Critical Self-Review of Professional Engineering Practice and Skills

This report presents a critical self-review of an engineering student's professional practice, focusing on the development of key skills and competencies as outlined by Engineers Australia. The review addresses the selection and evaluation of information used to support a design proposal, highlighting the processes of group discussion, source validation, and the use of relevant references. The student reflects on their contribution to the design proposal, detailing their active participation in idea generation, research, and the correction of proposal sections. The report also examines the student's self-management skills, including time management, active participation in meetings, and the ability to overcome challenges. The challenges encountered during the design and writing of the proposal, such as the non-performance of some team members, are also described, along with the solutions implemented. The report emphasizes the importance of teamwork, collaboration, and the application of the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies, including professional use and management of information, orderly management of self and professional conduct, and effective team membership and leadership. Overall, the report provides a detailed account of the student's progress toward developing these crucial attributes within the context of the assignment.

Criteria and Standards Assessment
The group selected information after an agreement by all the participants. We discussed the relevance
of each information before highlighting them in the design proposal. Interviews were also done on what
to cover and solutions satisfying every group member was taken. We came out with different arguments
and at the end we had a better solution to that particular argument. We evaluated some samples of
books related to various courses of our study together as a group. Then the group leader compiled the
results by taking the major areas covered in several paper samples. A tally was done and the tabulated
pass rates for engineering your future third edition third edition taken each leader, then interview was
done and surveys were collected. The content of the proposal, in general, we decided to use our main
reference from “engineering your future third generation” and we also agreed to get some more
content from more relevant books which are related to the topic and also get some more relevant
sources from the internet. All this sources were compiled and an appropriate proposal contend was
provided. The information was also to be from most recent sources and most important in case it is a
book, then it should be the latest edition of the book.
Every member of the group was to at least make sure has contributed in setting the design of the
proposal. I personally did a lot in order to make sure that we come up with a good design of the
proposal. I had requirements for the proposal like the reference book and others like online sources.
One of the things I did was participating during the writing of the proposal and always being active in
terms of coming up with new ideas and concepts. Also reading the book engineering your future
editions and giving out opinions. I also did some corrections in some parts of the proposal.
Interacting with the group gave me an opportunity to explore more. In the group different people have
different skills and abilities. This gives room for exchanging ideas and different views and thus one gets
to know what he or she does not know. It also made me to develop confidence as the group was made
up of different people of which some of them we had never interacted with each other before. This
interaction also enhances our own self understanding and gives us the potential to deal with the
relationship amongst ourselves. We also get to understand our own personal values and contribution to
each other.
Everybody in the group had to come with at least one reference material of which I did carry mine which
at the end was of great benefit towards writing of the proposal. I also encouraged some members who
probably had no interest in contributing to the research and discussion by talking to them and they were
able to change. Time was also another factor that I always gave a priority in the proposal. I did attend
the meetings all times whenever we were supposed to meet for some clarifications. We respected each
other and cooperated towards achieving our one goal that brought us together.
The group had several members and had the general secretary who was the leader of the group. It was
further divided into small sub groups. Each sub group had its own leader and had its own part to cover in
the proposal. The leaders maintained the groups and was to make all communications concerning the
proposal. All the leaders of the subgroups collected the information from the members and take them
to the overall secretary to compile them and come up with the best solution. Despite having leaders,
every member had a role to play, that is, participating full to all the group activities.
There were several challenges that were encountered during designing and writing of the proposal.
Some of them we were able to manage them. One of the main challenge was that some members

assigned some roles and they never shored up or brought the results and therefore we had to find the
solutions for ourselves. I personally had a challenge with time but I had to postpone all the other
activities and attend the meetings when called.
We designed a good report after compiling all the information we collected from our research. The
report is organized systematically with all the requirements and the language is of course good. The
report is written as required.
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