Course Title: Perform engineering hydrology activities

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6066

Course Title: Perform engineering hydrology activities

Portfolio: SET

Nominal Hours: 40.0

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)
CIVE5604	City Campus	TAFE	130T Infra, Electrotec & Build Serv	Face-to-Face	Term1 2008

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 demonstrate understanding of basic practices, concepts and terminology in engineering hydrology and use relevant data and tools to design simple hydraulic structures

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

EDX130 – Use mathematics at technician level

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	EAC110 Perform engineering hydrology activities
Elements:	Analyse a mass curve and predict reservoir storage.
	Apply the flood flow equation.
	Demonstrate understanding of the hydrological cycle and the elements of meteorology
	Derive a rainfall intensity/frequency curve.
	Design a main channel for an irrigation scheme including flow regulation.
	Design a storm retarding basin for an urban drainage system
	Use a unit-graph to obtain a flood hydrograph

Learning Outcomes

Analyse a mass curve and predict reservoir storage.

Apply the flood flow equation.
Demonstrate understanding of the hydrological cycle and the elements of meteorology
Derive a rainfall intensity/frequency curve.

Design a main channel for an irrigation scheme including flow regulation.

Design a storm retarding basin for an urban drainage system

Use a unit-graph to obtain a flood hydrograph

Overview of Assessment

This unit will be assessed in the classroom environment using holistic assessment based on typical workplace activities

Assessment of this unit will involve completion of
• Five minor assignments covering elements 1,2, 3, 4 and 7
• Two major assignments covering Elements 5, 6