the activities where you demonstrate the development of these skills by labelling or tagging them in your report — P (for professional items) and T (for technical items). That is, the passages in your internship report devoted to describing and reflecting on the development of non-cognitive skills during your internship should be clearly identified as P items, while activities where you demonstrate the development of and application of cognitive skills should be clearly identified as T items.

(In one particular case, described below, the demonstration of the technical items that refer to the competencies described in the Engineers Australia Stage 2 Competency Standards (2004), should be labelled or tagged as C items in your report.)

The demonstration of your experiential learning must be properly labelled or tagged in the right margins of your internship report to indicate whether they refer to professional (P) or technical (T or C) items. Passages that are not properly labelled or tagged will not be considered for assessing, grading and marking as the instructors will not make assumptions about their contents. You must indicate the contents of the passages.

Most of these labels or tags will have several instances depending on the requirements below. For example, as you need to demonstrate that you achieved at least ten objectives for this subject, there will be ten P2 items shown as P2.1, P2.2, etc.

As you may also discuss both professional and technical items in the same passages, you will mark them with both P and T labels or tags. It is important, though, that you address the minimum word requirements for the demonstration of the instances and that combining the labels does not waive these requirements.

Professional attributes (P items) in the internship report

The assessment items in this section refer to your ability to engage in insightful reflection about what your learned during your first internship experience, demonstration of achievement of subject objectives, contribution to social well-being, sustainable and ethical practices and professional communication skills. These items are labelled Pn (IR, for internship report) below, though you must not use the IR abbreviation in the labels or tags.

P1 (IR): Reflective learning with insightful reflection

Describe and insightfully reflect on what happened to you during your internship, why and how this changed you and what you will do when you experience a similar


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situation in the future (that is, how you can transfer the knowledge that you developed in one situation to another).

You are expected to consider the learning process that you experienced while making meaning of the experience as you were involved in your activities, reflected on them and abstracted the important concepts and ideas from them. You must present evidence of each stage of Kolb’s experiential learning cycle (which you learned about in 48121 Engineering Practice Preview 1).

Minimum requirements: At least three significant events or instances during your internship where you reflect and demonstrate reflective learning that results in knowledge that you can use in future activities, in at least 300 words for each instance.

The demonstration of each instance must be labelled as P1.1, P1.2 and P1.3 in the right hand margins of the report.

P2 (IR): Learning outcomes from subject outline

There are twelve objectives for the learning outcomes in this subject (see the Subject Outline). You must demonstrate that you have met at least ten (and ideally all) of them. Note that it is not sufficient to state that you have met an objective (e.g., “I have adopted appropriate ethical behaviour”) but that you must demonstrate how this was achieved.

Each of the subject objectives is explained in Appendix A of this document.

Minimum requirements: At least ten out of the twelve subject objectives must be demonstrated in your report in at least 300 words for each one.

The demonstration of each outcome must be labelled or tagged P2.x in the right hand margin of the report, where x is the subject objective number (e.g., P2.1, P2.2, etc.).

P3 (IR): Contribution to social well-being and sustainability

You are required to assess your contribution to social well-being and sustainability when carrying out the activities in your internship. Social well-being is a very broad term that encompasses many aspects of human life, which may include a safe and healthy environment to live and work and where the rights and dignity of all people are upheld. It involves actively building relationships with others based on trust, mutual respect and commitment. Sustainable practices take into account how it is possible to meet current needs without impacting the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Minimum requirements: You must demonstrate two instances of social well-being and sustainability and evaluate your contribution to one or both of these during your internship. To what extent have you contributed to social well-being and sustainability as part of your internship and what can you do to improve this in your future activities?

The demonstration of each instance must be labelled or tagged P3.x in the right hand margin of your report, where x is the instance number, in at least 300 words for each one.

P4 (IR): Recognition or demonstration of ethical practice

Demonstrate that you know what appropriate ethical practice is and how you supported it in your internship activities. (You may also include the actions of your


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coworkers). See the Engineers Australia Code of Ethics for more information (Engineers Australia, 2010).

Minimum requirements: At least two instances of ethical practice must be demonstrated in your report.

The demonstration of each instance must be labelled P4.x in the right hand margin of your report, where x is the instance number, in at least 300 words for each instance.

P5 (IR): Review your employment process and identify future opportunities

Describe and reflect about the process that you followed to find your first internship or work position then identify the improvements that you can make when you look for your next internship or work position. (Note that this is not a technical description of your actual internship work. See item T1 below.)

Minimum requirements: An insightful reflection on your employment process and a discussion of your intended future direction in around 500 words.

P6 (IR): Demonstrate improved communication competence

It is expected that you have developed good written communication skills as a result of undertaking your first internship, particularly when compared with your previous work in 48121 Engineering Practice Preview 1. Your report must be well written, addressing the required criteria in a professional and concise style, free of grammatical and spelling errors, with appropriate structure and presentation.

The report must be written in a style suitable for a professional engineer but not limited in your field of practice. For example, if you are a civil engineer, make sure that an electrical engineer can read and understand your report. As such, all acronyms should be explained and the use of jargon avoided (or at least explained when used).

References to supporting materials should follow the Harvard format and you are expected to research academic and peer reviewed resources when preparing your report.

The report is expected to meet all requirements outlined in this document as well as any pertinent instructions in the Subject Outline and on UTSOnline.

Minimum requirements: Well structured, written and presented report, with no more than five spelling or grammar errors in the report. All assessment criteria must be labelled as specified and all submission requirements met in full (as listed in the Subject Outline and UTSOnline).

Overall demonstration of professional competence

All of the professional (P) assessment criteria are considered holistically to determine whether or not you have successfully made the case in support of your claims of developing professional competence in your internship report.

Minimum requirements (pass): Achieve at least a satisfactory grade in most criteria and no more than three criteria below satisfactory.


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Technical attributes (T) in the internship report

The assessment items in this section refer to your ability to demonstrate application of technical knowledge to describe your line of work, claim the development of engineering competence with supporting evidence, discuss technical skills that you need to develop for your intended work for your second internship and, importantly, how you are integrating the theoretical and experiential aspects of learning in your activities. These items are labelled Tn (IR, for internship report) below, though you must not use the IR abbreviation in the labels or tags.

T1 (IR): Description and review of your internship experience

Describe the company where you worked, the products and services it provides, its size, your position in the structure, reporting lines and other relevant details (e.g., public or private sector, size, area of activity, products and services provided, business structure, etc.). Describe the role that you were assigned and the type of work that you did. Evaluate your internship and the key learning outcomes, focusing on technical skills.

Minimum requirements: Your internship should be described and evaluated in around 500 words.

T2 (C) (IR): Areas of competence developed in the Engineers Australia Stage 2 Competency Standards

You are required to identify the competencies that you believe you have developed as a result of undertaking your internship, based on the units, elements and defining activities in the Engineers Australia National Competency Standards Stage 2 (see Appendix B).

A practicing engineer who wants to achieve chartered status with Engineers Australia would need to demonstrate achievement of most competencies in the required units. To claim a particular element of competency, you would need to demonstrate that you have carried out or achieved the expected results for most or all of the defining activities for that element. The development of a competency is supported, in turn, by the development of a series of defining activities.

In the specific case of students writing their internship reports this is reversed — you are required to demonstrate the achievement of ten defining activities from any of the units (though focused on the compulsory ones). This takes into account that students will not have had enough experience and practice to have achieved more than a small number of competence elements in their first internship experience.

Note that specifically for T2 items the labels or tags are different and you should not use any T2 tags. You must label or tag each demonstrated claim of a defining element in the margins of the report in the form of Cn.c.a or En.c.a, where C = compulsory unit, E = elective unit, n = unit number, e = element number and a = defining activity letter, taken from the Engineers Australia Stage 2 Competency Standard.

Instead of proving that you completed all defining activities for all competencies for all units, we ask that you prove completion or achievement of any ten defining activities chosen from any of the units (though compulsory first, then electives). However, you cannot simply state that you have completed a particular defining activity but must


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give an example of what you did and how this is relevant to the claimed element. You should describe your contribution and responsibilities, the problems you faced, solutions you determined, judgments you made and their impact.

For example, you could chose defining activities C1.1g, C1.5a, C2.2e, C2.4a, C3.4b and so on, until you proved ten addressed activities (irrespective from which units they were chosen). The focus is on defining activities.

You can find a list of all the competency units, elements and defining activities in Appendix A of this document. This is an extract from the Engineers Australia National Competency Standards, stage 2.

Minimum requirements: Demonstrate the achievement of at least 10 defining activities, not necessarily related to a particular element or unit, in the main body of your report (and could also be summarised as a table), in at least 300 words for each instance. Each claim for the achievement of a defining activity needs to have an argument and evidence to support it (see item T3 below).

T3 (IR): Claims of competence supported by evidence or proof

For your claims of competence to be valid they must be supported by the inclusion of supporting evidence or proof, which can include:

References to examples or extracts of outstanding pieces of work that you did and a demonstration of why you think so.

Recognition of your work by your peers, supervisors or clients.

Being given a promotion, bonus, or award as a result of your activities.

Photographs, blueprints, transcripts, plans, printouts, etc.

Evidence or proof must be included for a reason and must be clearly identified and linked to the claims you are making. These items can be included in the relevant sections in the main body of the report or in appendices.

Note that the inclusion of examples of original contributions of your work may be subject to your employer’s confidentiality policies and you should seek advice as appropriate.

Minimum requirements: You must have supporting evidence or proof for (a) at least two competency elements or (b) four defining activities being claimed. This evidence or proof must be labelled or tagged as T3.x in the right margins of your report, where x is the instance of evidence.

T4 (IR): Future plans (technical and non-technical)

Considering all the activities that you carried out and what you learned in your internship experience, discuss the technical skills, knowledge and competence that you believe you need to develop for your second internship or future work. (To some extent you will undertake this planning process in 48141 Engineering Practice Preview 2 and this is a good starting point for this process.)


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Discuss how the university study can fulfillall of your learning needs, what you can do to specifically increase your employment prospects for your second internship, and where else you can gain the required knowledge that you need.

Minimum requirements: Discuss specific plans for both technical and non-technical learning, labelled or tagged as T4.x in the right margins of your report, where x is the component of the plan, in at least 500 words.

T5 (IR): Evidence of integration of theoretical and experiential learning

As stated in the Subject Outline, the overall objective of 48122 Engineering Practice Review 1 is to integrate theoretical knowledge gained through academic subjects with understanding gained through workplace experience. You need to specifically demonstrate achievement of this objective in your report. You should consider how your academic subjects – the preview subject 48121 Engineering Practice Preview 1 as well as your other subjects – prepared you for your internship experience and, conversely, what you learnt from your internship that will help you in future subjects.

Minimum requirements: Demonstrate at least two instances of academic study influencing internship experience and at least two instances of workplace experience influencing academic study, labelled or tagged as T5.x in the right margins of your report, where x is the instance of evidence, in at least 300 words for each instance.

Overall demonstration of technical competence

All of the technical (T) assessment criteria are considered holistically to determine whether or not you have successfully made the case in support of your claims of developing professional competence in your internship report.


3.3.4 Overall assessment of the internship report

Your internship report must convince the assessor that you demonstrably developed professional and technical competence during and as a result of your internship experience (or equivalent work if you were exempted from prerequisites). The individual overall professional (P) and overall technical (T) assessment items are holistically combined to determine your overall assessment for the report. A mark and grade will be awarded based on the following scale:

High distinction: Excellent work in all criteria or all except one which must be good.

Distinction: Excellent work in at least 3 criteria and good in others.

Credit: Good work in at least 6 criteria and satisfactory in others Pass: Satisfactory in most criteria and no more than 3 criteria

below satisfactory Fail: Below satisfactory work in 4 or more criteria or below poor in

any criterion


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3.3.5 Effort involved in the creation of the internship report

It is expected that a report of a satisfactory standard (credit grade) should require at least 30 hours of effort, given that this is a 3-credit point subject and the report is worth 55% of the total marks in the subject. (As it is a Faculty guideline that a 6-credit point subject is equivalent to 9 hours of weekly effort, a 3-credit point subject is equivalent to 4.5 hours of weekly effort or 63 hours in total.)

You should account for 11 hours of class attendance (lecture, tutorials and seminar) and 30 minutes for the online quiz completion, which leaves 51.5 hours of effort for the completion of the internship report and seminar presentation materials.

Based on previous semesters’ results, a report of a satisfactory (credit average) standard should require at least 30 hours of effort. Reports aiming at distinction and high distinction grades clearly require substantially more effort (which could be more than 48 hours of effort). Reports from 2011 and 2012 that achieved high distinction had, on average, 20,000 words on 50 to 60 pages. Credit reports had 13,000 words on 35 pages. Reports with fewer than 10 pages have proven to be inadequate to properly convey the breadth and depth of an internship experience. (As a guideline, a single A4 page has 400 to 500 words.)

It is part of the demonstration of your communication and documentation skills that you will choose the best structure and presentation of your report.

3.3.6 Submitting your internship report

Your internship report must be submitted in hardcopy and softcopy format in two stages (draft and final version). Specific details of date and time, as well as location, forms and format are available in the Subject Outline and UTSOnline.

3.4 Assessment Item 4: Seminar presentation (40%)

In addition to the submission of your internship report you are also required to make a presentation of your work experience and the resulting learning from your first internship to your colleagues in 48122 Engineering Practice Review 1 and students who are preparing for their first internships in 48121 Engineering Practice Preview 1.

The intent of the presentation is for you to highlight the important skills that you learned in your course and how you applied them to construct new concepts or create new understandings during your internship and prove that you are developing the competencies that will be subsequently used to assess you for admission to the profession. The seminar presentation is based on the contents of your internship report.

The seminar presentation is worth 40% of the subject’s total marks. You must achieve at least 50% of the seminar presentation result (or 20 out of 100) and at least 50% of the internship report result (or 27.5 out of 100) to pass the subject.


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3.4.1 Items to be covered in your seminar presentation

Your presentation should cover the following items (although it should not necessarily be limited to them, taking into account the 10-minute presentation time):

1. The workplace: Your role and position in the structure of the business where you did your internship, reporting lines, your contracted and actual activities, etc.

2. Achieving the learning objectives: How the learning objectives in the subject were met during your internship (refer to Appendix A).

3. Professional and technical development: Demonstration that you are taking ownership of the development of the following characteristics or competencies in your chosen field of practice:

3.1. Responsibility for your academic, personal and professional development through the use of reflection, competency assessment and career planning.

3.2. Professional and technical competence in your intended field of practice.

3.3. Ethical practice.

3.4. Social well-being and sustainability.

3.5. Competencies in the Engineers Australia National Stage 2 Competency Standards (refer to Appendix B).

3.6. Ability to conduct research, critically analyse information and communicate ideas effectively.

4. How the result of your internship experience influences you academic studies as well as how your academic studies influenced your internship experience.

Professional (P) and technical (T) development items for your seminar presentation

Similarly as you prepared the internship report you will need to differentiate the activities where you demonstrate the development of these skills in your seminar presentation, though without the need to use labels or tags in your presentation material. (However, you are free to use them if you believe it improves your presentation.)

The presentation of your experiential learning must clearly indicate whether you are referring to professional (P) or technical (T or C) items as you reflect on the development of cognitive and non-cognitive skills during your internship.

Professional attributes (P items) in your seminar presentation

The assessment items in this section refer to your ability to engage in insightful reflection about what your learned during your first internship experience, demonstration of achievement of subject objectives, contribution to social well-being, sustainable and ethical practices and professional communication skills. These items are labelled Pn (SP).


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P1 (SP): Reflective learning with insightful reflection

Describe and insightfully reflect on what happened to you during your internship, why and how this changed you and what you will do when you experience a similar situation in the future (that is, how you can transfer the knowledge that you developed in one situation to another). Use Kolb’s experiential learning cycle to describe the learning process that you experienced while making meaning of the experience as you were involved in your activities, reflected on them and abstracted the important concepts and ideas from them.

Minimum requirements: Present at least one significant event or instance during your internship where you demonstrate reflective learning that results in knowledge that you can use in future activities.

P2 (SP): Contribution to social well-being and sustainability

Demonstrate and assess your contribution to social well-being and sustainability in the activities you carried out in your internship.

Minimum requirements: Present at least one instance in which you demonstrate an understanding of social well-being and sustainability. Evaluate to what extent you contributed to social well-being and sustainability as part of your internship and what you will do to improve this in your future activities?

P3 (SP): Recognition and demonstration of ethical practice

Demonstrate your knowledge of appropriate ethical practice and how you supported it in your internship activities.

Minimum requirements: At least one instance of ethical practice must be demonstrated in your presentation.

P4 (SP): Review your employment process and identify future opportunities

Describe and reflect about the process that you followed to find your first internship or work position then identify the improvements that you can make when you look for your next internship or work position. (Note that this is not a technical description of your actual internship work. See item T1 below.)

Minimum requirements: An insightful reflection on your employment process and a discussion of your intended future direction.

P5 (SP): Demonstrate improved communication competence

Your presentation must be well structured and designed, addressing the required criteria in a professional and concise style, free of grammatical and spelling errors.

The presentation must be suitable for a professional audience and not limited to your field of practice, making sure those present can understand it. All acronyms must be explained and the use of jargon avoided (or at least explained when used).

You must use appropriate audiovisual resources in support of your presentation, including both textual and visual resources (e.g., photographs or videos of workplaces, equipment that you operated or parts that you designed, blueprints, etc.).


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Minimum requirements: A well-structured and designed presentation suitable for a professional audience to understand your development as an engineering professional.

P6 (SP): Effective use of time and engagement with the audience

To help you plan for your seminar presentation, assume that you are in the last week of your first internship period and were asked to give a presentation to a group including visiting professionals as well as new interns about to start their internships. The professionals in the audience will determine if you developed your skills and competence to a point where you could be offered a position in another business. You must also introduce the workplace to the new interns based on your experience.

You will have 10 minutes to present your story and make the case that you effectively developed personally, professionally and intellectually as a result of your first internship.

Minimum requirements: Effective use of the allotted period to make the case above.

Overall demonstration of professional competence

All of the professional (P) assessment criteria are considered holistically to determine whether or not you have successfully made the case in support of your claims of developing professional competence in your seminar presentation.


Technical attributes (T) in your seminar presentation

The assessment items in this section refer to your ability to demonstrate application of technical knowledge to describe your line of work, claim the development of engineering competence with supporting evidence, discuss technical skills that you need to develop for your intended work for your second internship and, importantly, how you are integrating the theoretical and experiential aspects of learning in your activities. . These items are labelled Tn (SP).

T1 (SP): Description and review of your internship experience

Briefly introduce the company where you worked, the products and services it provides, its size, your position in the structure, reporting lines and other relevant details (e.g., public or private sector, size, area of activity, products and services provided, business structure, etc.). Describe the role that you were assigned and the type of work that you did. Evaluate your internship and the key learning outcomes, focusing on technical skills.

Minimum requirements: Your internship should be clearly described to the audience.

T2 (SP): Areas of competence developed during the internship

You are required to identify the competencies that you developed as a result of undertaking your internship, though based on the following generic competencies:

Communication skills

Ethics & professionalism


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Global and local perspectives

Information literacy and information management

Initiative, enterprise & creativity

Planning & organising

Problem solving and critical thinking

Research

Self-management and life-long learning

Teamwork and leadership

Technology literacy

You must not refer to the specific competencies in the Engineers Australia Stage 2 Competencies that you used to describe your activities in the internship report. Instead, you will need to translate them to the generic competencies above.

Minimum requirements: Your areas of competence must be matched to the positions that you held in your internship, including supporting evidence (see item T3 below).

T3 (SP): Claims of competence supported by evidence or proof

For your claims of competence to be accepted by the audience they must be supported by the inclusion of supporting evidence or proof, which can include:

References to examples or extracts of outstanding pieces of work that you did and a demonstration of why you think so.

Recognition of your work by your peers, supervisors or clients.

Being given a promotion, bonus, or award as a result of your activities.

Photographs, blueprints, transcripts, plans, printouts, etc.

Note that the inclusion of examples of original contributions of your work may be subject to your employer’s confidentiality policies and you should seek advice as appropriate.

Minimum requirements: At a minimum you must have a current organisational chart (or, at least, from the time you did your internship) of the business. In addition, you must have supporting evidence or proof for at least two competency elements listed in section T2 (SP).

T4 (SP): Future plans (technical and non-technical)

Considering all the activities that you carried out and what you learned in your internship experience, describe to the audience the technical skills, knowledge and competence that you believe you need to develop for your second internship or future work.


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Discuss how the university study can fulfill all of your learning needs, what you can do to specifically increase your employment prospects for your second internship, and where else you can gain the required knowledge that you need.

Minimum requirements: Discuss your plans for both technical and non-technical learning.

T5 (SP): Evidence of integration of theoretical and experiential learning

The overall objective of 48122 Engineering Practice Review 1 is to integrate theoretical knowledge gained through academic subjects with understanding gained through workplace experience. Present to the audience how your academic subjects prepared you for your internship experience and, conversely, what you learnt from your internship that will help you in future subjects.

Minimum requirements: Demonstrate at least one instance of academic study influencing internship experience and at least one instance of workplace experience influencing academic study.

Overall demonstration of technical competence

Your presentation should convince the audience that you have demonstrably developed technical competence during your internship. All of the professional (T SP) assessment criteria are considered holistically to determine whether or not you have successfully made the case in support of your claims of developing technical competence.


3.4.2 Effort involved in the creation of the seminar presentation

It is expected that a seminar presentation of a satisfactory standard (credit grade) should require between two to three hours of effort based on the contents of your internship report.

It is part of the demonstration of your communication and documentation skills that you will choose the best structure and presentation for your seminar materials.

3.4.3 Submitting your seminar presentation

Your seminar presentation must be submitted in softcopy format as a draft. Specific details of date and time, as well as location, forms and format are available in the Subject Outline and UTSOnline.

4 References

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Engineers Australia. 2010. Code of Ethics, accessed 03/03/2013,

<http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sites/default/files/shado/About%20Us/Overview/Governance/codeofethics2010.pdf>


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Douglas, Dave, Boutelle, John & Papadopoulos, Gregory M. 2010. Citizen Engineer: A Handbook for Socially Responsible Engineering. Upper Saddle River (NJ): Prentice Hall.

Dowling, David, Carew, Anna & Hadgraft, Roger. 2013. Engineering your Future: An Australasian Guide, 2nd edition. Milton (QLD): John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.

Fleddermann, C.B. 2012. Engineering Ethics. Upper Saddle River (NJ): Prentice Hall.

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Appendix A — Subject Objectives Explained

Objective Comments

P2.1 Reflect on your workplace participation and identify learning outcomes

Briefly discuss your role and activities (office environment, field work, on-site work, design, construction, planning, maintenance, etc.) and the business (e.g., public or private sector; size; paid or volunteer work, etc.). What were the most important lessons that you learned?

P2.2 Review your process of obtaining employment, and begin to develop strategies for your next employment encounter

How did you find and secure your internship? What worked well and why? How can you further improve your job seeking skills? What do you want to do for your next internship and why?

P2.3 Review and evaluate learning proposals as tools to guide learning and to develop more effective preparatory techniques

In 48121 EPP1 you evaluated your strengths and weaknesses and considered strategies to develop the latter. Did you try any of these strategies? Which ones? What was the outcome? To what extent were you able to plan for your learning and how successful was it?

P2.4 Demonstrate familiarity with workplace cultures and behaviours and begin to develop a professional manner

What sort of company would you like to work for? What sort of work environment best suits you and why? What can you do when looking for a job to make sure that you will fit in with the company culture? What does it mean to be a professional and to what extent do you fulfill this?

P2.5 To describe important aspects of engineering practice so that you can recognize and adopt appropriate and ethical behaviour

To what extent did you experience relevant aspects of engineering practice in your first internship? What is ethical behaviour and how do you know it is ethical? What actions did you take or observe in your workplace that demonstrated ethical behaviour?

P2.6 Develop and demonstrate effective communication and documentation skills appropriate to professional engineering

How did you develop professional communication skills in your internship? Were there any standards that you had to follow or templates that you had to use?

P2.7 Review and extend your approaches to experiential learning

Refer to Kolb’s Learning Cycle and identify the instances where you were able to reflect and seek insight about your experiences. What did you learn that you can use to improve your reflective learning in your activities as a student, professional and individual?

P2.8 Relate the theoretical knowledge you have gained in your studies to the work you have experienced

How easy was for you to apply the theoretical knowledge that you learned in your course to the activities in your workplace? How will the practical things that you learned in your workplace influence the way you study?

P2.9 Identify tensions between personal, organisational and wider social issues and discuss strategies to address these tensions

Was there anything you were asked to do at work that you were not comfortable with? What caused this discomfort? Was it a personal or professional issue, or something you didn’t know how to deal with? How did you resolve this tension? What would you change next time?

P2.10 Identify the extension of your engineering knowledge that you have gained during your experience

What exactly did you learn during your internship? How does what you learned relate to the Subject Objectives, the FEIT Graduate Attributes as well as the Engineers Australia Competency Standards?

P2.11 Evaluate how you contributed to social well-being and sustainability through the application of your engineering knowledge

Engineering is all about solving problems for the benefit of mankind. How have you contributed to that during your internships? Have you done it in a sustainable way? How? What can you do to improve your sustainable practices?

P2.12. Review your own and your colleagues’ experience to determine how it contributed to your academic, professional and personal development and to devise strategies to maximise outcomes

How did working with others improve your skills and competencies? What did you learn from others during your internship that challenged your attitude and beliefs? How can you further improve the ability to learn from others?


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Appendix B — Engineers Australia Stage 2 Competency Standards

UNIT C1: Engineering Practice—COMPULSORY

Descriptor: This unit requires members of the engineering team to apply a professional approach to a specific area of engineering practice

NOTE: All elements must be addressed to satisfy this unit

Element Defining Activities (all or most must be demonstrated for each element)

C1.1 Presents and develops a professional image

a. Practises in a field of engineering, in accordance with the code of ethics, as a significant part of normal work duties

b. Demonstrates use of appropriate engineering techniques and toolsc. Produces outcomes that require innovative thought and intellectual

rigour d. Publishes the outcomes of innovation in reports or professional

papers e. Achieves recognition for engineering expertise from colleagues

and clients f. Identifies opportunities to solve problems through applying

engineering knowledge g. Demonstrates an awareness of environmental/community/political

issues that would benefit from engineering input

C1.2 Pursues continuing professional development

a. Reviews own strengths and determines areas for development b. Plans for further professional development c. Undertakes engineering professional development activities d. Improves non-engineering knowledge and skills to assist in

achieving engineering outcomes

C1.3 Integrates engineering with other professional input

a. Interacts with appropriate professionals and specialists to achieve agreed outcomes and develop broader knowledge

b. Seeks a range of information sources to develop and strengthen present engineering focus

c. Challenges current practices to identify opportunities for improvement through a multi-disciplined, inter-cultural approach

C1.4 Develops engineering solutions

a. Identifies and proposes options to achieve engineering solutions b. Produces new concepts/designs/solutions/methods c. Demonstrates the achievement of improvements in processes and

outcomes d. Plans and manages the development of solutions e. Proposes means of testing, measuring and evaluating solutions f. Develops and applies new engineering practices on a regular

basis

C1.5 Identifies constraints on potential engineering solutions

a. Identifies the interrelationship of social, physical, environmental, political, financial and cultural issues with the proposed engineering solutions

b. Identifies professional risks, statutory responsibilities and liabilities c. Implements occupational health and safety and other statutory

requirements d. Identifies hazards and consequent risks, and initiates appropriate

safety and disaster management measures e. Identifies long term environmental and sustainability issues

associated with engineering activities


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UNIT C2: Engineering Planning & Design—COMPULSORY

Descriptor: This unit requires members of the engineering team to be involved in the interpretation of requirements, apply engineering principles, conceptualise options and apply creativity to development of plans and designs that meet the client’s requirements.



C2.1 Interprets and scopes design requirements

a. Negotiates and interprets the client’s requirements b. Brings to the client’s attention the implications for sustainability and

options for an improved environmental outcome c. Documents the requirements, negotiates and obtains agreement on

acceptance criteria d. Analyses client requirements for the design criteria to ensure that

all appropriate specification are included in the design requirementse. Reviews the design requirements by considering the impact of the

plan / design on all development and implementation factors, including constraints and risks

f. Selects and applies engineering standards and design specifications to write functional specifications which meet the requirements

g. Defines and agrees the acceptance criteria with the client

C2.2 Prepares concept proposal and seeks advice on latest technology

a. Applies innovative approaches to the development of possible design concepts, responding to imperatives such as sustainability

b. Investigates and analyses the possible design concepts to achieve the design requirements

c. Seeks advice from appropriate personnel and sources where the concept proposal has non-standard engineering requirements

d. Collaborates with the client to adapt the plan/design brief/concept to improve outcomes and overcome possible limitations

e. Advises the client of the likely impacts on the community f. Seeks advice on the latest technologies

C2.3 Implements planning and design process

a. Arranges design tasks to meet the agreed outcomes and cost structure

b. Analyses and selects resources/processes/systems to develop the plan or design

c. Develops and checks the design solution using the engineering specification

d. Creates (where appropriate) a demonstration model of the design e. Establishes documentation management process

C2.4 Reviews the design to achieve acceptance

a. Reviews the design to ensure that user requirements are met b. Informs the user on the likely impact on the user’s lifestyle c. Incorporates corrects and makes improvements to the design

ensuring social responsibilities, such as sustainability, are met d. Reviews the design with the client to gain documented acceptance

C2.5 Prepares and maintains documentation during the design process

a. Ensures that the supporting documentation required to implement the design is accurate, concise, complete and clear

b. Ensures that the designed item is identified by agreed design documentation / records

c. Applies the agreed documentation control process when making changes to the design

d. Ensures that the documentation for the design remains accurate and current during the design development


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UNIT C2: Engineering Planning & Design—COMPULSORY

Descriptor: This unit requires members of the engineering team to be involved in the interpretation of requirements, apply engineering principles, conceptualise options and apply creativity to development of plans and designs that meet the client’s requirements.



C2.6 Validates design a. Prepares and implements plans to verify that the completed physical work meets clients’ requirements

b. Develop periodic test schedules to monitor performance and enable others to take any corrective action necessary

c. Seeks feedback from the commissioning process to facilitate corrective actions or improvements

d. Evaluates the performance of the design outcome in the user’s environment using appropriate tools

e. Evaluates community reaction to the design outcome


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UNIT C3: Self-Management in the engineering workplace—(COMPULSORY)

Descriptor: This unit requires members of the engineering team to perform work competently, making judgments about work priorities and information requirements to achieve effective working relationships and outcomes.



C3.1 Manages Self a. Manages own time and own processes b. Exercises initiative in the workplace c. Completes tasks in a competent and timely manner d. Demonstrates professional ethics as the opportunity occurs e. Copes with change

C3.2 Works effectively with people

a. Communicates effectively with others b. Recognises the value of cultural diversity and applies appropriate

workplace practices for a viable workplace ecology c. Develops and maintains confidence and trust of colleagues, clients

and suppliers through competent performance d. Seeks and values input from internal and external sources to

enhance communication e. Mentors others in specific areas of engineering focus f. Builds and maintains network relationships that value and sustain

a team ethic

C3.3 Facilitates and capitalises on change and innovation

a. Initiates opportunities to introduce change b. Works with others to introduce change c. Develops creative and flexible approaches and solutions d. Manages emerging challenges and opportunities e. Manages in a manner to advance sustainability

C3.4 Plans and manages work priorities and resources

a. Prioritises competing demands to achieve personal, team and the organisation’s goals and objectives

b. Prepares, monitors and reviews work plans, programs and budgets

c. Plans resource use to achieve profit / productivity / sustainability / environmental impact minimisation targets

C3.5 Maintains customer focus and relationships with clients / stakeholdsers / suppliers / regulators

a. Identifies client needs b. Works in collaborative relationships with clients / suppliers in the

planning and implementation of the project c. Demonstrates commercial awareness d. Manages the procurement process e. Negotiates to ensure that available capability meets requirements f. Provides regular and complete progress reports

C3.6 Manages information

a. Locates and reviews relevant information b. Applies relevant legislation, statutory requirements and standards c. Manages information relating to insurances, indemnities, and

commercial instruments d. Documents processes and outcomes e. Analyses information


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UNIT E1A: Engineering Business Management—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This unit requires members of the engineering team to contribute business strategies through the provision of specialist engineering knowledge and experience

NOTE: At least 5 elements must be addressed within a single CER to satisfy this unit


E1A.1 Contributes to engineering business strategies

a. Provides engineering analysis to contribute to the development of strategic plans and sustainability

b. Integrates engineering objectives into business planning c. Seeks emergent business opportunities based upon engineering

initiatives to create opportunities d. Works with others to develop engineering performance targets and

financial plans e. Provides advice on engineering related costs and risks f. Implements processes to monitor and adjust team performance

within the organisation’s continuous improvement policies g. Undertakes risk assessment within organizational guidelines h. Develops quality plans for engineering operations i. Applies whole of life costings

E1A.2 Develops client relationships

a. Plans to meet internal and external client’s engineering requirements

b. Ensures delivery of quality engineering products and services c. Seeks client feedback on the delivery of engineering products and

services d. Monitors, adjusts and reports on the client service required e. Assist customers to identify sustainable options and implications

E1A.3 Manages the implementation of engineering plans within the business

a. Allocates roles and responsibilities to staff to achieve engineering plans

b. Provides engineering leadership c. Manages performance and standards d. Contributes to the solution of engineering problems e. Monitors strategic engineering plans, goals and targets f. Manages costs g. Manages safety and quality h. Manages environmental issues i. Manages risks and contingencies

E1A.4 Manages resources

a. Implements resources management plans b. Procures resources c. Manages asset maintenance d. Manages disposal, waste management and recycling plans e. Provides advice on engineering costs f. Contributes to the innovative management of resources

E1A.5 Manages people

a. Implements people management plans b. Monitors team and individual performance targets c. Participates in the selection of staff d. Ensures the provision of skills and competencies requested to meet

business targets e. Manages the workplace culture so that staff work in a continuing

learning environment f. Ensures the adherence to ethical, OH&S and quality standards g. Provides performance feedback

E1A.6 Manages Suppliers

a. Participates in supplier selection b. Prepares documents for engagement of suppliers c. Plans and implements monitoring of suppliers


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UNIT E1A: Engineering Business Management—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This unit requires members of the engineering team to contribute business strategies through the provision of specialist engineering knowledge and experience



E1A.7 Manages business information

a. Identifies and complies with all statutory reporting requirements b. Uses management information systems effectively to store and

retrieve data for decision making c. Prepares and presents business plans/budgets in accordance with

the organisation’s guidelines and requirements

E1A.8 Monitors engineering business performance

a. Establishes monitoring processes and feedback systems to ensure agreed targets are met

b. Establishes monitoring and reporting processes to ensure statutory requirements are met

c. Establishes and monitors processes so that continuous improvement is achieved at all levels of the business


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UNIT E1B: Engineering Project Management—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This unit requires members of the engineering team to scope and manage engineering projects within a program of work, ensuring that time, cost and quality are managed effectively and that progress is maintained to achieve the outcomes within and across a number of projects



E1B.1 Develops project integration

a. Integrates the project within the business direction b. Manages communication across the project with all stakeholders c. Designs/agrees upon the documentation system across the project d. Manages integration of all aspects of project design e. Plans and manages the integration of the transition of each stage of

the project cycle f. Relates the project to community aspirations g. Develops the project plan

E1B.2 Scopes the project

a. Collaborates with the client / project owners and the team to define project deliverables for various phases within the project budget

b. Identifies measurable outcomes to evaluate the project on completion

c. Develops project scope and feasibility accessing other areas of expertise as required

d. Defines parameters for the environmental management plan e. Manages the relation between project management and

environmental management

E1B.3 Manages People

a. Implements people management plans b. Monitors team and individual performance targets c. Ensures that the project team has adequate skills and resources to

achieve the project outcomes d. Participates in the selection of staff e. Manages the workplace culture so that staff work in a continuous

learning environment f. Discusses project scope and project objectives with those involved

in the project g. Delegates the achievement of outcomes to ensure cost, time and

material resources are appropriately allocated and applied h. Ensures the adherence to ethical, environmental, OH&S and quality

standards i. Provides performance feedback j. Informs project members of the relationship of the project to other

program outcomes

E1B.4 Manages the physical resources within the project

a. Develops resource, material conservation, recovery and waste management plans

b. Defines project resource performance parameters in consultation with others

c. Develops strategies to maintain the effective performance of the resources

d. Initiates training programs for staff to monitor resource condition e. Diagnoses problems and identifies requirements for appropriate

testing f. Establishes environmental and sustainability criteria for the

procurement of materials, equipment and services


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UNIT E1B: Engineering Project Management—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This unit requires members of the engineering team to scope and manage engineering projects within a program of work, ensuring that time, cost and quality are managed effectively and that progress is maintained to achieve the outcomes within and across a number of projects



E1B.5 Manages quality, safety, environment and risk

a. Initiates a quality program to ensure that outcomes are achieved to the required standard of quality specified in the contract

b. Manages the reporting and documentation of quality and controls non-conformances

c. Establishes plans for management of OH&S and environmental control

d. Manages hazard identification and the prevention of accidents e. Manages remedial action and reporting when accidents occur f. Identifies risks, their potential impacts, and produces a risk

minimisation plan

E1B.6 Manages cost and procurement

a. Determines procurement requirements for the project b. Ensures that the procurement process conforms with all probity

requirements c. Determines project budget and monitors and controls project costs d. Monitors the production of deliverables to ensure that cost trend

deviations from budget are quickly identified and remedied e. Specifies contract requirements to achieve the project outcomes f. Reviews requested variations against contract terms and

conditions, the agreed project outcomes and variations in project requirements or conditions

g. Reviews and approves matters during any defects and liability periods

E1B.7 Manages time and progress

a. Determines and implements project programs b. Monitors project progress against programs and initiates remedial

action if necessary c. Identifies and manages potential areas of conflict at the work site

and between stakeholders, customers and regulators d. Monitors contracts against outcomes e. Keeps accurate records on all aspects of project progress including

environmental conditions and performance reporting f. Communicates on project progress to the project team, clients,

stakeholders and regulators

E1B.8 Finalises the project

a. Reviews and documents the project outcomes against the project requirements

b. Establishes the acceptance criteria for the project in consultation with the client

c. Plans the handover of the project


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UNIT E2: Engineering Operations—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This unit requires members of the engineering team to manage or co-ordinate ongoing engineering operations and make decisions to optimise the performance of the plant/system in a dynamic environment

NOTE: Element E2.2 and at least 4 others must be addressed to satisfy this unit


E2.1 Plans operations and systems

a. Liaises with design, development and other related groups to develop the plant/system operational plan

b. Takes a whole of life perspective when identifying future requirements and possible impacts on the plant/system/operation

c. Confirms that the goal of the operation meets the organisation’s objectives

d. Plans to optimise the flexibility and productivity of the operation e. Communicates engineering requirements and implications for

financial planning f. Communicates the plan for the operation/plant/system to those

involved in implementation or adaptation

E2.2 Manages the processes within the operation/system

a. Specifies, procures and allocates resources required to carry out the processes

b. Regulates process/system to control variation c. Implements logistics plan to ensure spares and parts are available d. Initiates corrective action to reduce variation and operational faults

in the process or system e. Monitors processes and modifies them to achieve optimum

outcomes f. Analyses the relative value of modifications to the system/process g. Advocates improvements to the operation to commercial

managers and other stakeholders h. Manages sustainable environmental practices during the operation

of the process/system

E2.3 Manages the assets within the operation/system

a. Defines asset performance parameters in consultation with others b. Develops maintenance strategies and maintenance

implementation plans c. Prepares and manages whole of life costing d. Trains staff to implement condition monitoring e. Diagnoses faults and identifies requirements for appropriate

technical testing f. Develops logistics and costings for the resources acquisition

required to support the maintenance plan g. Plans for and implements the decommissioning and disposal of

assets h. Develops an energy and resource minimisation plan

E2.4 Manages people a. Ensures that the staff are trained in the operation of the process/system

b. Briefs and coordinates work teams to operate the process/system c. Provides system/plant/operational procedures d. Reviews performance and competency development of

operational teams e. Collaborates with and guides work teams to optimise the

process/system f. Guides work teams to implement all OH&S practices


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UNIT E2: Engineering Operations—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This unit requires members of the engineering team to manage or co-ordinate ongoing engineering operations and make decisions to optimise the performance of the plant/system in a dynamic environment

NOTE: Element E2.2 and at least 4 others must be addressed to satisfy this unit


E2.5 Measures and documents engineering operation/system

a. Reviews outcomes of the process in terms of quality, cost and time against the operational plan

b. Analyses productivity to determine where improvements can be made

c. Develops system or work procedures required to operate and improve the process

E2.6 Manages environmental performance

a. Conducts regular environmental audits of processes/procedures and systems

b. Devises energy demand management plan and monitoring c. Devises waste management plan and monitoring d. Devises water conservation plan and monitoring e. Devises materials conservation plan and monitoring f. Monitors and manages workplace environmental conditions and

risks g. Devises environmental reporting structure and process


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UNIT E3: Materials / Components / Systems—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This Unit requires members of the engineering team to select safe and sustainable materials, components and systems which are a part of solutions to engineering problems and meet client and community expectations.

NOTE: Elements E3.1, E3.2 and at least 2 others must be addressed to satisfy this unit


E3.1 Determines engineering requirements

a. Determines fundamental project/operation parameters in consultation with the client

b. Considers the characteristics of specific projects/operations with regard to materials, components and system requirements

c. Determines and evaluates client and community expectations of the materials / components / systems used

d. Identifies and evaluates factors affecting the selection of materials / component/ systems including client and community expectations

e. Determines a selection strategy that includes methods, costs and benefits

f. Brings sustainable consequences and options to the client’s notice

E3.2 Designs / develops materials / components / systems

a. Defines design requirements and environmental performance criteria for materials/components/systems

b. Scopes the design and development process c. Gains acceptance of the specifications for

material/components/systems d. Plans for disposal/renewal/long term storage options e. Applies engineering principles to the development of the materials/

components/systems f. Tests the developed materials/components/ systems against the

design requirements and environmental performance criteria prior to integration into the project/operation

E3.3 Defines processes to prepare materials / components / systems for use in the project / operation

a. Defines cost effective, sustainable and efficient methods for the preparation of materials/components/systems

b. Schedules the access and preparation of materials/components/systems

c. Carries out tests using the selected methods to ensure agreed standards are achieved

d. Determines interaction that may occur between materials/components/systems within the operation/project

e. Prepares certification reports on the characteristics and uses of materials/ components/systems

f. Defines appropriate lifespan profiles for materials/components/systems

E3.4 Manages the use of materials / components / systems within the project / operation

a. Maintains the material/components/systems according to the quality systems

b. Reviews the performance of the material/components/systems against the required outcomes of the project/operation

c. Applies and modifies procedures to ensure that the material/component/system is protected from deterioration

d. Researches new methods to improve performance and introduces new components/materials/systems according to the quality systems

e. Reviews community satisfaction with the functionality, sustainability and aesthetics of the materials/systems used in the project/operation


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UNIT E3: Materials / Components / Systems—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This Unit requires members of the engineering team to select safe and sustainable materials, components and systems which are a part of solutions to engineering problems and meet client and community expectations.

NOTE: Elements E3.1, E3.2 and at least 2 others must be addressed to satisfy this unit


E3.5 Manages the recovery, reuse and disposal of materials / components / systems

a. Defines a process for recovery and reusing the maximum amount of material

b. Defines the process for disposal/long term storage, minimizing materials to landfill and the production of greenhouse gas emissions

c. Defines risks in material disposal d. Selects the appropriate engineering methods following a

consideration of options e. Applies relevant legislation f. Documents the process of disposal/storage/renewal


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UNIT E4A: Environmental Management—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This Unit requires members of the engineering team to examine and determine the environmental management requirements of engineering work.

NOTE: Elements E4A.1, E4A.2, E4A.3 and at least 1 other must be addressed within a single CER to satisfy this unit. This unit is MANDATORY for candidates seeking Environmental College membership and registration on the National Engineering Registers (NPER, NTER or NEAR) in the General Area of Practice of Environmental Engineering


E4A.1 Determines the existing environmental condition

a. Researches and reviews sustainable imperatives and environmental values for the engineering project area through consultation and research

b. Develops/responds to and initiates briefs for environmental studies which adequately reflect the extent of required work

c. Audits existing environmental condition and identifies priorities d. Scopes the environmental impact of any engineering intervention

into the biophysical and socio-cultural environment e. Identifies probable environmental engineering outcomes for the

specific parameters within the brief f. Records/reports on the findings of the initial assessment

E4A.2 Establishes stakeholders’ expectations

a. Consults with all major stakeholders to establish clear and agreed sustainability goals and objectives

b. Determines expectations regarding each component of the environment

c. Integrates environmental considerations and the imperative for sustainability with the overall outcome of the operation or project

d. Identifies stakeholder views on specific options for environmental improvement and development of sustainability

e. Records and reports on expectations for project/operation integration

E4A.3 Reviews existing environmental conditions against stakeholders’ expectations

a. Determines variations between environmental and sustainability goals and the current condition of the environment

b. Establishes the possibilities and options for the ongoing minimisation of environmental impacts, environmental regeneration and the development of sustainability

c. Determines existing directions of project requirements against expectations

E4A.4 Develops and ranks strategies to achieve sustainable development

a. Develops options from professional and stakeholder advice b. Determines criteria to assess the feasibility of options c. Evaluates available options against assessment criteria to identify

risks and priorities d. Provides an environmental report e. Develops and reports on strategies to implement preferred options

E4A.5 Implements, monitors and evaluates strategies

a. Implements strategies in consultation with appropriate stakeholders and communities

b. Integrates environmental management plan and procedures into all aspects of engineering design and application

c. Collects and reviews data on implementation of strategies d. Evaluates progress and reviews strategies e. Reviews outcomes with stakeholders


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UNIT E4B: Investigation and Reporting—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This Unit requires members of the engineering team to identify and respond to opportunities for engineering investigation and to make recommendations that solve engineering problems or improve present applications.

NOTE: All Elements must be addressed within a single CER to satisfy this unit


E4B.1 Responds to / identifies problems

a. Redefines problems as necessary b. Identifies opportunities for engineering investigations and the likely

stakeholders c. Identifies sources of appropriate knowledge d. Develops/acts on a brief to carry out the investigation e. Researches relevant information, seeking input from stakeholders f. Confirms likely scope of investigation and possible engineering

applications with the relevant stakeholders by developing acceptance criteria

E4B.2 Plans the investigation

a. Assesses likely resources required for the investigation b. Costs the investigation c. Identifies and plans interaction with stakeholders d. Provides a structure for review which may lead to

recommendations for other projects e. Sets sustainability objectives and priorities f. Produces a program of activities for the investigation g. Determines method of approach h. Ensures that the necessary resources are available i. Liaises with other organizations and individuals who may be

affected by/or who are involved in the investigation j. Defines and agrees upon acceptance criteria and direction with

stakeholders

E4B.3 Carries out the investigation

a. Researches and analyses to isolate problems b. Reflects on the definition of problems to ensure accurate definition c. Identifies the technological requirements for the investigation d. Develops initial options for action e. Integrates both the engineering and possible multi-disciplinary

issues into the research to achieve a sustainable solution f. Identifies hazards and risks g. Applies scientific methodologies taking into account the legal,

financial, health and environmental requirements h. Reviews and improves the brief continuously i. Completes the investigation ensuring that all relevant factors have

been taken into account

E4B.4 Draws conclusions and makes recommendations

a. Synthesises information and develops creative recommendations b. Considers all aspects of the research in developing conclusions c. Costs the recommendations d. Reviews the development of conclusions with stakeholders e. Seeks feedback on deliverables to ensure that the brief is satisfied


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UNIT E5: Research & Development and Commercialisation—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This Unit requires members of the engineering team to identify opportunities for Research & Development (R&D), identify commercial opportunities for the outcomes and to plan and design the research. Research is a significant aspect of the work and may involve pure research as well as applied research.

NOTE: Elements E5.1 through E5.4 and at least 1 other must be addressed within a single CER to satisfy this unit


E5.1 Identifies opportunities for new or improved processes and / or products

a. Identifies and documents opportunities for the engineering application or adaptation of new concepts, products or technologies

b. Analyses situations or required outcomes, in consultation with potential clients and other stakeholders, to determine justification for research

c. Defines the process for initial background documentation and literature review

d. Identifies emerging risks of pursuing or rejecting the opportunity e. Identifies potential benefits and tangible outcomes of the research

and development opportunity f. Identifies how sustainability can drive innovation and improvement

in process and products

E5.2 Identifies the resources required for the R&D

a. Scopes the R&D concept to develop project objectives in terms of results and time lines

b. Formulates and submits cost estimates of development, design, methodology, procedures, research and analysis

c. Defines research deliverables in terms of specific measurable results by stages of the research

d. Conducts R&D scoping under the direction of environmental management requirements

E5.3 Initiates concept development

a. Determines preliminary strategic objectives and priorities being addressed by the research

b. Refines the research process required through a collaborative process to ensure that all parties that could have a potential interest have an opportunity to express their interest

c. Identifies the extent and combination of fundamental or applied research

d. Analyses the impact of emerging engineering methods, technologies, processes and hypotheses to refine the R&D concept

e. Scopes the R&D concept to develop project objectives in terms of results and time limits

f. Clarifies commitment to the concept with all parties directly involved

g. Develops the concept in relation to the imperatives of sustainability

E5.4 Gains commitment to the R&D proposal

a. Prepares formal application for research funds together with supporting documents

b. Identifies commercial opportunities for R&D application


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UNIT E5: Research & Development and Commercialisation—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This Unit requires members of the engineering team to identify opportunities for Research & Development (R&D), identify commercial opportunities for the outcomes and to plan and design the research. Research is a significant aspect of the work and may involve pure research as well as applied research.

NOTE: Elements E5.1 through E5.4 and at least 1 other must be addressed within a single CER to satisfy this unit


E5.5 Ensures research is undertaken

a. Establishes R&D project management b. Identifies a research focus, conducts tests and identifies

information for general application c. Methodically measures and records research project parameters d. Communicates and monitors R&D progress e. Ensures R&D continues to provide innovative engineering

applications/ systems/processes f. Ensures regulatory and legal requirements are addressed g. Analyses recorded results and develops conclusions h. Reports results with analysis of their significance to the underlying

engineering problem i. Prepares demonstrations (models or prototypes) of the R&D

outcomes

E5.6 Collaborates in the commercialisation of research outcomes

a. Collaborates with others to review the costs and benefits of R&D b. Provides recommendations for the implementation of R&D based

on commercial analysis c. Consults on the development of projects that are implementing

R&D outcomes d. Provides engineering advice on specific aspects of

commercialisation such as regulatory and legal requirements, pricing, distribution and promotion

e. Consults to transfer new technology into commercial production


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UNIT E6: Source and Estimate Materials—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This Unit requires members of the engineering team to define requirements, estimate the material required and identify appropriate sources to access the material from.



E6.1 Defines requirements and sources for materials

a. Defines the scope and parameters for the estimate following interpretation of technical information

b. Brings to the client’s attention the sustainable implications and options

c. Analyses estimate requirements in consultation with interested parties

d. Compares options for materials against technical requirements e. Determines and evaluates community expectations of the

aesthetics and functionality of the materials used in the project/operation

f. Identifies options and costs to sources of materials

E6.2 Estimates material

a. Carries out calculations to ensure the currency and accuracy of the figures and rates used

b. Defines cost effective sustainable and efficient methods for the preparation of materials/components/systems

c. Calculates estimates using the correct units in accordance with specification requirements and procedures

d. Determines interaction that my occur between materials/components/ systems within the operation/project

e. Documents and presents estimates to meet the initial requirement

E6.3 Procures material / resources

a. Uses ordering documentation to identify materials and components for purchasing

b. Orders materials and components c. Maintains ordering and purchasing documentation

E6.4 Prepares materials / components / systems for use in the project / operation

a. Defines cost effective sustainable and efficient methods for the preparation of materials

b. Schedules the access and preparation of materials c. Carries out tests using the selected methods to ensure agreed

standards are achieved d. Determines interaction that may occur between materials within

the operation/ project e. Prepares certification reports on the characteristics and uses of

materials f. Accepts or rejects materials


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UNIT E7: Change & Technical Development—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This Unit requires members of the engineering team to implement technical developments and act as a catalyst for the implementation of technical innovation so that improvements in products and services are achieved.



E7.1 Participate in planning the introduction of technical change

a. Contributes effectively in the product/service planning processes to introduce technical improvements/change

b. Identifies opportunities for technical improvements in products and systems

c. Consults with designated individuals/groups to introduce technical and operational improvements/change

d. Explains the business objective and plans to justify technical change to products/services/systems

E7.2 Develops technically creative and flexible approaches and solutions

a. Identifies and analyses alternative approaches to managing technical problems

b. Assesses risks and ensures an environmentally sustainable position is taken to achieve technical improvements with a recognised benefit or advantage to the organisation

c. Participate in the workplace by promoting the development of innovative approaches to achieve technical outcomes

d. Reviews resource management to improve productivity and/or reduce costs

E7.3 Manages emerging technical challenges and opportunities

a. Responds to the changing technical needs of customers/stakeholders

b. Keeps individuals/teams informed of progress in the implementation of technical changes

c. Negotiates and implements recommendations for improving the methods / techniques to manage technical change


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UNIT E8: Technical Sales and Promotion—(ELECTIVE)

Descriptor: This Unit requires members of the engineering team to identify opportunities for the sale of technical products/systems and provide technical product information to internal and external clients.



E8.1 Identifies sales opportunities

a. Identifies potential clients b. Establishes contact with clients through providing information on

technical products related to their processes/product c. Seeks information on potential client concerns or awareness of

shortcomings in present processes d. Researches to identify future technical and market trends e. Identifies opportunities to present the features and the benefits of

the technical product/process

E8.2 Applies product knowledge to client requirements

a. Analyses the client’s process/service/product to identify areas for improvement

b. Assists the client to specify their requirements c. Provides information on the technical product/process to meet the

client’s acknowledged requirements or likely future requirements d. Promotes the environmental and energy factors of the product e. Trains clients in applying technical products

E8.3 Promotes technical capability of the product / system

a. Provides internal sales staff with information on the technical capability

b. of the product/system c. b. Develops and presents product/system promotional information d. c. Attends and contributes to industry conferences in the area of

product/ e. system specialization

E8.4 Seeks client feedback

a. Contacts clients to establish satisfaction with the product b. Reviews and acts on feedback c. Communicates with other staff to review process and improve

service where required d. Provides ongoing client support as required

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