Diploma of Engineering - Technical - MEM50222

Type of institution: Registered Training Organisation
Level: Vocational Education and Training (VET)
CRICOS: 03469E

This qualification defines the skills and knowledge required of an Engineering Technician within metal, engineering, manufacturing and associated industries.The skills associated with this qualification are intended to apply to a wide range of technical engineering discipline areas including mechanical, mechatronics, manufacturing, maintenance, and heating ventilation air-conditioning, engineering drafting and refrigeration and air conditioning in manufacturing, engineering and related industries. The qualification provides the opportunity to develop theoretical knowledge and technical skills in either a specific discipline area or across a broad field of technical work and learning.This qualification should not be used for VET in Schools unless the students are formally engaged in a traineeship in accordance with the Australian Apprenticeships policy.In some jurisdictions, units in this qualification may relate to licensing or regulatory requirements. Licensing and regulatory information is included in the relevant units of competency.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication. Local regulations should be checked.

Subjects

• Perform radiographic testing
• Use structured problem-solving tools
• Organise and communicate information
• Apply basic economic and ergonomic concepts to evaluate engineering applications
• Apply basic knowledge of casting operations
• Apply technical mathematics
• Source and estimate engineering materials requirements
• Undertake basic process planning
• Undertake proactive maintenance analyses
• Apply basic chemical principles to metallurgy
• Perform inspection
• Develop and manage a plan for a simple manufacturing related project
• Interpret and maintain or restore original drawings
• Select common engineering materials
• Facilitate the use of planning software systems in a work area or team
• Select and organise mechatronic engineering material tests
• Produce building information modelling for building design projects
• Prepare basic programs for programmable logic controllers
• Monitor nonferrous melting and casting processes
• Use resource planning software systems in manufacturing
• Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
• Use planning software systems in operations
• Detail fasteners and locking devices in mechanical drawings
• Perform basic statistical quality control
• Apply principles of refrigeration food storage technology
• Establish data collection and processing protocols
• Produce electrical schematic drawings
• Read and interpret technical engineering drawings
• Perform laboratory procedures
• Apply mechanical engineering analysis techniques
• Establish structural steel detailing project arrangements
• Coordinate engineering projects
• Facilitate a Just in Time system
• Plan work activities
• Test the mechanical properties of materials
• Report technical information
• Manage relationships with non-customer external organisations
• Integrate mechatronic fundamentals into an engineering task
• Plan, implement and monitor energy management
• Perform basic radiographic testing
• Interpret and produce curved 3D shapes and patterns
• Prepare mechatronic models for computer-aided engineering (CAE)
• Perform basic magnetic particle testing
• Facilitate the use of SCADA systems in a team or work area
• Lead and manage people within competitive systems and practices
• Analyse a simple electrical system circuit
• Perform magnetic particle testing
• Facilitate change in a competitive systems and practices environment
• Select and test components for simple electronic switching and timing circuits
• Develop a Just in Time system
• Commission and optimise performance of HVACR systems
• Select metal forming process
• Perform eddy current testing
• Coordinate resources for an engineering project or operation
• Assist in sales of technical products
• Supervise detail drafting projects
• Apply basic electro and control scientific principles and techniques in aeronautical engineering
• Perform ultrasonic testing
• Apply fluid and thermodynamics principles in engineering
• Assist in implementing a proactive maintenance strategy
• Determine psychrometric processes and system performance
• Prepare drawings for fabricated sheet metal products
• Detail bearings, seals and other componentry in mechanical drawings
• Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
• Integrate mechanical fundamentals into an engineering task
• Produce drawings or models for industrial piping
• Supervise work health and safety in an industrial work environment
• Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace
• Perform ultrasonic thickness testing
• Apply engineering mechanics principles
• Develop business plans in an organisation implementing competitive systems and practices
• Prepare a simple production schedule
• Select and organise mechanical engineering material tests
• Perform mechanical engineering design drafting
• Coordinate engineering-related manufacturing operations
• Use workshop equipment and processes to complete an engineering project
• Select electrical equipment and components for engineering applications
• Produce basic engineering drawings
• Develop a proactive maintenance strategy
• Participate in drafting projects for building services
• Produce basic engineering detail drawings
• Schedule material deliveries
• Interpret basic binary phase diagrams
• Perform basic eddy current testing
• Detail structural steel members
• Develop competitive systems and practices for operational objectives
• Use drawings, diagrams, schedules, standards, codes and specifications
• Analyse and improve manual handling processes
• Operate computer-aided design (CAD) system to produce basic drawing elements
• Perform precision mechanical measurement
• Apply energy management principles
• Apply calculus to engineering tasks
• Produce schematic drawings for hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power systems
• Apply metallurgical principles
• Select and control inspection processes and procedures
• Contribute to the design of basic mechanical systems
• Improve cost factors in work practices
• Determine operational parameters for building HVAC hydronic systems
• Apply manufactured product design techniques
• Facilitate the development of a new product
• Integrate maintenance fundamentals into an engineering task
• Coordinate sales and promotion of engineering-related products or services
• Apply mathematical techniques in a manufacturing engineering or related environment
• Undertake production scheduling
• Detail bolts and welds for structural steelwork connections
• Undertake basic process planning
• Optimise process costs
• Provide advanced customer service
• Assist in the preparation of a basic workplace layout
• Establish non-destructive tests
• Coordinate continuous improvement and technical development
• Apply basic engineering design concepts
• Interpret design specifications for structural steel detailing
• Manage a value stream
• Apply mechatronic engineering analysis techniques
• Ensure process improvements are sustained
• Use hand tools
• Exercise external quality assurance
• Assist in the analysis of a supply chain
• Use SCADA systems in operations
• Set up basic pneumatic circuits
• Undertake work health and safety activities in the workplace
• Use basic preventative maintenance techniques and tools
• Produce freehand sketches
• Prepare a simple cost estimate for a manufactured product
• Undertake process capability improvements
• Write reports
• Analyse and service HVACR systems
• Create 3D model assemblies using computer-aided design (CAD) system
• Undertake analysis of cost and waste in terms of customer value
• Conduct product and/or process capability studies
• Use graphical techniques and perform simple statistical computations
• Set up basic hydraulic circuits
• Prepare mechanical models for computer-aided engineering (CAE)
• Calibrate measuring equipment
• Integrate manufacturing fundamentals into an engineering task
• Maintain/supervise the application of quality procedures
• Create 3D solid models using computer-aided design (CAD) system
• Perform mechatronics engineering design drafting
• Prepare plans for pipe and duct fabrication
• Apply basic just in time systems to the reduction of waste
• Perform basic penetrant testing
• Perform penetrant testing
• Investigate electrical and electronic controllers in engineering applications
• Manage 5S system in an organisation
• Mistake proof a process
• Apply maintenance engineering techniques to equipment and component repairs and modifications
• Facilitate and improve 5S
• Contribute to improvements in competitive systems and practices
• Analyse and map a value stream
• Perform computations
• Produce drawings for reticulated services
• Undertake supervised procurement activities
• Work safely with ionizing radiation
• Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering
• Develop recommendations for basic set up time improvements
• Perform civil drafting
• Detail ancillary steelwork
• Recommend ferrous and nonferrous metals or alloys for an application
• Design a basic single zone duct distribution system
• Manage self in the engineering environment
• Use computer-aided design (CAD) to create and display 3D models
• Calculate stresses in simple structures
• Perform advanced engineering detail drafting
• Calculate force systems within simple beam structures
• Interpret technical specifications and manuals
• Select metal joining process
• Apply codes and regulations to air conditioning designs
• Participate in quality assurance techniques
• Develop quick changeover procedures
• Operate and program computers and/or controllers in engineering situations
• Perform advanced statistical quality control
• Interact with computing technology
• Monitor ferrous melting and casting processes
• Measure and sketch site information
• Develop the application of enterprise control systems in an organisation
• Undertake manual handling
• Undertake root cause analysis
• Perform engineering measurements
• Manage workplace learning
• Apply statistics to operational processes
• Use three or six sigma processes to determine and improve process capability
• Develop energy management solutions
• Apply surface modelling techniques to 3D drawings
• Produce detailed drawings of steel to non-steel connections
• Detail standardised structural connections
• Interpret technical drawing
• Produce drawings for mechanical services
• Calculate and predict chemical outcomes in metallurgical situations
• Prepare to work safely in the construction industry

Study information

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