Program Overview

ENG280 Performance Planning & Review - Junior Cadet

In this subject, students engage in management of their learning and professional performance. They set their goals and plan their workload, negotiating a learning contract between themselves and their industry placement employer. Students then use evidence-based reflection processes to determine if they have met their goals, adjusting their professional practice where necessary. This subject also includes a summative evaluation including feedback from industry placement supervisors. The expectation for this subject is that the student should be performing at the level of a junior cadet engineer.

Availability

• Session 1 (30): Online, Bathurst Campus
• Session 2 (60): Online, Bathurst Campus
• Session 3 (90): Online, Bathurst Campus

Subject Information

Grading System

• HD/FL

Duration

• Three sessions

School

• Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences

Prerequisites

• ENG180

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

• Set individual goals, produce action plans and revise them to manage workload in both industry and university
• Identify and articulate the key features involved in the effective planning and management of engineering work
• Identify and articulate the norms of practice within the work place
• Demonstrate initiative through their work practices
• Develop and explore their identity as a professional engineer
• Apply communication skills effectively in groups and organisations
• Work effectively in teams with power differentials between members

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

• Reflective practice
• Project planning and monitoring
• Workplace communication
• Working effectively in diverse teams

Residential School

This subject contains a 10-day Compulsory Residential School. The residential schools for this subject serve as the synchronising face-to-face events for the student cohort during their first work placement. Core events include: the conduct of the in-person elements of the Performance Planning & Review cycle, both the summative meeting and any intensive formative rehearsal/preparation; any hands-on laboratory experimentation that is required through the rest of the curriculum; development of leadership and mentoring skills through interactions with early-year student engineers; participation in whole-of-course exhibitions of portfolio/thesis work.

Special Resources

This subject will be completed while the student is on placement in industry. Industry placements may require travel and/or relocation depending upon the nature and location of the placement.