MEM80111 - Vocational Graduate Diploma of Engineering
Vocational Graduate Diploma of Engineering
The MEM80111 Vocational Graduate Diploma of Engineering is a qualification for people with responsibility and accountability for engineering-related design and/or development, leadership or operations across a range of industries and disciplines. The work environment may be project based or relate to an ongoing senior para-professional role as a technical specialist or technical leader.
The MEM80111 Vocational Graduate Diploma is designed to build upon existing expertise and provides high level specialist engineering design and engineering technical and project management skills.
The MEM80111 Vocational Graduate Diploma of Engineering can also provide an articulation pathway to professional qualifications.
Job roles/employment outcomes
The MEM80111 Vocational Graduate Diploma of Engineering provides the skills and knowledge for people performing the role of a Principal Technical Officer or equivalent in a range of engineering disciplines. Job roles related to this qualification may include engineering leadership roles, project planning, product development, research and development, project management, operations management, engineering related design and other engineering related technical roles requiring the exercising of engineering related skills of a complex and sophisticated nature or skills in a particular field of technical work.
The MEM80111 Vocational Graduate Diploma of Engineering qualification satisfies the requirements for employment as a Principal Technical Officer under relevant Awards and Agreements. Individuals seeking further information on the relationship of this qualification to the Principal Technical Officer classification should seek advice from their relevant industrial organisation.
Subjects
The MEM80111 Vocational Graduate Diploma of Engineering requires achievement of ten (10) units in accordance with the following rules:
three (3) core units of competency
seven (7) elective units of competency.
Elective selection must include:
a minimum of four (4) Group A elective units
three (3) remaining elective units may be selected from any combination of:
Group A elective units
Group B elective units
units from any nationally endorsed Training Package and accredited course that are packaged at a Vocational Graduate Certificate or Vocational Graduate Diploma level.
NOTE: Units marked with an asterisk (*) have prerequisite unit/s which must be completed either before or concurrently with the listed unit.
Core units of competency
Complete the following three (3) units of competency.
Evaluate and select appropriate test methods and/or procedures
Group B
A maximum of three (3) elective units of competency may be selected from the following list, Group A units not already chosen or units from other endorsed Training Packages where the units are available in a VGC or VGD.
Pathways for candidates considering this qualification may include:
a Diploma or Advanced Diploma of Engineering from the MEM05 Metal and Engineering Training Package
significant relevant vocational training and/or work experience.
Pathways from the qualification
After achieving this qualification, candidates may undertake a Bachelor of Engineering or other suitable higher education qualifications.
Additional qualification advice
Units of competency selected from other Training Packages must be relevant to the work outcome, local industry requirements and the qualification level.
Many units of competency in this qualification assume a level of English, mathematics and science equivalent to a school sector Year 12 standard.
Note: Manufacturing Skills Australia recommends that the design of any training delivery and assessment program to support the achievement of this qualification is based on the context required by the industry and/or enterprise.
Entry Requirements
Entry requirements for the Vocational Graduate Diploma of Engineering are:
an Advanced Diploma of Engineering or a Diploma of Engineering, or a
relevant Certificate IV or Certificate III together with significant relevant vocational practice in an engineering related role, or a
Bachelor Degree; or other higher education qualification, with relevant vocational practice in an engineering related role.
Licensing Information
There is no direct link between this qualification and licensing, legislative and/or regulatory requirements.
Employability Skills
Vocational Graduate Diploma of Engineering
The following table contains a summary of the Employability Skills as identified by the jewellery industry for this qualification. This table should be interpreted in conjunction with the detailed requirements of each unit of competency packaged in this qualification. The outcomes described here are broad industry requirements that reflect skill requirements for this level.
Employability Skill
Industry/enterprise requirements for this qualification include:
Communication
Establish parameters to the brief or contract and provide initial advice
Communicate and negotiate with project stakeholders and contributors
Communicate with support professionals and technicians
Establish visual performance indicators
Motivate personnel
Review proposal with client to improve outcomes and overcome possible problems
Negotiate adjustments to brief or contract
Obtain sign-off
Teamwork
Coordinate the work of others, general and specialist, for projects that require complex and specialised knowledge to achieve objectives
Research and respond to organisational behaviour and management theory
Maintain a database of professional, trades and industry contacts
Establish and maintain continuous improvement teams
Problem-solving
Generate and evaluate complex ideas through the analysis of information and concepts at an abstract level
Develop continuous improvement processes
Implement problem solving and decision making tools, including root cause analysis and solution evaluation techniques
Initiative and enterprise
Initiate, analyse, design, plan, execute and evaluate major functions either broad and/or highly specialised within highly varied and/or highly specialised contexts
Generate a range of solutions using appropriate innovation, creativeness and conceptual skills
Establish and maintain project or operations management systems
Planning and organising
Optimise the implementation plan and schedule
Establish the budget and control measures for project or operations management to conform to the financial business plan
Establish physical resources requirements
Establish human resources and skills development requirements
Establish and maintain records of operations or project for accountability against project objectives, schedule and budget
Maintain a plan and schedule of priorities for project or operations activities
Establish and maintain records of legislative compliance
Coordinate project functions, including planning, budgeting and strategy
Self-management
Demonstrate full responsibility and accountability for personal outputs
Establish personal responsibilities for significant operations or projects
Establish, maintain and perform personal priorities
Establish and pursue a personal professional development program
Learning
Demonstrate the self-directed development and achievement of broad and/or highly specialised areas of knowledge and skills building on prior knowledge and skills
Establish human resources and skills development requirements
Research and respond to organisational behaviour and management theory
Research industrial and related law
Research financial management techniques
Research knowledge, skills and techniques appropriate to chosen technical electives, mechanical, fluid power, hydrodynamic, thermodynamic, electrical, PLC and microcontroller techniques, computer simulation, differential equations, machine design, noise and vibration, manufacturing and maintenance management techniques
Technology
Demonstrate an expert command of wide-ranging, highly specialised, technical, creative or conceptual skills in complex and/or highly specialised or varied contexts
Develop knowledge, skills and techniques appropriate to chosen technical electives, mechanical, fluid power, hydrodynamic, thermodynamic, electrical, PLC and microcontroller techniques, computer simulation, differential equations, machine design, noise and vibration, manufacturing and maintenance management techniques
Calibrate equipment, take measurements and analyse results
Use software for modelling, human machine interfaces, graphical user interfaces, and networks for data handling and control