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This unit introduces you to the importance of effective maintenance management in the industry, the costs of maintenance, and the benefits of effective maintenance planning and strategies. Emphasis is placed on practical aspects of managing maintenance for plant and equipment. You are introduced to techniques and methods for monitoring the condition of plant and equipment, and to processes used to implement and manage condition monitoring in the light of ISO55000. You will investigate maintenance management problems and prepare plans to solve such problems in context of relevant UN Sustainable Goals. The unit delineates methods for assessing maintenance effectiveness and improving maintenance management systems and provides a platform for developing skills for working and learning autonomously to solve problems, document approaches used to solve problems, and communicate professionally.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: ENEG11007 Industry Project Investigation OR ENTA11014 Aircraft Structural Maintenance Practices.
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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Attendance Requirements
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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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.
Feedback from Unit Evaluation data
Enhance feedback on assignment.
Continue to add comments to students’ submitted assignments but also explore grading sheets based on the marking rubric for students to see grade distribution/calculation.
Feedback from Unit Evaluation report
Assignment marking in due time.
Recommend returning all assessments within two weeks of the due date or after students with extensions have submitted.
Feedback from Unit Evaluation report and UC reflection
Source industry data for assessment items for real life skills development.
Recommended to continue sourcing individual industry projects for data collection and processing the collected data for their assessment items.
- Explain the impact of maintenance on the business of industrial organisations and the need for maintenance management
- Describe processes for developing maintenance strategies and plans including explanations of costs and benefits of maintenance management
- Analyse effective techniques and methods for condition monitoring of plants and equipment professionally in the context of ISO55000
- Investigate and statistically analyse maintenance problems and develop plans to solve maintenance management problems
- Apply modern methods for assessing maintenance management effectiveness, improving maintenance systems, and controlling maintenance
- Work and learn autonomously and professionally communicate problem-solving approaches observing relevant UN SDGs.
The Learning Outcomes for this unit are linked with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standards for Professional Engineers in the areas of 1. Knowledge and Skill Base, 2. Engineering Application Ability and 3. Professional and Personal Attributes at the following levels:
Introductory
1.5 Knowledge of engineering design practice and contextual factors impacting the engineering discipline. (LO: 1N 2N 4N 6N 7N )
3.1 Ethical conduct and professional accountability. (LO: 1N 2N 7N )
Intermediate
1.1 Comprehensive, theory-based understanding of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and the engineering fundamentals applicable to the engineering discipline. (LO: 1I 2I 3I 4I 5I 6I 7I )
1.2 Conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics, and computer and information sciences which underpin the engineering discipline. (LO: 7I )
1.4 Discernment of knowledge development and research directions within the engineering discipline. (LO: 1I 2I 3I 4I 5I 6I 7I ) 1.6 Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities, and bounds of sustainable engineering practice in the specific discipline. (LO: 1I 2I 3I 4I 5I 6I 7I )
2.1 Application of established engineering methods to complex engineering problem solving. (LO: 1I 2I 3I 4I 5I 6I 7I )
2.2 Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools, and resources. (LO: 1N 2N 3I 4I 5I 6I 7I )
2.3 Application of systematic engineering synthesis and design processes. (LO: 1I 2I 3I 4I 5I 6I 7I )
2.4 Application of systematic approaches to the conduct and management of engineering projects. (LO: 7I )
3.2 Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains. (LO: 1I 2I 4I 6I 7I ) 3.3 Creative, innovative, and pro-active demeanour. (LO: 1N 3I 4I 6I 7I )
3.4 Professional use and management of information. (LO: 1I 3I 4I 6I 7I ) 3.5 Orderly management of self, and professional conduct. (LO: 3I 6I 7I ) 3.6 Effective team membership and team leadership. (LO: 7I )
Advanced 1.3 In-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the engineering discipline. (LO: 1I 2A 3I 4I 5I 6A 7I )
Note: LO refers to the Learning Outcome number(s) that link to the competency and the levels: N – Introductory, I – Intermediate and A - Advanced.
Refer to the Engineering Undergraduate Course Moodle site for further information on the Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers and course level mapping informationhttps://moodle.cqu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=1511
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||
| 3 - Presentation and Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||