48141 Engineering Practice Preview 2

This subject helps students to develop as professional engineers by refining employment-related processes, developing the communication and documentation skills appropriate to professional engineering practice, exploring issues of organisational management and commercial practice, examining ethical and social issues, applying theory in practice and developing strategies for continuing professional development.

Students negotiate their learning options from a range of compulsory and optional topics including the nature and culture of professional engineering, the professional employment process, engineering in a global social context, organisational behaviour, management and commercial practice, industrial relations and human resource issues, communication and documentation, leadership and teamwork, occupational health and safety, ethics and social responsibility, experiential learning and knowledge creation, and personal and professional development. In addition they consider the development of professional competencies as required by the Institution of Engineers, Australia.

Assessment: Assessment tasks are negotiated from a variety of compulsory and optional assignments, many of which can be incorporated into the student's portfolio. Some tasks include professional résumé, employment and assessment interviewing, learning contracts, ethics case study, industrial relations case study, and occupational health and safety case study. Assessment is formative to assist students in achieving an acceptable level. However, students are not able to undertake their second internship until they have passed all the compulsory components of this subject.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus