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The assessment in this course is competency-based. Students will achieve either a pass or fail for each assessment. Students need to pass all assessment items to successfully complete the course. These competency items form part of the USQ accreditation agreement with the accrediting organisation/s (where relevant).

These days most engineering tasks require a 'system approach'. Knowledge, design skills, theory, equipment etc will have to be combined in a systematic way to complete a complex task. This course is a practical introduction to this approach. Elementary building blocks and theory covered in previous courses will be combined to design and develop more complex systems. Team work often goes hand in hand with a system approach; hence working in teams will be an essential part of this course. Systems that will be covered include structural systems such as concrete and steel, destructive and non-destructive testing, water and sewerage systems. Teams of students will cast and test a reinforced concrete beam and test the buckling strength of a steel column and describe their behaviour. It will also include using various non-destructive equipment for structural testing and a visit to a water and sewerage treatment plant.

This course contains a mandatory residential school.

The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. work effectively as a member and/or leader of a team, participating in completing tasks, and supporting others in achievement of team goals;
2. understand how the concreting is done in practice through hands-on casting of reinforced concrete beams and cylinders (concrete technology);
3. test a reinforced concrete beam in flexure and describe its behaviour under load;
4. determine experimentally the buckling load of a steel column and use the Southwell plot to predict its buckling load;
5. understand the importance of various non-destructive structural testing equipment in practice and operate three of them;
6. inspect and report on the operation of water and sewerage treatment facilities;
7. demonstrate an appreciation of appropriate safety procedures and workplace health and safety requirements through the risk assessment of an activity;
8. communicate critically experimental observations, validity of results and conclusions through a written report;
9. reflect and demonstrate your understanding through verbal (one-to-one) communication - interview.