Course Title: Manage self in the engineering environment
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2014
Course Code: EMPL5873C
Course Title: Manage self in the engineering environment
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6131 - Advanced Diploma of Engineering (Aeronautical)
Course Contact: Program Manager
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468
Course Contact Email: vehs@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Amir Reza Zokaei Fard
Phone: 9925 4184
Email: amir.fard@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 40
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
MEM16006A Organise and communicate information
Course Description
This unit covers performing work ethically and competently, making judgements about work priorities and information requirements to achieve effective working relationships and engineering outcomes.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
MEM22002A Manage self in the engineering environment |
Element: |
1. Manage self |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1. Manage own time and own processes in an engineering environment for planning and design purposes. |
Element: |
2. Work effectively with team |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1. Communicate effectively with others. |
Element: |
3. Manage information |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1. Locate and review relevant information on materials, products, processes or services including relevant legislation, codes and national standards. |
Element: |
4. Manage work priorities and resources |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1. Prioritise competing demands to achieve personal, team and an organisation's goals and objectives. |
Element: |
5. Facilitate and capitalise on change and innovation |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1. Work with others to introduce change. |
Element: |
6. Establish and maintain business relationships |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1. Work in collaborative relationships with customers/suppliers. |
Learning Outcomes
Refer to Elements
Details of Learning Activities
You will be involved in the following learning activities to meet requirements for this course and stage 1 competencies for Engineering Associate.
- Lecture
- Tutorial
- Project
Engineers Australia Mapping Information:
This course is mapped against stage 1 competencies for Engineering Associates developed by Engineers Australia as detailed below:
EA1.1. Descriptive, formula-based understanding of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and the engineering fundamentals applicable to the practice area.
EA1.2. Procedural-level understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics, and computer and information sciences which underpin the practice area.
EA1.3. In depth practical knowledge and skills within specialist sub-disciplines of the practice area.
EA1.4. Discernment of engineering developments within the practice area.
EA1.5. Knowledge of contextual factors impacting the practice area.
EA1.6. Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary engineering practice in the area of practice.
EA2.1. Application of established technical and practical methods to the solution of well-defined engineering problems.
EA2.2. Application of technical and practical techniques, tools and resources to well defined engineering problems.
EA2.3. Application of systematic synthesis and design processes to well defined engineering problems.
EA2.4. Application of systematic project management processes.
EA3.1. Ethical conduct and professional accountability
EA3.2. Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains.
EA3.3. Creative, innovative and pro-active demeanour.
EA3.4. Professional use and management of information.
EA3.5. Orderly management of self, and professional conduct.
EA3.6. Effective team membership and team leadership.
Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies are mapped with competency MEM22002A in the Assessment Matrix.
Teaching Schedule
Week | Topics Delivered | Elements/Performance Criteria |
1 | Overview of course | Elemets 1 to 6 |
2 | Time management | Element 1 |
3 | Self-management Techniques (Part 1) | Element 1 |
4 | Self- management Techniques (Part 2) | Element 1 |
5 | Self- management Techniques (Part 3) | Element 1 |
6 | Industry visit/ guest lecturrer | Elemets 1 to 6 |
7 | Managing self: Managing learning opportunities in and outside the workplace. | Element 1 |
8 | Managing workplace priorities and resources to achieve targets | Element 4 |
9 | How to work effectively with teams | Element 2 |
10 | Managing information, Communication skills (Part 1) | Element 3 |
11 | Managing information, Communication Skills (part 2) | Element 3 |
12 | Managing change and innovation (part 1) | Element 5 |
13 | Managing change and innovation (part 2) | Element 5 |
14 | Establishing and maintaining business relationship (Parts 1 and 2) | Element 6 |
15 | Submission of Assessment portfolio (Sections 1, 2 and 3) (due) | Elements 1 to 6 |
16 | Feedback to students | Elements 1 to 6 |
17 | Feedback to students | Elements 1 to 6 |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
No text book is prescribed for this course, however, other related resources such as handouts, exercises, study guides, generated by the course lecturer and approved links to useful material on external web-sites will be provided on the RMIT Distributed Learning System (DLS). |
References
None |
Other Resources
None
Overview of Assessment
The assessment is conducted in both theoretical and practical aspects of the course according to the performance criteria set in the National Training Package. Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including written/oral activities and demonstration of practical skills to the relevant industry standards. Participants are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment activities to their teacher/assessor. Feedback will be provided throughout the course. To successfully complete this course you will be required to demonstrate competency in each assessment task detailed under Assessment Tasks:
Assessment 1: Test
Assessment 2: Interim Report
Assessment 3: Final Report
These tasks assesses the following Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):
Assessment Mapping Matrix
Elements/Performance Criteria Covered | Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 & 3 |
1.1 | X | X |
1.2 | X | X |
1.3 | X | X |
2.1 | X | X |
2.2 | X | X |
2.3 | X | X |
2.4 | X | X |
2.5 | X | X |
3.1 | X | |
3.2 | X | |
4.1 | X | |
4.2 | X | |
4.3 | X | |
5.1 | X | |
5.2 | X | |
6.1 | X | |
6.2 | X |
Assessment Tasks
You are required to provide the following evidences as part of the assessment portfolio:
1. Section 1: Self-management evidences- 50%
2. Section 2: Team-work management evidences- 35%
3. Section 3: Establishing and maintaining business relationship evidences- 15%
Assessment Matrix
Assessment vs MEM22002A Elements & Performance Criteria
MEM22002A Elements & Performance Criteria | |||||||||||||||||
Assessments | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
Assessment portfolio (Self- management section) | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||
Assessment portfolio(Team-work management section) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Assessment portfolio (Establish and mainitain business relationship section) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Assessment vs Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies
Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies | ||||||||||||||||
MEM22002A Competencies |
EA 1.1 | EA 1.2 | EA 1.3 | EA 1.4 | EA 1.5 | EA 1.6 | EA 2.1 | EA 2.2 | EA 2.3 | EA 2.4 | EA 3.1 | EA 3.2 | EA 3.3 | EA 3.4 | EA 3.5 | EA 3.6 |
Assessment portfolio (Section 1) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
Assessment portfolio (Section 2) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
Assessment portfolio (Section 3) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
All Assessments MEM22002A |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
0 (Blank) | Graduate attribute is not assessed | |||||||||||||||
1 | Graduate attribute is assessed in at least one, but less than one-third of the Element | |||||||||||||||
2 | Graduate attribute is assessed in at least one third, but less than two-thirds of the Element | |||||||||||||||
3 | Graduate attribute is assessed in more than two-thirds of the Element |
Other Information
Student directed hours involve completing activities such as reading online resources, project work, individual student-teacher course-related consultation. Students are required to self-study the learning materials and complete the assigned out of class activities for the scheduled non-teaching hours. The estimated time is 20 hours outside the class time.
Study and Learning Support:
Study and Learning Centre (SLC) provides free learning and academic development advice to you. Services offered by SLC to support your numeracy and literacy skills are:
- Assignment writing, thesis writing and study skills advice
- Maths and science developmental support and advice
- English language development
Please refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/studyandlearningcentre to find more information about Study and learning Support
Disability Liaison Unit:
If you are suffering from long-term medical condition or disability, you should contact Disability Liaison Unit to seek advice and support to complete your studies.
Please refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/disability to find more information about services offered by Disability Liaison Unit .
Late Submission:
If you require an Extension of Submittable Work (assignments, reports or project work etc.) for 7 calendar days or less (from the original due date) and have valid reasons, you must complete and lodge an Application for Extension of Submittable Work (7 Calendar Days or less) form and lodge it with the Senior Educator/ Program Manager.
The application must be lodged no later than one working day before the official due date. You will be notified within no more than 2 working days of the date of lodgement as to whether the extension has been granted.
If you seek an Extension of Submittable Work for more than 7 calendar days (from the original due date) must lodge an Application for Special Consideration form under the provisions of the Special Consideration Policy, preferably prior to, but no later than 2 working days after the official due date.
Submittable Work (assignments, reports or project work etc.) submitted late without approval of an extension will not be accepted or marked.
Special Consideration:
Please refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration to find more information about special consideration.
Plagiarism:
Plagiarism is a form of cheating and it is very serious academic offence that may lead to expulsion from the University.
Please refer www.rmit.edu.au/academicintegrity to find more information about plagiarism.
Email Communication:
All email communications will be sent to your RMIT email address and you must regularly check your RMIT emails.
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