Unit Synopsis
This unit provides you with the opportunity to apply skills and knowledge developed in your academic course to engineering practice. This unit will also develop new engineering practice skills and knowledge. You will document and reflect on work activities and relate them to Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standards and develop a strategic approach to personal growth in the workplace. You are required to undertake a minimum of 300 hours of work placement, which may require relocation of accommodation to suit the placement. Students should contact the unit coordinator prior to enrolment in this unit to discuss placement requirements.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 12 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.25 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-requisite: A GPA of 4.1 across 48 credit points in the first year of CV82 Master of Engineering course.
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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 35% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 3. Portfolio | 10% |
| 4. Presentation | 15% |
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%).
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 2 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 22.58% 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.
Source: Unit coordinator's reflection
Students appreciated the design of the Moodle webpage, with all information relevant to the assessment items made available from the first day of the internship.
The Moodle webpage should be set up before the beginning of the term, and students should have access to all information relevant to assessment items, including the report template and marking criteria.
The Moodle webpage was established prior to the commencement of the term, ensuring that students had full access to all assessment-related information, including the report template and marking criteria.
Source: Unit coordinator's reflection
Students also appreciated the on-demand drop-in sessions organised by the unit coordinator.
The unit coordinator should be available to promptly arrange one-on-one or group drop-in sessions with students upon request.
The unit coordinator was always available to promptly arrange one-on-one or group drop-in sessions with students upon request.
Source: SUTE
Students feel that the unit requirements were not clearly stated.
The unit requirements should be clearly stated on the unit profile and the unit Moodle site.
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Students feel the need for more useful learning materials.
The unit learning materials should be enhanced in future offerings.
In Progress
Source: UC reflection
Students valued the opportunity to participate in the poster presentation.
Students should be given the opportunity to present their work through a poster presentation in future offerings of the unit.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Analyse the structure, products, and services of an engineering organisation
- Apply skills and knowledge developed in the academic course to engineering practice in an engineering organisation
- Demonstrate Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies through work activities
- Reflect on and map Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standards to work activities
- Develop a strategic approach to personal and professional growth in the workplace.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | ||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | ||
| 3 - Portfolio | • | ||||
| 4 - Presentation | • | • | |||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | ||||
| 2 - Communication | • | • | |||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | |||
| 4 - Research | • | • | |||
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | • | ||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | ||
| 7 - Leadership | • | • | |||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |