ENEP14004 - Engineering Practice Experience

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Engineering practice is essential for all graduating engineers. In this unit, you will analyse the structure, products, and services of your host organisation. You will demonstrate completing the professional practice requirements of your course. Additionally, you will reflect on attaining Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competencies using evidence from your e-portfolio, professional practice experience, units studied, and other experiences. Finally, you will identify future opportunities aligned with your interests and capabilities to develop a career plan.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 4
Credit Points
Student Contribution Band HECS Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: 72cp for CC02 Associate Degree of Engineering students OR otherwise, the final-year Project Planning unit (ENTG13002 OR ENEG14003)

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2025

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

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Assessment Tasks

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This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 75.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 26.67% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

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The requirements of the unit must be clarified.
Recommendation
Change and clarify the assessment structure.
Action Taken
Assessment structures were modified to make them more clear.
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Feedback
Report templates need to be updated and clearer examples of what is required needs to be provided
Recommendation
Update reporting templates and provide some examples of reports.
Action Taken
Assessment templates were updated.
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Feedback
The process of recording working hours for CPD requirements was unclear.
Recommendation
Provide clear instructions on recording hours of work experience.
Action Taken
Clear instructions on recording hours of work experience were provided.
Source: Student evaluation
Feedback
It would be good to provide a portfolio template over the summer.
Recommendation
A portfolio template should be provided to students over the summer upon request.
Action Taken
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Feedback
FAQ (frequently asked questions) need to be updated.
Recommendation
Additional questions should be included when updating the FAQ.
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Feedback
Clear information regarding unit requirements would be valuable.
Recommendation
Students should be provided with clarification of the unit requirements.
Action Taken
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Unit learning Outcomes
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