NG2S925 - Engineering Practice 01 Jul 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | NG2S925 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Engineering Practice | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science | ||
| Faculty Group: | Information and Electronics | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Electronics | ||
| Module Leader: | Ali Roula | ||
| Module Team: | Ben Mehenni, Alexandre Oleon | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2022 | Final Year of Intake: | 2027 |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 20 | Credit Level: | 5 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100163 - electrical and electronic engineering | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Jul 2022 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2028 |
Module Aims
To understand the practice of resource and quality management in a modern industrial engineering environment.
To analyse the formal processes of health, safety and welfare management in a modern industrial engineering environment.
Content Summary
Principles of project management.
• Project planning The Management of project phases including project concept, initial development, design, manufacturing planning, pre-production, production and postproduction phases. DMAIC planning system, project monitoring, Reporting Systems. Project control actions.
• Project management information systems, Work breakdown structure.
Equipment Management and maintainability:
• Factors influencing equipment maintainability, measures of maintainability.
• Factors affecting equipment downtime.
• Design for maintainability including maintenance requirements analysis, maintainability allocation and prediction.
• Maintainability demonstration.
• Logistics engineering management including logistics support, life cycle costing and supply support.
• Principles of Equipment Management, including selection of equipment, performance, compatibility, safety, servicing, spares and training.
Quality Management:
• Quality control techniques in electronic production, including the implementation of quality control process checks at each stage of the production process. I
• implementation and design of ESD control program.
• Principles of Quality planning including quality planning techniques.
• Failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) including design and production FMEA. Preparation of failure mode documentation, Failure mode identification, management actions as a result of FMEA, benefits and disadvantages.
• The Taguchi philosophy including the design of experiments for quality analysis.
Management of Health, Safety and Welfare:
• Principles of Safety and primary requirements for health, safety and welfare in the workplace, reasons for health, safety and welfare. Legal systems to support H&S, Inspectorate roles etc’.
• Ethical and legal responsibilities around supporting equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
• Safety and safe methods of working, including definitions of risk and hazard, risk assessment, and safety procedures and records.
• Application specific safety issues supported by statutory and advisory documents from HSE; Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, Also aspects of BS7671 and its commentaries. Also including other application relevant legislation
• Electrical safety in the workplace. Direct/Indirect contact and safeguards employed, Index of Protection, RCD, Electrical Supply Systems etc.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Work based learning | 50 |
| Independent Study | 50 |
| Directed Study | 80 |
| Formative Assessment - Scheduled | 10 |
| Formative Assessment - Independent | 10 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Students will be able to apply knowledge of management principles, quality assurance and safety requirements to a modern and diverse engineering workplace. |
| LO2 | Students will recognise the responsibilities, benefits and importance of supporting equality, diversity and inclusion. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Report 1 | A written assignment assessing student knowledge of management, quality assurance and health and safety. | 0 | 2000 | 50 | No | 40 |
| Asynchronous Assessment | Project 1 | A diverse workplace related problem is given to the students to solve. | 0 | 2000 | 50 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Report 1 | ✔ | ✘ | |
| Project 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |