Course Title: Professional Experience Postgraduate

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Professional Experience Postgraduate

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

EEET2471

City Campus

Postgraduate

125H Electrical & Computer Engineering

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2015,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 1 2016

EEET2471

City Campus

Postgraduate

172H School of Engineering

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2017,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 1 2020

Flexible Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

EEET2471

City Campus

Postgraduate

172H School of Engineering

Face-to-Face

 PGRDFlex23 (All)

EEET2471

City Campus

Postgraduate

172H School of Engineering

Face-to-Face or Workplace

 PGRDFlex21 (All)

Course Coordinator: Dr Amir Ebrahimi

Course Coordinator Phone: +61399251267

Course Coordinator Email: amir.ebrahimi@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Availability: Please email to make an appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None. 


Course Description

You will work for at least 12 weeks full time (or 456 hours part time) in industry or in an R&D organisation, under the supervision of a qualified engineer, to develop the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies for Professional Engineers in the following areas:

  • Knowledge and Skill Base,
  • Engineering Application Ability,
  • Professional and Personal Attributes.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Acquire new knowledge and skills whenever necessary,
  2. Apply engineering knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to professional engineering work,
  3. Effectively work in teams as leader or member,
  4. Effectively communicate across all modes: listen, speak, write and draw,
  5. Conduct yourself in a professional and ethical manner.


This course contributes to many or all of the following MC180 Program Learning Outcomes:

  • Be able to apply problem solving approaches to work challenges and make decisions using sound engineering methodologies.
  • Be able to apply a systematic design approach to engineering projects and have strong design and research skills in the chosen discipline specialisation.
  • Communicate effectively across all modes: listen, speak, write and draw.
  • Apply the principles of lifelong learning to any new challenge.
  • Balance the technical, economic, social and ethical demands of a problem in sustainable and culturally sensitive ways.

You will develop many of the 16 competencies in Engineers Australia’s Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers  as listed in full below:

  1. Knowledge and Skill Base:
    • Knowledge of engineering design practice and contextual factors impacting the engineering discipline.
    • Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of sustainable engineering practice in the specific discipline.
  2. Engineering Application Ability:
    • Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools and resources.
    • Application of systematic approaches to the conduct and management of engineering projects.
  3. Professional and Personal Attributes:
    • Ethical conduct and professional accountability.
    • Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains.
    • Creative, innovative and pro-active demeanour.
    • Professional use and management of information.
    • Orderly management of personal conduct and professional conduct.


Overview of Learning Activities

You are required to:

  1. Perform work related to an engineering field that is appropriate to your field of study
  2. Be supervised by a qualified engineer (i.e. with qualifications accredited by Engineers Australia, or by an equivalent national or international professional engineering accreditation body),
  3. Work over a minimum duration of 12 weeks full-time, or 456 hours total part-time,
  4. Be paid fairly for your work. Unpaid work is allowed only when there is a signed agreement between RMIT University and your employer.


Overview of Learning Resources

The learning resources available to you include:

  • Your work supervisor,
  • Co-workers at all levels,
  • Facilities at work and RMIT,
  • RMIT WIL online facilities,
  • The Web,
  • Libraries.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment is based on:

  • Engineering log book,
  • Substantiation by your external supervisor,
  • Reflective report