The first assessment item involves delivery of a presentation on your Industry Practice 1 work placement.

The topics to be covered in your presentation are listed below.

Description of Company

·       Company history and overview

·       Products and services provided

·       Student’s role in the organisation

·       Employment information

Description of Work Performed                        

·       Your projects and/or activities

·       Your individual contribution to the team

·       How your work was achieved

·       Assessment of competence

Learning Experience        

·       Significance and value of the placement

·       Technical skills and experience

Self-Evaluation of Personal Growth

How did you develop on your industry work placement:

·       Intellectual development: integration of course material to work problems, problem identification, critical thinking, problem solving and decision making.

·       Professional development: technical skills, time management, verbal and written communication etc.

·       Social development: social and interpersonal skills, initiative, independence, teamwork, confidence, etc.

Issues Analysis

Identification, articulation and reflection of two (2) issues experienced on your placement. These may include, but are not limited to issues such as:

·       Ethics/Code of Conduct

·       Engineering Workplace Culture

·       Performance Management

·       Working in Teams

·       Management Systems (Quality, Safety, Environment)

·       Environmental Issues

·       Cultural Heritage Issues

·       Community Consultation Processes

 Explain each issue, its impact on your placement experience, and how you responded.

Length and Composition

Your presentation is to be delivered orally within a timeframe of 10 minutes, and we will allow 3-5 minutes for questions.

Your presentation should be appropriately designed and of a standard suitable for delivery to peer professionals.

Diagrams, photos and tabular presentation should be used to illustrate specific aspects of your industry experience, as required.

Describe placement organisation products, services and history

Articulate work placement role and work environment

Analyze the industry placement learning experience

Evaluate personal growth aspects of work placement

Ability to identify, describe and analyse work placement issues

Precision of presentation delivery to target time

Presentation composition, clarity and quality of content

Your second assessment item involves submission of a report on the application of Risk Management practices, utilising your recent industry experience or a researched process as a reference. The report will cover two topics of application of risk management:

1.     Engineering risk management

2.     Work health and safety management

Topic 1: Engineering Risk Management

As you have learned in the course and supporting resources, the objectives of Engineering Risk Management can be defined as “the early and continuous identification, assessment and resolution of non-financial risks such that the most effective and efficient decisions can be taken to manage these risks.”

You will document and analyse an industry-based engineering process and outline how risk management techniques are applied in order to reduce the effects of uncertainties on achieving objectives. Examples of applicable engineering related activities include technical design, project management, cost estimation, business continuity, etc.

The basis of your content for this topic can be derived from one of the following scenarios:

·       Practical industry experience you have undertaken, i.e. via your previous industry work placement.

·       Observation and enquiry of an industry-based engineering process undertaken during the course of this unit.

·       A case study of a documented engineering process that you have sourced via peer-reviewed literature.

You should commence with an overview of the engineering process or activity, including the organisation, the particular group(s) involved and the objective of the process or activity.

You should then identify, analyse and explain how the following aspects of Engineering Risk Management are applied within your chosen scenario:

·       The risk management methodology and frameworks that are applied. The organisation may have developed a specific policy and process for assessing risks, or they may rely on the application of appropriate Australian or international standards.

·       How the risk assessment methodology was applied. This should include documentation of the problem definition, risk evaluation, identification and examination of options, choice of management strategies, and communication.

·       The relevant sources of information that were relied upon as inputs into the decision-making process. This could include historical data, experience, stakeholder opinions, observations and expert judgement.

·       The people that were involved in the risk assessment, and the roles they played in terms of providing information, assessments, review and communication of information. Detail how human or cultural factors, such as the organisation’s risk appetite, influenced the process.

·       An assessment of the result of the application of the risk management techniques. How did the risk management contribute to the achievement of objectives and improvement in performance? Were any measurable performance indicators such as product quality, compliance or operational efficiencies observed; or did the exercise result in achievement of an improved business outcome.

Topic 2: Work Health and Safety Management

A Work Health and Safety Management System (WHSMS) will include policies, procedures and plans to manage operational safety risks within an organisation. Risk management techniques are integral to the implementation of an effective WHSMS.

You will document your experience in the application of risk management in a WHSMS, utilising your recent industry placement as a reference.

You should introduce this topic with an overview of your team and its role within the organisation, and how safety management operates as part of the team’s work activities. 

You should then identify, analyse and explain how risk management techniques are applied to managing safety, including:

·       An overview of how the WHSMS is implemented within the organisation, identifying aspects such as the organisation’s safety policy and procedures. Detail any safety training that you were required to undertake.

·       A description of risk management process that is applied to identify hazards, assess and control safety risks. You should describe how this is implemented within the organisation, comparing and contrasting this approach with the reference Safe Work Australia Code of Practice. If applicable, identify any industry- or organisation-specific aspects of the process (e.g. legislative or code of practice requirements).

·       The documentation of a safety risk assessment that you were involved in. This could be a formal, documented risk assessment for a planned task, or via application of risk management in your day to day work. You should identify hazard identification, risk assessment, control options and measures, and implementation.

·       A summary of the risk management process, assessing how this affects the safety performance of the organisation, as well as your personal reflection and experience.

Length and Composition

As a guideline, the length of your Report should be around 1600 words, excluding references. Reports that are substantially longer than this (say over 2000 words) or shorter than this (say less than 1200 words) are unlikely to score as highly as those that make the best use of the 1600-word length (being on-target and making the best use of the word allocation is always better than being off-message). However, you should not worry about a few words either way (this is a guideline only, and I do not have a 'negative marking scheme' where marks are deducted if the word count is more than 10% over the guideline). 

The text should be word-processed, with appropriate layout and use of headings/sub-headings. Please ensure that you correctly cite/reference all sources of used, unless they are original and composed by you.

Ability to identify and describe risk management methodology and frameworks

Document and analyse application of the risk management methodology

Identify and classify relevant information sources

identify and describe roles of people involved

Analyse how human or cultural factors influence the process

Summarise the result of the risk management process

Describe the organisation's WHSMS policies, procedures and training

Document and analyse application of risk management to identify hazards, assess and control safety risks

Ability to document and describe a specific safety risk assessment

Ability to meet report length and composition requirements

Appropriate use of sentence structure and grammar.

The final assessment item of this unit involves the development of an individual portfolio, consisting of the following parts:

1.     Industry Practice Review

2.     Personal Development

3.     Issues Analysis

4.     Future Plans

Industry Practice Review

Provide a summary report of what has been achieved in terms of your industry practice, including:

·       Achievement of your placement objectives, and aspects of work completed.

·       Significance and value of the experience you have gained within industry.

Personal Development

Conduct a self-evaluation of your personal development, detailing your strengths and weaknesses, and evidence of how this has progressed in areas of:

·       Intellectual development: Integration of course material learned to date, and its application to work problems, critical thinking, problem solving and decision making.

·       Social development: Discussion of improvements in your motivation, initiative, interpersonal communication, teamwork, independence, and any other relevant aspects.

·       Professional development: Discussion regarding learning new technical skills, leadership, time management, verbal and written communication.

Issues Analysis

You are reviewed to view the presentation of other Co-op students’ work experiences, and identify four (4) unique workplace issues identified by other students.

You should submit an analysis of the issues that they identified and discuss how this issue relates to your own experience. Your discussion should include:

·       An identification of the core issue and the impact that it had on the student, team and/or workplace.

·       Why you feel that this issue is relevant to you: this may be similar to an issue that occurred during your placement, or perhaps it is an issue that resonates with you for other reasons.

·       Based on the student’s experience, reflect on how you would react to, and respond to this issue.

Future Plans

Summarise your portfolio submission by:

·       Extending upon your previous industry placement objectives: outline at least two (2) new or expanded objectives that you plan to pursue in future.

·       Discussing your future industry placement and/or career aspirations. This may involve pursuing a position in the same industry or specialisation, or whether you plan to experience a different aspect of your chosen discipline

Length and Composition

As a guideline, the length of your Portfolio should be around 1200 words, excluding references. Reports that are substantially longer than this (say over 1600 words) or shorter than this (say less than 800 words) are unlikely to score as highly as those that make the best use of the 1200-word length (being on-target and making the best use of the word allocation is always better than being off-message). However, you should not worry about a few words either way (this is a guideline only, and I do not have a 'negative marking scheme' where marks are deducted if the word count is more than 10% over the guideline).

Text should be word-processed, with an appropriate report layout and use of headings/sub-headings. Please ensure that you correctly cite/reference all sources of used, unless they are original and composed by you.

Portfolio is professionally presented with an Introduction, Table of Contents and Summary.

Ability to summarise personal achievements of the industry practice

Describe and analyse personal development aspects: intellectual, social and professional

Analysis of four unique work placement issues identified by other students

Ability to meet portfolio length and composition requirements

Appropriate use of sentence structure and grammar.

Twenty-four (24) weekly journals are included. Each weekly journal contains:
- A professional recording of tasks and activities completed for the week.
- Reflection on the work activities, including challenges, improvements and influences.
- Completed learning experience rating
- Supervisor sign-off.
Work placement samples are included and relevant to to activities and tasks documented in Weekly Journals.
Employer evaluation form is completed and signed off.
Self-Evaluation and Reflection section is complete and includes references to:
- Assessment on the achievement of Placement Objectives
- Skills and Knowledge assessment, addressing technical, professional and social aspects
- Two (2) work placement challenges are documented, described and self-assessed.
- Summary of personal growth encompassing technical, professional and social development.