MEM22001 - Perform engineering activities

Unit code: MEM22001 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours:
60
Location
Sunshine
Prerequisites
MEM16006 - Organise and communicate information
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Overview
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Overview

This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to perform engineering activities at the paraprofessional level and covers the performance of technical aspects of engineering work where outcomes and performance measures are negotiated with appropriate personnel, technical experts and specialists in accordance with established engineering principles and practices. It applies to technical activities carried out within a range of engineering disciplines.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit's learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work-based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

  • following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices
  • researching and evaluating factors, conditions and contexts integral to effective engineering practices
  • researching and evaluating the application of management practices and regulatory and legal systems integral to effective engineering practices
  • consulting with technical experts and specialists and ranking and evaluating engineering options on at least two occasions
  • complying with work health and safety (WHS) and environmental regulations, codes of practice and statutory requirements, identifying and * analysing hazards and risks
  • researching and evaluating engineering career options based on current engineering activities.
    Note: Where a volume and/or frequency is not specified, demonstration must be provided at least once.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • safe work practices and procedures
  • political, social and environmental context and possible engineering activities
  • need for continual review and maintenance of factors relevant to the practice of engineering
  • significance and applicability of engineering activities
  • methods for evaluation and ranking of engineering options including the use of decision-making and problem-solving tools
  • significance of documented processes and outcomes-based performance measures in the context of client requirements, industrial, social, political and economic environments
  • documented work instructions in the context of the objectives of the engineering activity
  • negotiating principles
  • use of a risk matrix in assessing risk
  • long term environmental and sustainability issues associated with the engineering activity
  • documentation and conclusion procedures
  • relevance of current engineering activities to future career options and the value of a curriculum vitae (CV) or portfolio in contributing to future career options in engineering.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Advanced Diploma of Engineering
MEM60122 | Advanced diploma | Duration:

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