Course Title: Complete an engineering project

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6066

Course Title: Complete an engineering project

Portfolio: SET

Nominal Hours: 60.0

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.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
CIVE5597	City Campus	TAFE	130T Infra, Electrotec & Build Serv	Face-to-Face

Course Contact: Tony Skinner Program Coordinator

Course Contact Phone: (03) 9925 4444

Course Contact Email: tony.skinner@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit covers the competency to proceed from a client’s brief to the preparation of design and development briefs, engineering solutions, design and detail drawing, written reports of tasks, processes and design outcomes, and the oral presentation of technical information. This competency concerns the synthesis of a large number of competencies in a holistic manner to demonstrate the ability to carry out a substantial engineering design project in entirety.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

All core Advanced Diploma units and other units that are relevant to the specific project.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	EAX040 Complete an engineering project
Elements:	Design an engineering solution involving standard and proven design techniques from a client’s brief
	Draw preliminary, general arrangement, design and detail drawings
	Interpret the brief and clarify client’s requirements.
	Prepare concept proposal
	Prepare written report of tasks, processes and design outcomes
	Present technical information.
	Review the design

Learning Outcomes

Design an engineering solution involving standard and proven design techniques from a client’s brief
Draw preliminary, general arrangement, design and detail drawings
Interpret the brief and clarify client’s requirements.

Prepare concept proposal

Prepare written report of tasks, processes and design outcomes
Present technical information.

Review the design

Overview of Assessment

A project-based and team-based submission relating to water resources :
• Diary of activities (mid-semester) – 7½%
• Diary of activities (end of semester) - 7½%
• Oral/visual team presentation – 15%
• Team report and design drawings – 70%