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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS ENGINEERING2Professional Skills EngineeringAssignment 1: Portfolio 1: Reflection1. Knowledge and Skills Base Competences In Australia, as well as many other countries in the world, engineers are expected to demonstrate high levels of competence before they are allowed to practice engineering. The competencies they are expected to fulfill are outlined in the Engineer Australia- Chartered Status Handbook (Canale, M, 2014). Professional engineers are expected to take responsibility for their projects and programs (. In order to enable the engineers to bring together technical and non-technical knowledge in the attempt to solve complex problems and manage risks, engineering competence plays a critical role in the process. Knowledge and Skills Base competence consist of, comprehensive, theory-based understanding of physical and natural disciplines related to the engineering field, conceptual understanding information sciences and numerical skills which reinforce the specific engineering discipline, in-depth understanding of specialist organs of the engineering practice, knowledge of engineering contextual factors impacting design practice of the discipline and perspicacity of information development and exploration guidelines within the specific engineering field.The first element of knowledge and skill base competence is comprehensive, theory-based understanding of the underpinning physical and natural sciences and all the applicable fundamentals in that specific engineering discipline (LoBiondo-Wood, G., & Haber, J, 2017). For an engineer to indicate that he/she has this competence they have engaged with the specific engineering discipline at a phenomenological level as well as apply engineering fundamentals
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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS ENGINEERING3and sciences to systematically investigate, analyze and innovate solutions to complex engineering problems and other aspects of engineering.The other element is In-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge in engineering. A competent engineer should adroitly apply advanced technical skills and knowledge in at least one engineering specialist domain (.De Los Ríos-Carmen and Lopez,. ,2015)A competent engineer should, therefore, identify one field of engineering and specialize in it so that they can have a comprehensive understanding of all the principles governing that specific discipline.2. Engineering Application Ability CompetenceCompetent engineers should have the ability to apply all the technical and non-technical knowledge as well as all the engineering principles applicable in the specific engineering discipline (Saorín, J. L., & De La Torre-Cantero, J, 2017) . Engineering Application Ability has two main elements namely application of established engineering methods in solving complex problems and fluent application of engineering tools, techniques and resources.An engineer can successfully demonstrate the application of established engineering ability through various activities. The engineer should identify, characterize, predict performance, determine and analyze causes and effects and apply simplifying assumptions in developing sustainable conclusions (Takey, S. M., & de Carvalho, M. M., 2015). By diagnosing and taking the suitable strategies with data and documented information the engineer will ensure that all the project activities are based on fundamental engineering practices. The engineer should research methods and research-based knowledge to investigate complex problems, conceptualize all the alternative engineering approaches, and evaluate their potential outcomes inproblem solving.
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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS ENGINEERING4 An engineer should have the competence to proficiently identify, select and apply the components, materials, systems, resources and devices that are relevant to the specific engineering discipline. The engineer should also demonstrate the ability to determine engineering tool properties such as performance, safety working limits as well as failure modes (Li, Z. H. U., Junhua, S. H. I., & Xiaozhou, L. I. A. N., 2017). The engineer should also design and conduct experiments using the various appropriate tools and be able to analyze and interpret the results using the fundamental engineering criteria. Planning and quantifying performance for the full lifecycle of the project is also an ability that a qualified engineer should demonstrate as they try to solve engineering problems.3. Professional and Personal Attribute CompetenceProfessional and personal attribute competence is also a key element of any qualified engineer in Australia (Carter, D. Alcott, B., & Lattuca, 2016). There are various elements of professional and personal competence namely, ethical behavior and personal responsibility, in effect written and oral communication in both formal and informal domain, innovative, creative and proactive demeanor, professional management and use of information, effective team contribution and leadership and finally orderly self-management and professional conductIn order for an engineer to demonstrate personal accountability and ethical conduct, they must indicate the commitment to uphold the Engineers Australia- Code of Ethics in all their engineering projects (Lindberg, O., & Rantatalo, O., 2015). The engineer should observe of the established engineering norms in the specific engineering discipline. He should also understand the importance of certification and risk management mechanisms that are expected to be observed. Accountability for other engineers and the safety of the environment is one of the personal attributes a competent engineer should demonstrate in the process of solving any
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