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Level 5
This course is the first of a series of practice courses that are intended to enable you to acquire engineering and professional practice skills.
Engineering practice skills, such as the ability to perform practical and project work, innovation, problem identification and solution, and engineering judgement, will be developed as you progress through your courses. This will be through activities such as laboratory design and project work.
Topics covered in this course include practical work primarily in the areas of:
- instrumentational measurement
- engineering materials
- manufacturing.
What you will learn
When you successfully complete this course you will be able to:
- demonstrate practical skills in selected technical fields
- contribute as part of a team to complete a specific project in a specified time
- prepare material for technical reports that demonstrates use of library and computing facilities
- analyse scientific data and evaluate the experimental results obtained
- contribute to the preparation of a report and the presentation of a seminar
- apply basic health and safety principles in a workplace setting.
Assessment
This course is 100% internally assessed.
Travel to Australia
As part of this course you need to attend a practice unit at the University of South Queensland (USQ) in Australia. These units are held twice yearly in February and September.
Once you have decided on the practice unit you would like to attend we recommend you email us so we can arrange your placement with USQ on your behalf. Once we have confirmed your placement, we will notify you and then you can enrol in the course via our website.
beng.technology@openpolytechnic.ac.nz
Textbooks
There is a textbook needed for this course. Visit our textbook page for more information.
Computer and internet requirements
This course is delivered online, so you will access the course and do your study online, which generally includes reading and doing activities, watching videos, downloading content, and writing and submitting assessments online.
For online learning you need:
- Access to a laptop or desktop computer
- Reliable broadband internet and a data plan
Find out more about online learning
If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access will allow you to study online please contact us.