Course Outline
ENG603 Professional Practice
Course Coordinator:David Alonso-Caneiro (dalonsocaneiro@usc.edu.au) School:School of Science, Technology and Engineering
2027Trimester 1
UniSC Moreton Bay |
Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
Online |
Online | You can do this course without coming onto campus, unless your program has specified a mandatory onsite requirement. |
Please go to unisc.edu.au for up to date information on the
teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
What is this course about?
Description
Students must obtain suitable professional practice, inclusive of associated activities such as specified professional development activities. Professional practice is typically conducted offsite. Professional Practice duration: 60 days (12 weeks). Students will engage in industry work placements and activities to meet the course objectives and learning outcomes.
How will this course be delivered?
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
| Blended learning | |||
| Placement – Placement at external site or organisation for 60 days as negotiated. | 450hrs | Not applicable | Once Only |
| Online | |||
| Placement – Placement at external site or organisation for 60 days as negotiated. | 450hrs | Not applicable | Once Only |
Course Topics
Topics may include:
- Exposure of students to industrial/technical environments in order to appreciate the various activities associated with engineering in industry.
- Facilitation of the student to observe and undertake investigation, design and construction of engineering tasks that correlates to theoretical studies.
- Instill confidence in the student to take up positions that require responsibility, motivation, decision making and communication with other people in the work place.
What level is this course?
600 Level (Specialised)
What is the unit value of this course?
12 units
How does this course contribute to my learning?
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Mapping Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | Professional Standard Mapping * Competencies from multiple Professional Bodies (see below) * | |
| 1 | Develop Workplace, Health and Safety risk management knowledge and skills, including WHS frameworks, legislation, standards, procedures and guidance. | Ethical |
1, 1, 1.6.b, 1.6.b, 1.6, 1.6, 3, 3, 3.1.a, 3.1.a, 3.1.b, 3.1.b, 3.1.c, 3.1.c, 3.1, 3.1 |
| 2 | Report on progress and seek feedback. | Engaged |
3, 3, 3.2.a, 3.2.b, 3.5.a, 3.5.a, 3.2, 3.5, 3.5 |
| 3 | Manage available time to achieve workplace assignments. | Engaged |
3.5.d, 3.6.c, 3.5, 3.6 |
| 4 | Function as a member of a professional engineering team. | Engaged |
3, 3, 3.6.b, 3.6.b, 3.6, 3.6 |
* Competencies by Professional Body
| CODE | COMPETENCY |
| Engineers Australia Stage 1 Engineering Technologist Competency Standards | |
| 1 | Elements of competency: Knowledge and Skill Base |
| 1.6.b | Knowledge and Skill Base - Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of sustainable engineering practice in the technology domain: Appreciates the principles of safety engineering, risk management and the health and safety responsibilities of the engineering practitioner, applicable to the technology domain. |
| 1.6 | Knowledge and Skill Base: Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of sustainable engineering practice in the technology domain. |
| 3 | Elements of competency: Professional and Personal Attributes |
| 3.1.a | Professional and Personal Attributes - Ethical conduct and professional accountability: Demonstrates commitment to uphold the Engineers Australia - Code of Ethics, and established norms of professional conduct pertinent to the technology domain. |
| 3.1.b | Professional and Personal Attributes - Ethical conduct and professional accountability: Understands the need for ‘due-diligence’ in certification, compliance and risk management processes. |
| 3.1.c | Professional and Personal Attributes - Ethical conduct and professional accountability: Understands the accountabilities of the engineering technologist and the broader engineering team for the safety of other people and for protection of the environment. |
| 3.5.a | Professional and Personal Attributes - Orderly management of self, and professional conduct: Demonstrates commitment to critical self-review and performance evaluation against appropriate criteria as a primary means of tracking personal development needs and achievements. |
| 3.6.b | Professional and Personal Attributes - Effective team membership and team leadership: Functions as an effective member or leader of diverse engineering teams, including those with multi-level, multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural dimensions. |
| 3.1 | Professional and Personal Attributes: Ethical conduct and professional accountability. |
| 3.5 | Professional and Personal Attributes: Orderly management of self, and professional conduct. |
| 3.6 | Professional and Personal Attributes: Effective team membership and team leadership. |
| Engineers Australia Stage 1 Professional Engineer Competency Standards | |
| 1 | Elements of competency: Knowledge and Skill Base |
| 1.6.b | Knowledge and Skill Base - Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of sustainable engineering practice in the specific discipline: Appreciates the principles of safety engineering, risk management and the health and safety responsibilities of the professional engineer, including legislative requirements applicable to the engineering discipline. |
| 1.6 | Knowledge and Skill Base: Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of sustainable engineering practice in the specific discipline. |
| 3 | Elements of competency: Professional and Personal Attributes |
| 3.1.a | Professional and Personal Attributes - Ethical conduct and professional accountability: Demonstrates commitment to uphold the Engineers Australia - Code of Ethics, and established norms of professional conduct pertinent to the engineering discipline. |
| 3.1.b | Professional and Personal Attributes - Ethical conduct and professional accountability: Understands the need for ‘due-diligence’ in certification, compliance and risk management processes. |
| 3.1.c | Professional and Personal Attributes - Ethical conduct and professional accountability: Understands the accountabilities of the professional engineer and the broader engineering team for the safety of other people and for protection of the environment. |
| 3.2.a | Professional and Personal Attributes - Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains: Is proficient in listening, speaking, reading and writing English. |
| 3.2.b | Professional and Personal Attributes - Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains: Prepares high quality engineering documents such as progress and project reports, reports of investigations and feasibility studies, proposals, specifications, design records, drawings, technical descriptions and presentations pertinent to the engineering discipline. |
| 3.5.a | Professional and Personal Attributes - Orderly management of self, and professional conduct: Demonstrates commitment to critical self-review and performance evaluation against appropriate criteria as a primary means of tracking personal development needs and achievements |
| 3.5.d | Professional and Personal Attributes - Orderly management of self, and professional conduct: Manages time and processes effectively, prioritises competing demands to achieve personal, career and organisational goals and objectives. |
| 3.6.c | Professional and Personal Attributes - Effective team membership and team leadership: Earns the trust and confidence of colleagues through competent and timely completion of tasks. |
| 3.6.b | Professional and Personal Attributes - Effective team membership and team leadership: Functions as an effective member or leader of diverse engineering teams, including those with multi-level, multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural dimensions. |
| 3.1 | Professional and Personal Attributes: Ethical conduct and professional accountability. |
| 3.2 | Professional and Personal Attributes: Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains. |
| 3.5 | Professional and Personal Attributes: Orderly management of self, and professional conduct. |
| 3.6 | Professional and Personal Attributes: Effective team membership and team leadership. |
Am I eligible to enrol in this course?
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Pre-requisites
Enrolled in Program MC010
Co-requisites
Not applicable
Anti-requisites
Not applicable
Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)
Not applicable
Microcredential Information
Not applicable
How am I going to be assessed?
Grading Scale
Limited Grading (PNP)
Details of early feedback on progress
Performance feedback will be provided by the workplace.
Assessment tasks
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Negotiated Assessment | Individual | 400 words |
Refer to Format | Online Submission |
| All | 2 | Portfolio | Individual | 450 hours minimum duration, with up to 4000 words of reflection on Placement or associated activities recorded as part of the portfolio. It is envisaged that this prepares you for continual professional develoment as a practicing Engineer. |
Refer to Format | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All - Assessment Task 1:Negotiated Assessment | ||||||||||
| Goal: | Employer letter with details of the duties undertaken, and the period employed. |
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| Format: | Employer letter with details of the duties undertaken, and the period employed. To be submitted via SONIA at least 6 weeks prior to graduation. |
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| Criteria: |
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| Generic Skills: | Communication |
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| All - Assessment Task 2:Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||
| Goal: | Reflective portfolio inclusive of associated actvities (See Canvas Site for details) |
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| Format: | Reflective portfolio. To be submitted via SONIA at least 6 weeks prior to graduation. |
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| Generic Skills: | Communication, Collaboration, Problem solving, Organisation, Applying technologies, Information literacy |
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Directed study hours
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
What resources do I need to undertake this course?
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
Prescribed text(s) or course reader
Specific requirements
Not applicable
How are risks managed in this course?
What administrative information is relevant to this course?
Assessment: Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Assessment: Additional Requirements
This course will be graded as Pass in a Limited Grade Course (PU) or Fail in a Limited Grade Course (UF) as per clause 5.1.1.3 and 5.1.1.4 of the Grades and Grade Point Average (GPA) - Academic Policy.
In a course eligible to use Limited Grades, all assessment items in that course are marked on a Pass/Fail basis and all assessment tasks are required to be passed for a student to successfully complete the course. Supplementary assessment is not available in courses using Limited Grades.
This course will be graded as Pass in a Limited Grade Course (PU) or Fail in a Limited Grade Course (UF) as per clause 4.1.3 and 4.1.4 of the Grades and Grade Point Average (GPA) - Academic Policy. In a course eligible to use Limited Grades, all assessment items in that course are marked on a Pass/Fail basis and all assessment tasks are required to be passed for a student to successfully complete the course. Supplementary assessment is not available in courses using Limited Grades.
Assessment: Submission penalties
You must contact your Course Coordinator and provide the required documentation if you require an extension or alternate assessment.
Refer to the Assessment: Courses and Coursework Programs – Procedures.
Links to relevant University policy and procedures
For more information on Academic Learning & Teaching categories including:
- Assessment: Courses and Coursework Programs
- Review of Assessment and Final Grades
- Supplementary Assessment
- Central Examinations
- Deferred Examinations
- Student Conduct
- Students with a Disability
For more information, visit https://www.usc.edu.au/explore/policies-and-procedures#academic-learning-and-teaching
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