Unit Outline

This unit of study aims to provide you with practical engineering experience in an environment outside the University and improve your awareness of the issues associated with professional practice. In so doing, it will ensure your perceptions of engineering during your studies develop alongside the realities of practice. This final placement unit will provide the opportunity for you to reflect on your studies to date and how they translate to real-world practice.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Secure a professional placement opportunity through applying sophisticated application letter writing, resume writing, and interview skills.
2.	Work effectively as part of a diverse engineering team to produce outputs of value or significance to an engineering project
3.	Appraise professional engineering design practices through reflecting on the experiences encountered during work placement

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Reflection on work placement preparation	Week 3	0 %	LO1, LO2, LO3
Assessment Task 2:	Interview preparation workshop	Week 3	0 %	LO1, LO3
Assessment Task 3:	Compare university learning with work placement	Week 4	0 %	LO3
Assessment Task 4:	Business and Enterprise Management	Week 5	0 %	LO2
Assessment Task 5:	Work Placement Report	Week 6	0 %	LO2, LO3

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Reflection on work placement preparation

Task Description:

Submit a concise report on the process and experience of applying for your current/past engineering work placement. Provide a summary of the position description and how the interview was conducted. Your job application used for the application must be appended to your submission which includes your resume, cover letter and response to selection criteria (if applicable). Provide a short description of any networking experience skills that you used during your placement. Provide a brief overview of your work placement organisation’s industry, competing markets and the duties of an engineer in this industry. Conclude you report by reflecting on a situation where you have used your interpersonal skills to solve an issue at your workplace and identify the Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency standard for professional engineer which best describe this situation.

Task Length:

Written report - 800 words maximum (excluding appendices)

Due Date:

Week 3

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Provide a job application package which led to successfully applying for an engineering placement.	LO1
2	Reflect and discuss how the interview for your position was conducted.	LO1
3	Provide evidence of your networking skills used during your work placement.	LO2
4	Provide brief overview of the industry your organisation operates.	LO3
5	Discuss a situation where you used your interpersonal skills to address an issue in your workplace.	LO2

Assessment Task 2: Interview preparation workshop

Task Description:

Students will attend a workshop where they will be grouped to share their individual responses to future interview questions based on past work placement experience. A list of questions will be provided to the students prior to the workshop.

Task Length:

1-hour workshop

Due Date:

Week 3

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Provide responses to prepared questions.	LO1
2	Provide constructive feedback to other students' answers.	LO3

Assessment Task 3: Compare university learning with work placement

Task Description:

Compare and contrast work placement practice with the university learning experience within the Engineering Degree. Critically discuss the two learning approaches, highlighting the strengths or weaknesses of each. Describing how one might complement the other, and how together they contribute to a well-rounded professional engineer. Draw on examples from your work placement and your formal studies to support your arguments. Students need to address how their knowledge and skills were used in these situations. Student may choose to focus this report into a specific area as best relates to their work placement.

Task Length:

Written report - 800 words maximum

Due Date:

Week 4

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Identifies and highlights the differences between work placement practice and the university learning experience.	LO3
2	Analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the work placement practice and the university learning experience.	LO3
3	Discuss how your undergraduate studies, along with your work placement, contribute to a well-rounded professional engineer.	LO3

Assessment Task 4: Business and Enterprise Management

Task Description:

Submit a report that reflects on your placement reviewing its business and enterprise management. Explain the organisation's vision and how it forms the organisation's structure, in terms of human resources, operation, finance and marketing. Describe the role of the team or department that you worked in and its team members. Emphasise the organisational structure (with the use of a chart) used and personnel management, e.g. meetings, notifications, or any other information distribution methods. Describe the team's responsibility in the organisation and how you contributed to it. Discuss the role of an engineer had within the organisation and how this relates to your understanding formed at the University.

Task Length:

Report of maximum 800 words

Due Date:

Week 5

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Explain the organisation’s vision and how it informs the structure, in terms of human resources, operation, finance and marketing	LO2
2	Describe the roles of different team members, the reporting structure, and their responsibilities in the organisation	LO2
3	Discuss the role of the engineer in this workplace.	LO2

Assessment Task 5: Work Placement Report

Task Description:

Prepare a work placement report based on the template provided that reflects on problem solving, communication and decision making during your placement. Reflect on your roles in the organisation both as a member of the team and as an individual, and any situation where you were required to exercise leadership. Include a comparison between this placement and your previous experiences. Document your strategies/actions employed during your placement which involved you to conduct yourself professionally and ethically. Discuss how your work health safety induction provided by your employer aided you in working safely within your working environment. A second separate submission for this assessment task is to submit your logbook/dairy which will form portfolio of evidence to support your work placement report. The dairy should show record of your daily/weekly breakdown of tasks undertaken at a standard acceptable for business accounting purposes. The log should record date, time and hours required for each task, along with a short description explaining significance of the task and relationship with other work conducted, plus comments on progress achieved, work remaining and issues arising. The log should follow, as far as possible, whatever reporting format is customary at the host organisation. A template for the logbook is provided which is optional. Additionally, a record in your log should be provided on your thoughts, observations, and insights as you encounter each new experience in the workplace. If you have been asked to sign a Nondisclosure agreement or equivalent document, please contact the work placement officer before submitting possible sensitive information. You need to cite relevant activities from the logbook/dairy in your report.

Task Length:

Report of maximum 2000 words and logbook/dairy

Due Date:

Week 6

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Describe how student applied their problem solving, communication and decision making skills in the workplace	LO2
2	Describe student’s role in the organisation.	LO2
3	Reflect thoughts, observations and insights while encountering each new experience in the workplace	LO2, LO3
4	Identifies safety procedures and ethical conduct practices within a work environment	LO2, LO3
5	Document workplace experiences in a diary	LO3

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.