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SEP499 - Professional Engineering Practice

Year

2018 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Placement
Trimester 2: Placement
Trimester 3: Placement

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:

0.125

Unit chair:

Carol Boyle (Trimester 1 and 2), David Morton (Trimester 3)

Prerequisite:

STP010 and completion of at least 12 credit points (including CPL) of study in the currently enrolled undergraduate engineering course.

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

SEP490

Contact hours:

Professional engineering practice experience undertaken as a vocational placement or employment placement with a host organisation. Students to achieve a cumulative total of 60 working days minimum (nominally 12 fulltime working weeks) by a placement (or multiple placements) proposed, approved, and undertaken while enrolled in this unit.

Note:

This unit requires students to complete and submit documentation for placement approval.  For more information and to complete the application process: please refer to the Professional Engineering practice or email eng-professionalpractice@deakin.edu.au

Students cannot enrol in the unit or commence a placement without written approval. Placements can be completed in Australia or overseas.

Delays in completing the placement could mean that the course will take longer to complete than the stated duration.  Attendance at the placement may be required outside the trimester dates.

Content

This unit enables students studying an undergraduate accredited engineering course to engage in work integrated learning through professional engineering practice experience totalling 60 working days (450 hours) with a suitable organisation (or organisations). Placements must be approved by the Unit Chair before commencement and must be for a minimum of 20 working days. Thus the course requirement of 60 working days can be completed in up to three separately approved professional engineering practice placements.

This practice-based experience for students is intended to enable the development and advancement of knowledge and skills typically sought from graduate professional engineers (as defined by the Australian engineering profession). All associated learning and assessment activities for this unit are cloud-based (online).

Assessment

Journal diary portfolio 50%, final report 50%.  In order to be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit students must fulfil the 60 days (450 hours) of work placement and must achieve a mark of at least 50% on the journal diary portfolio and a mark of at least 50% on the final report.

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