Types of Practical Work

It is mandatory to complete 800 hours of appropriate practical work to satisfy the requirements of ENGGEN 499 for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (BE(Hons)), or ENGGEN 699 for the Master of Professional Engineering (MPE). MPE students may refer to the information for Civil and Structural Engineering.

This may comprise either general work or sub-professional work, or a combination of both.

The following guidelines outline the classes of acceptable work for each department, though other options may be acceptable.

Registration of your work does not imply approval of your work.

If you are unsure whether the type of work you are undertaking is appropriate for your specialisation, please check with your departmental representative.

General
General engineering work associated with skilled tradespeople or technicians, such as laboratory work, mechanical installation, equipment maintenance, data gathering or analysis, and assistance in software or website development.

Sub-professional
Sub-professional engineering work associated with professional engineers, medical professionals, or medical researchers such as product or instrument design, development and testing, medical imaging technology, CAD draughting, software development, database design, inventory control, and Summer Research Scholarship projects.

General
General engineering work associated with skilled tradespeople, that is work associated with machining, structures, building construction, design, welding, quality control, production assembly and electronics.

Sub-professional
Sub-professional engineering work associated with professional engineers, such as in operating plants or laboratories in metals, materials, chemicals, fertilisers, paints, soaps, foods, petrochemicals, pulp and paper, dairy, water treatment, environmental or pollution control industries and Summer Research Scholarship projects.

General
General engineering work associated with skilled tradespeople including the development of trade skills in the construction, earthmoving, mining, water and wastewater treatment, surveying, road and traffic, asset condition, minerals and resources and environmental monitoring industries.

Sub-professional
Sub-professional work associated with professional engineers that includes surveying, contract documentation, design and/or draughting, bore-hole logging, construction supervision, engineering associated with buildings and structures, geotechnical, earthworks, construction, mining, roading, traffic and water and wastewater treatment, hydrology and hydraulic works and environmental engineering and Summer Research Scholarship projects.  

General
General engineering work associated with skilled tradespeople, i.e. work with the fabrication, manufacture, installation, maintenance and configuration of mechanical, electrical and computer systems.

Sub-professional
Sub-professional engineering work associated with professional engineers: the installation of computer-based systems; design, fabrication and testing of computer-based components; software development, maintenance and support of software packages; application of computer-based systems to embedded and/or real-time problems, communication systems and networking; installation, configuration of networks and Summer Research Scholarship projects. 

General
General engineering work associated with skilled tradespeople: the use of hand and machine tools associated with the fabrication, manufacture, and/or maintenance of electrical instruments, components, or equipment.

Sub-professional
Work associated with professional engineers, involving the installation of lines, trunking systems, switchboards and machines; design, fabrication and testing of electrical components; electrical draughting, computing; application of wiring regulations and electrical safety.

General
General engineering work associated with skilled tradespeople. This might include laboratory work, mechanical installation or maintenance, computer or instrumentation maintenance or testing, data gathering or analysis, software or website development assistance, surveying or construction site work.

Sub-professional
Sub-professional engineering work associated with professional engineers, including product design, systems/applications analysis, analysis of optimisation and simulation models, software development, and Summer Research Scholarship projects.

General
General engineering work associated with skilled tradespeople – work with mechanical tradesmen and/or machine tool operators to carry out the fabrication, manufacture, maintenance and repair of mechanical components or equipment.

Sub-professional
Sub-professional engineering work associated with professional engineers: Design, draughting, inventory control, production planning, administrative/managerial processes, coordinating labour and Summer Research Scholarship projects.

General
General engineering work associated with skilled tradespeople. This includes working with hand tools and machine tools used for metal cutting and forming, manufacturing and assembly of mechanical components or equipment; fabrication, manufacture and/or maintenance of electrical components or equipment; installation, maintenance and configuration of computer systems.

Sub-professional
Sub-professional work associated with professional engineers. This includes mechanical design, draughting, inventory control, production planning, administrative/managerial processes, design and testing of electrical systems, design, implementation and testing of computer and software systems and Summer Research Scholarship projects.

General
General engineering work associated with skilled tradespeople: work associated with the fabrication, manufacture, installation, maintenance and configuration of mechanical, electrical and computer systems.

Sub-professional
Sub-professional engineering work associated with professional engineers, including installing software systems; designing, implementing and testing software systems; helpdesk, backup and system support; network configuration; computer security services; information system support; web services; and Summer Research Scholarship projects.