Australian Engineering Practice: Skills, Ethics, and Sustainability

This portfolio covers the skills, ethics, and sustainability in Australian Engineering Practice. It includes reflections on 7 learning outcomes, team projects, and more. The portfolio provides evidence of sufficient knowledge and adherence to codes of ethics and management skills required by Australian authorities.

AUSTRALIA ENGINEERING PRACTICE
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This particular unit of the Australian Engineering practice has assisted the learners to get the
much-needed knowledge and experience in the engineering practices especially in the context
of the Australian. The presented portfolio illustrates the full knowledge of the skills that has
been obtained in the duration of three months by Kumara Venkata Gowtham Tapetal in the
term 1 of 2018.The unit focuses on the 7 learning outcomes which are studied to enlighten or
to shed more light to the learners on the duties and their responsibilities as a professional with
high ethical and moral values Basart, and Serra 2013. The part that follows is the team project
in which the section of the student work together as they are guided by their supervisor. In
this case the project that is under the study is called the “RENEWABLE ENERGY
CONVERSION TO ELECTRICITY”
The portfolio has the reflections on every learning results that has been obtained, the used
workbook during the lesions covered, the students work as per the slides of the presentations.
The required grades A have been claimed using the nomination tables. The most interesting
section of the entire project is the team project. This is because the interactions with the
teammates resulted into the acquisition of the unknown knowledge and this really assisted me
in improving my skills.
In general, the portfolio is that proof and enough evidence of “Kumara Venkata Gowtham
Tapetal” in the claiming of the sufficient knowledge in the understanding and of course
implementing all the learning outcomes. The other areas that have been complied with
extends to the qualifications together with the strict adherence to the codes of ethics and other
skills of the management that an engineer is required to have as per the Australian authorities.

Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...................................................................................................................2
GRADE NORMINATIONS........................................................................................................................4
Historical impacts of the engineering on the society and the possible learning outcomes.................4
Engineering professionalism and ethics in the context of the Australia.............................................5
Engineers roles, responsibilities and the need to employ the principles of the sustainable
development......................................................................................................................................6
Manage the information and the documentation................................................................................7
Learning outcome 3: Communicate effectively across a range of contexts.......................................8
Participate collaboratively in teams...................................................................................................8
Demonstration of the critical self-view, self-management and life-long learning..............................9
PROJECT PLAN.................................................................................................................................10
PROJECT REPORT AND SLIDES....................................................................................................11
CONCLUSION...................................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................12

GRADE NORMINATIONS
Historical impacts of the engineering on the society and the possible learning outcomes.
Engineering is normally regarded as the activity of the creative thinking. The electric bulb
that today is very useful in our daily lives was created by an individual called Edison
Thomas. The telephone was developed by the individual called Graham Bell and Sydney
Opera house by Ove Arup and World web by Berners Lee. These very important and much
useful ideas were brought into the existence by the engineers. There has been a gradual
increase on the impacts of the engineers on the society from the historical dates up to today
lives.
Some of the creative things that have been done by the engineers may not have been exposed
but the truth of the matter is that they are a lot. Life has been made better through the
inventions by the engineers such as gas turbines, the motor vehicles among others. The usage
of the smart phone is purely attributed to the invention of the silicon chips. The inventions in
the agricultural sector has helped in the improvement of the yields of the crops and the
animals. The advancement of the current technologies and the other new inventions has led to
the increased pressure on the natural resources. The number of the individuals using the smart
phones have increased and also the use of the computers. The sad story about this
aggressiveness in the invention is that the natural resources are slowly depleted e.g.
aluminium. These resources cannot easily return back once they have ben exploited since
their maturity duration is very long. The machines that are used in the exploitation are also
manufactured in the industries. These industries have toxic waste that pollutes the
environment.

There is a connection between the technology and the mankind. MN entirely depend s on the
technology in order to survive. In this particular cycle, engineers play a major role. New
inventions come up daily. The negative impacts on the environment have been eradicated
continuously by the engineers. It very clear that engineers play a vital role in the society.
Your claimed marks are = marks for criteria1.1+ marks for criteria 1.2
4 × 100=56
Engineering professionalism and ethics in the context of the Australia
Engineering professionalism refers to the practice of the engineering in a very professional
way that does not necessarily regard to the accumulated knowledge but the way we think and
live. From time immemorial, engineering has been the activities of the man. In the Australian
context, there exist a lot of ethics to be followed. Ethics refers to the set of the rules and the
regulations that determines the behaviour of an individual.
Ethics therefore refers to the system of the moral principles that forms the basis of judging
the human actions that may be good or bad. In existence is the rule of conduct that that are
recognised with the respective particular actions of the human. Ethics has become part of the
human that none can escape from. The student must engage in the integrated way of learning
so as to follow the set of the rules regarding the ethics. The observations of the ethics should
not be limited to Australia only but to all other parts of the world. This will definitely make
an individual a professional partner Harris et al 2013.
The teachings in Australia has today become so transparent especially in the schooling and
nearly all the institutions of the education ranging from the numeracy in the quality teaching
are purely based on the evidences and the policies drafted. The study focuses on the

understanding and reasoning. It is however important to note that there exist a lot of
difference between the professional ethics and the ethical standards. Every person must
follow the rules that have been set regarding the ethics for example a student has to engage
with the integrated way of learning the elements of the ethics. The ethical practice however is
not the professional practice. There exists an obligation to the professions which clearly
explain the professional ethics.
Your claimed marks are = marks for criteria2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4
8 × 100=31
Engineers roles, responsibilities and the need to employ the principles of the sustainable
development.
A sustainable development refers to the pattern of moving the human activities in the process
in sustained perpetuity. Engineer have a major role to play in the sustainable development.
The two are basically linked together. Engineer are the beneficiaries of the sustainable
development since they depend either directly or indirectly. The economic determination
mainly embodies the policies of the sustainable development. There is therefore need to
discuss about the sustainability and the sustainable development. The main rules of the
sustainability that is followed by the engineers follows the contribution that build the society.
Application of the professional judgement beside being responsible by taking the roles that
are related to engineering has helped in the sustenance of this. In order to explore the multiple
views solving the challenges alongside the maximisation to the adverse effects of the risk
there has to be a strong adherence to these rules. Different issues have brought the public and
the engineers together and one of them is the environmental issues. This clearly illustrate the
competition between the self interest and the public interest. The current engineers are
required to put the public interest on both the business interest and the professional interest. It

is of importance for the engineers and even the other ordinary citizens to be concern with the
concept of the sustainable development while putting much of the emphasis on the impacts of
its products.
Your claimed marks are = marks for criteria3.1+3.2
4 × 100=40
Manage the information and the documentation
Today most of the organisations are relying on the information that was stored sometimes
back in the form of the business records and the documentation. The increased utilisation of
the electronic information has led to the subsequent piling pressure on the systems and the
governing lifecycle of the management Harris et al 2013. The information is found in the
schools and the offices of the businesses. Such information’s can either be structured or
unstructured. Document managements assist in the securing of the data that can be retrieved
for other uses including the multimedia, graphics among others. Different lifecycles have
been observed in the management of the information system. The part of the creation assists
in the data management. In order to have the user’s information protected, there should be an
appropriate access to the user’s information. This follows that the policies should be
considered when filing the structure of any document. The bandwidth of the data, following
of the particular sequence for the proper storage is very important.
Your claimed marks are = marks for criteria 4.1+4.2+4.3
6 ×100=70.3

Learning outcome 3: Communicate effectively across a range of contexts
The importance of good communication helps us to heard by everyone. The individuals who
are not able to communicate effectively may not be understood and effectively socialise with
others. The effectiveness of any communication can be achieved by presenting the relevant
points on the decision making through the positive influence. Misunderstanding may usually
arise from the breakdown of the communication.
Your claimed marks are = marks for criteria5.1+5.2+5.3
6 ×100=¿86.67
Participate collaboratively in teams
When dealing with the major projects that includes the acquisition of the system of the
information technology, the companies sometimes rely on the educated individuals that
ensure there is a perfect task done. This is particularly happening in the present modern
organisations. The individuals who are involved in such tasks are called human resource
professionals. The human professionals play a very important role since they help in the
creation of the good understanding between the public and the organisation and also helps in
the identification of the areas that require improvement among the employees. The large
teams that are usually entrusted with tasks only perform better when there is effective
cooperation that is done under the right conditions. The advanced technologies have helped
several companies to extend their services to the people. The team members spread to
different locations so as to reach out to as many people as possible. This has significantly
improved the command and the growth of very many companies.
Your claimed marks are = marks for criteria6.1+ 6.2
4 ×100=130

Learning outcome 2
Demonstration of the critical self-view, self-management and life-long learning.
The process of making the judgement and subsequent analysis of the individual experience is
called the self-review. This may range for asking questions, sharing of the facts and ideas that
puts together the experience. Most of the studies concerning the learning especially in the
higher education helps in the gaining of the knowledge that later on make us to develop
critical and analytical skills. There is need for one to be flexible so as to adapt to the demands
and the changes in the job market. The adaptability is very significant for the individuals who
are self-employed. Our ability to uphold personal judgement will be properly advanced.
Your claimed marks are = marks for criteria7.1+7.2+7.3
6 ×100=120

PROJECT PLAN
Team role Name When needed For how long
Introduction/literature
review
Tanvi At start of project 10days
Methodology/results Gurleen 5 days of the start 15days
Methodology Viraj 15 days of start 18days
Results Ankit After 25 days 15 days
Discussions Kumara After 32 days 10 days
Who needs
to know
What they
need to know
Why When How often Means of
communication
Tanvi Why are we
using only
solar types
To establish
the merits of
solar
At the
beginning of
the project
Very often Through
weekly
meeting and
was sup
Gurleen What
different
methods of
installation
can be used
To choose
the best
option
After 6 days Very often Through
meetings
Viraj Need to
know
mathematical
modelling
To choose
the best
After 17
days
Very often Through
weekly google
what sup
Ankit To calculate
the results
according to
the
methodology
used.
For getting
appropriate
results and
the cost of
calculation
After 30
days
Very often Through
meetings and
what up google
Kumara Benefits of
the project
To know the
impacts of
using solar
panel
After 30
days
Very often Through
meetings

PROJECT REPORT AND SLIDES
The most useful expenses consistent with the use of the roof-top sun P-V systems that are
about twenty percent. The higher costs of the installation and the small sizes of the of these
structures led to the lower economies that were witnessed. The base that was used to spread
all the charges was relatively small. This could be attributed to the fact that the truth Roof -
top sun P-V tasks usually encounter a number of very small power structures. In order to
solve this problem, there smaller but provisioned better price list that has been regulated. The
charge of leasing the Roof -tops that also include the prices of the growth has always been
known to be higher. The government rules and incentives have been put in place to control
this problem
CONCLUSION
The analysis that has been done clearly indicate that the working force factor for the current
introduced PV inverters is something that can be sorted out effectively. The PV converters
can be utilised in order to dispose of the low voltage to some extent. The idea that is
presented for the night crest solar should be subjected to the expansion.
REFERENCES
Harris Jr, C.E., Pritchard, M.S., Rabins, M.J., James, R. and Englehardt, E.,
2013. Engineering ethics: Concepts and cases. Cengage Learning.

Basart, J.M. and Serra, M., 2013. Engineering ethics beyond engineers’ ethics. Science and
Engineering Ethics, 19(1), pp.179-187.