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

Reading List

Krietner, R. and Cassidy, C. (2012), Principles of Management 12th Ed, South-Western College Publishing, ISBN: 978-1111525644

Maylor H. (2010), Project Management 4th Ed, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 978-0273704324

Website: General Management www.mindtools.com

Website: Health and Safety www.hse.gov.uk