Course overview
The aim of this course is to equip learners with the critical skills, knowledge, and professional insights necessary to excel in the engineering field. It serves as an essential bridge between academic theory and practical application, preparing learners for real-world in-industry experiences and future career development. In this course, learners will reflect on their preparedness to become engineers. It will prepare them for securing in-industry experience, obtaining graduate employment, managing professional relationships, and effectively navigating the professional world and career transitions in the future.
- Preparing For The Workplace
- Sourcing, Securing, Onboarding And Commencing An Industry Placement Overview
- Workplace Preliminary Observation
Course learning outcomes
- Evaluate diverse engineering career pathways to be able to identify and engage with relevant networking and job opportunities, and reflect on current knowledge, skills and attributes and present these in a job application that demonstrates professional communication skills
- Be prepared for the transition from academic settings to professional environments, equipped with demonstrated knowledge of employment norms, workplace health and safety, and professional expectations, and met the compliance requirements for professional practice, including sourcing and logging an appropriate placement experience
- Analyse and discuss the roles and responsibilities of engineers and managers within an organisation, including the structure, purpose, and operations of an engineering enterprise and reflect on organisational culture dynamics and their impact on the workplace, including safety, ethics, diversity, inclusivity, and the integration of First Nations considerations in the engineering professional context
Availability
Class details
Mawson Lakes
Class number 28355
Section WS01
Size 45
Available 45
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 28357
Section WS01
Size 132
Available 132
Class number 28356
Section WS02
Size 78
Available 78
Class details
Mawson Lakes
Class number 58171
Section WS01
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 58170
Section WS02
Size 25
Available 25
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 58173
Section WS01
Size 90
Available 90
Class number 58172
Section WS02
Size 120
Available 120
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