Transportation Portfolio for Engineering Skills: ENG5001 at USQ

This portfolio, submitted by a student, showcases their skills and knowledge in transportation engineering, aligning with Engineers Australia Stage 1 professional competence. It covers a range of topics including knowledge of engineering gained from past projects, application of engineering methods, and professional attributes like communication and innovation. The portfolio also reflects on industry definitions of hard and soft skills, research into transportation, and the Australian transportation system, including government planning and key issues. It includes reflections on teamwork, data analysis, and concludes with a look at future transportation solutions and data analysis.

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ENGINEERS SKILLS AND TRANSPORTATION
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Table of Contents
Portfolio-Introduction..................................................................................................................................4
Reflection- engineers Australia stage 1 professional competence..............................................................4
Overview.....................................................................................................................................................4
Knowledge of engineering from past project experiences......................................................................4
Knowledge and skill base competency....................................................................................................5
Comprehensive, theory based understanding of science....................................................................5
Knowledge of conceptual understanding of numerical concepts........................................................6
Engineering application ability....................................................................................................................6
Application of Established Engineering Methods................................................................................6
Application of systematic engineering synthesis and design...............................................................7
Professional and personal attributes...........................................................................................................7
Effective Oral and Written Communication.............................................................................................7
Creative, innovative and pro-active.....................................................................................................7
Qualities of USQ graduates..........................................................................................................................8
Australia generic attribute (Ramakrishna & Khandelwal, 2014)of a graduate.............................................9
Overview.............................................................................................................................................9
My Technical attributes- consequent specialization to be improved..................................................9
My General attributes- Formal (CIVIL) field abilities enhance during professional work..................9
My General attributes- Technical Information continues to grow....................................................9
My General attributes- Multiples skills development....................................................................10
Reflection on researched industry definitions of hard and soft skills desired by industry.........................10
Soft skills............................................................................................................................................10
Hard skills:.........................................................................................................................................11
Research into Transportation and global change into transportation.......................................................12
Overview of transportation system in Australia....................................................................................12
Government planning and setting according Transportation problems in Queensland........................13
Effects of increasing population and human activities on Queensland Transportation system.............14
Effectiveness of Study Desk Research Team..........................................................................................14
Reflection of effectiveness of team in developing and sharing research Information and data of your
project.......................................................................................................................................................14
Key transportation issues and solutions for better Transportation in Queensland...............................15
Business views on Queensland’s Transportation Networks..................................................................16

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Overcoming capacity constraints...........................................................................................................17
Past ten-year transportation data calculation of Queensland...............................................................18
Diagram of population growth in Regional Queensland........................................................................18
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................18
References.................................................................................................................................................19

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Portfolio-Introduction
The significance of portfolio is to beautify personal abilities of profession to turn out to be
engineer. The initial step is to broaden experts and private talents and the next is understanding
the various techniques and skills used to apprehend engineering technologies. Important topics
are mentioned In this portfolio including; Engineering Australia stage 1 competence, method of
engineering to a project, qualities of USQ graduates and importance of hard and soft skills in
world and industries.
Reflection- engineers Australia stage 1 professional
competence
Overview
As part of the Australian corporation, engineers need information about unique tasks of
engineering and automate systems. The simple requirement of joining engineers in Australia is to
be through with bachelor applications or needed to have important and basic information in the
field chosen. There are important roles which need the engineers to modify with fluctuating call
for industrial patterns and methods of paining. It incorporates to take duty in missions and
apprehend fundamental industrial techniques. This comprise the knowledge of many materials,
methods automated, and work ethics. Two elements were chosen in this portfolio from each
competencies to form the competencies group (Litchfield, et al., 2015).
Knowledge of engineering from past project experiences
I completed my degree in civil engineering at the University of southern Queensland in the year
2016 as a graduate, I have more experiences and interest in my field of subject and research. I
was able to learn many units such as building materials and construction (give information about
the materials of building used, types, uses and properties), concrete technology, structural
analysis, surveying (helpful in map preparation to show locations of roads, hills, roads and
railways), solid mechanics (shows how shafts, beams and columns behave when subjected to
stress and strain and geology (Find the location of underground water and rocks). Was able to
achieve the highest grade maintained the best student year title four times in consecutive years. I
won the scholarship of free post graduate training and during that time practical works at the
transportation departments, seminars, conferences were sponsored and I was able to lean more
and increase my knowledge pack regarding my field of study. During this period I managed to

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train also as electrical and mechanical and this make me more competent in the field since I can
work well in any field of engineering (Habybellah, 2019).
I chose my project on transportation and the reason behind this decision was to understand
modes of transport, their construction process, maintenance and importance to nation. I have
done many research under the transportation topic and made some recommendations to help in
solving problems arising from the topic. I have participated in many extra curriculum activities
and published 5 research projects in international journal of research in advanced engineering. I
participated in the competition of posters designs and became a winner (Barry & Whitener,
2014).
Knowledge and skill base competency
The competency model comprise of five tiers outlining skills and knowledge and abilities that
may affect connection and job performance of engineer. Industries employers, professionals and
engineers use the model to improve training, experience and development (Pasha-Zaidi, 2015).
Comprehensive, theory based understanding of science
Engineers should engage with the engineering discipline in a phenomenological level using
basics of sciences and engineering to investigate, interpreter, analyses and innovate solutions of
problems. I am well informed on most fundamentals and basic concepts of engineering together
with theoretical knowledge from my previous studies, trainings, research and practices. I have
many innovative ideas on the processes of physics and engineering especially in transportation
field. From my previous work and attachments in various industries and institutions, I know
many basics processes on how to rectify complex problems and enhanced information literacy
skills by systemic investigation or search of engineering problems and how to interpret
theoretical data and use knowledge in practices (Yashchuk, 2016). As a civil engineers, I have
important information related to the technology and era. All the subjects deepened my expertise
in applications and improved my theoretical ideas. From my experience I was able to discover
ways of dealing with technical problems by means of working in groups (Muller, 2019).
Academic competencies enabled me to learn in educational setting and apply to occupants and
industries. These include reading science, comprehensions skills of mathematics, communication
and critical thinking skills.

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Workplace competencies enabled me to develop interpersonal and self-management styles and
involves the ability to have team work, addressing clients effectively, management projects
effectively, innovative thinking and knowledge on business.
Industry wide competence this one helped me to understand fundamental of engineering, effects
on the community and society, quality assurance, control and professional ethics (Hunsley &
Barker, 2011).
Personal effectiveness competencies: these are personal attributes such as being able to work
with other from different backgrounds showing strong moral principles and work ethics and
capability to adapt in new places and fluctuating requirements. There are soft skills development
within home of the person, workplace and community.
Knowledge of conceptual understanding of numerical concepts
Engineering disciple develop and apply important investigation analysis, assessment,
interpretation, evaluation, prediction, decision making and communication tool. The second
competency is the understanding of mathematical terminology, concepts of investigating
important assignment and technical data evaluation. Mathematics and physics play important
role since it incorporates geology, mechanics, and structure analysis for solving and interpreting
records. Modelling, evaluation and prediction are essential and contributed to my success and
expertise in engineering (Sreena & Ilankumaran, 2018). Prediction is important it is applied to
recognize new technical statistics and get the essential application useful in destiny. Information
skills assessment is also important to engineers in becoming autonomous learner. Control
abilities is important for engineers to emerge as a success in places of business. Arithmetic
concepts and principles are vital for the growth of discipline or area of study and help to enhance
the records of literacy skills and digital abilities of literacy (Harjanto, 2019).
Engineering application ability
Application of Established Engineering Methods
I have a lot of engineering techniques underlying many critical records and ideas. When I started
my research projects, I was faced by challenges of deciding on the impacts and purpose. I
designed some means or modes of transportation such as railways and roads and calculated
structural analysis and overall performance with the aid of mathematics and physics to examine
all the processes. Interpretation of records and locating facts is very important to task making and

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layout. I was able to learn and master different machines which enable me to recognize important
and significant phenomena of the assignment. Conceptual understanding enabled me to identify
important information to access technical data and evaluate outcomes (Kamaruzaman, et al.,
2019).
Application of systematic engineering synthesis and design
I acquired many knowledge on parts of the machines used in the transportation industries, their
structure and processes when I was working at various companies as graduate engineer for over
four years. I was trained on how to specification of engineering, decorate expertise using the best
techniques and tools to design and innovate modern technologies in the field of transportation
(Ghanta, 2020).
Professional and personal attributes
Effective Oral and Written Communication
This is the ability to express information effectively, give instructions, engage in discussions,
presents justification and arguments, negotiates and debates to audience using diagrams,
texts ,pictures and graphs suited to the context. Engineers requires talents in expressions so that
everyone can effortlessly understand.
Written commutation skills include more active rather than passive method of learning. 0Written
communication need to be relevant, implemented properly, have best quality, generate feedback,
provide accurate assessment and make positive impacts. Engineers should have ability to
translate jargon into layman’s terms without losing others. Before I present my work I usually
understand it and make some hand written notes to deepen my technical information. I used the
method and styles of VOR (Visual, Oral, read and write which is beneficial in understanding
technical theory, diagrams and texts. I examined all the records to acquire best results when I
was doing my project on transportation (Andres Winston Oreta & Balili, 2015).
Creative, and innovative
This is seeking out to new development in specialization of engineering disciplines and applies
knowledge and process to evaluate and report potentials. Successful engineers have innate ability
to think outside the box and should be creative to solve problems. Being independent earner,
innovative and progressive learner, i have ability to search new innovations and technologies in
the field of engineering. Engineers should broaden new designs and structures to increases

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productiveness and effectiveness of a project. Innovation started many years ago in some fields
such as development of electric vehicle which is environmentally friendly and high speed
magnetic railways. I usually read journals, article and previous research with innovative topic to
improve my understanding and fundamental knowledge. Engineers should focus on long term
innovations that will have benefits to society (Belski, 2011).
Qualities of USQ graduates
Being expertise: I developed theoretical and practical knowledge in my transportation field. I
beautified my sensible and important information and conceptual knowledge while evolving
theoretical understanding in bachelor program. Many units and subjects that I covered helped me
to improve theoretical ideas by doing physics and mathematical calculations and I can conclude
that knowledge is essential to any expert in engineering.
Professionalism: I secured job opportunity after graduation in the leading transportation
companies. I was working as engineer trainee where I was able to advance my communication
ability and interpersonal talents which helped me to be nominated as the best professional civil
engineer.
Citizenship and education: I experienced some loneliness first days of travelling outside the
country and confidence as the days goes by. Good communication and interaction skills helped
me to socialize and interact with other people who made me comfortable and I was able to learn
more about transportation which was their field of specialization.
Sponsorship: due to my productivity in the transportation filed as a civil engineer, I was able to
secure many scholarship every semester for pursuing my post graduate studies, attending
conferences and presentations, researching and also lecturing in some institutions and companies
dealing with transportation.
Lifelong learning: Taking my masters course helped me to specialize on core engineering
subjects, common and specialization units helped me to become active learner which improved
my fundamental knowledge. Lifelong learning also helped in terms of experiences, practices and
majoring in the theories that are workable and can benefits my transportation field

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Australia generic attribute (Ramakrishna & Khandelwal,
2014)of a graduate
Overview
The engineer Australia defined generic attributes for the graduate in the guide.
My Technical attributes- consequent specialization to be improved
I gained more technical knowledge in my field through classwork and trainings and there is
expectation of developing further knowledge by enrolling for PHD and during my study in USQ
enable me to gain the following: capability to apply knowledge, enhance technical knowledge in
any subjects of my programs, ability to increase techniques of solving problems and ability to
design new machine components. There is need of emphasizing on the development to produce
youths who are creative. Technological impacts are useful by having many attributes of solving
problems with defined advantage (Moses, 2019)s.
My General attributes- Formal (CIVIL) field abilities enhance during
professional work
I believed that my bachelor degree was not enough to enhance my hard and soft skills and that is
why I developed some fundamental knowledge which enhanced my technical knowledge when I
was training and working in the industries. Working with my seniors enabled me to develop
technical attributes. Communication skills can be enhanced not only by associating with the
engineers alone but with the entire community. Ability to work is enhanced by practicing team
work in every project and finish within the required time with the help of senior engineers, staffs
managers at various companies and technicians. To become successful in the field of
engineering, there must be increased use of technologies, multicultural team, globalization and
multifunctional.
My General attributes- Technical Information continues to grow
I developed basics practical and technical knowledge when I was working at the industries. I am
very responsible to develop credible technical knowledge and attitudes of lifelong learning. I
developed many attributes such as understanding ethical responsibilities, knowledge and
professional skills. It is very important for engineers to develop soft and hard skill for positive
results in the society.

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My General attributes- Multiples skills development
Among the experiences i got from various industries, the important ones were to understand the
social global, cultural and environmental diversity for better development. I was able to
understand technical concepts and underlying principles.
Reflection on researched industry definitions of hard and
soft skills desired by industry
Soft skills
Communication skills: Ability of creating conversation is very important for the experts’
engineers. It is required that engineers should speak with professionalism and talk woth
customers and stakeholders in a good manner. Engineers deals with many people and they
should therefore have clear written and oral communication skills. I was able to attend many
competitions and won many medals and this can assure that I have best verbal exchange
capability (Lear, 2011).
Qualities of good leader: Engineers should posses’ leadership skills when working in various
companies to be able to lead and convince people on a good way to follow in terms of decision
making.
Ability to solve problems: in the life of academics, skills of solving problems is important to
understand the complex problems arising in the industries such as mathematical modeling and
automatic coding of the design systems. There are many information that I have regarding my
field and this qualifies me to have better literacy skills.
Attitudes: positive attitudes ire required foe important roles for engineers. Optimistic nature
towards kind of work assigned to is helpful foe successful completion of the allocated tasks.
Management of time: Time management skills is essential for the engineers for them to become
successful. It is good to completed all assigned and allocated work and tasks in time.
Flexibility: being flexible when working is important because one can handle all arising
situations. I have been able to solve many faults in the transportation industry irrespective of the
familiarity with the field (Freitas & Routledge, 2013).
Team and group work: team work is very important in management of complex tasks that cannot
be done alone. By becoming the project head, one must have ability to encourage, improve and

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empower members. This is done successfully by using the companies’ resources in effective
manner and spend the budget wisely.
Being responsible: when I was working as a transportation engineer, I managed to make some
decisions to solve critical problems by smoothening the functioning of different machines used
for constructing modes of transportation (Hurrell, 2013).
Hard skills:
Math skills: engineers must have skills to understand physics and mathematical concepts in civil
engineering. I leant subjects where pure math and physics is applied such as geology, solid
mechanics and structural analysis for calculations to obtain important and required data (Munro,
2017).
Computer science skills
engineers should be well versant with the computer technologies foe the application in making
reports, thesis, of software designs. Various software are required in today’s automated
industries (Tomás, et al., 2013).
Ability to design: Engineers should have basic attribute of design in any field of specialization. I
am able to design many machines that can be used in the transportation industries and calculate
the important parameters by the use of design software. I can do MATLAB, autoCAD and solid
works (Deflorio, 2011).
Administration: I did some trainings in various department and I met other engineers, human
resource managers and accountants. I gained knowledge on how to become a good project
manager and how make a project successful through planning, installation, controlling,
monitoring and closing (Hur, et al., 2017).
Production: Production knowledge is need for engineers about the machines that can be designed
to be used in transportation industries every day.
Literacy skills: this is required for USQ graduated so that they can master their duties. Technical
knowledge helped me to understand problems and looked for proper solutions. Information skills
are important for evaluation and analysis of technical data for problem solving (Abu-Lebdeh,
2017).

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Research into Transportation and global change into
transportation
Economy of many countries worldwide depends on personal and freight mobility provided by
the country’s system of transportation. Important services and products such as food, energy,
trade, manufacturing depends on the interrelated ways and functioning of these components of
transportation. Disruption of systems of transportation may cause large personal and economic
loss. National system of transportation is composed of 4 components such as fixed infrastructural
mode i.e. airports, ports, and rail terminals; fixed route infrastructure such as roads, pedestrians,
canals, bridges, rails and freights. Many researches have been done on transportation and it was
found that climate change and transportation affects each other. Climate change affect operation
of transport system for example floods, hails and precipitation damages roads, systems of
railways and vehicles that use them. Climate also affect design of modes of transportation which
is costly and can be subjected to stress to reduce reliability and capacity for transportation.
Transportation also affect climate change through greenhouse gas emissions from trucks and cars
(JEON & Kim, 2017).
Overview of transportation system in Australia
The fact that Australia has many top world universities is the main reasons why most of the
students around the world chose to further their education in Australia. To become advantageous,
it good to get familiarized with regional, local and cross country options for transportation in
Australia (Gharehbaghi, 2018).
Arriving in Australia: before taking any type of travel in Australia, arrival is usually plane or
even boats. Major airports are located in Melbourne. Adelaide, Sydney and Perth with every
destination serviced by the main airlines connecting Europe, US and Asia. If the destination of
the passenger is located in the city of arrival then taxi or a bus can be taken as a means of
transport between home and airport (Wessel, 2019).