Elements and Performance Criteria
- Research, evaluate, support implementation and report on designing and development processes within an industrial context
- Research and evaluate applications for problem solving, implementation and improvement processes, philosophies and techniques including Problem solving, Brain Storming, decision-tree, trade-off tables, Kaizen, TQM and Tools of TQM.
- Support implementation and report on engineering projects incorporating problem solving, improvement processes, philosophies and techniques.
- Research, evaluate and report on case studies involving continuous, mass, batch, jobbing or prototype production processes, competitive (lean) manufacturing including sequential and cellular manufacture and assembly, Just In Time (JIT), Group Technology, design for reliability, optimum maintenance, computer managed maintenance.
- Identify resources, skills, knowledge and techniques required by engineering applications
- Identify and use sources of information on resources, skills, knowledge and techniques required by engineering applications
- Appropriate sources of information for engineering projects are identified and used. Trade language and descriptions of resources and techniques are used as appropriate.
- Appropriate computing techniques are applied to source, categorise, catalogue and report on resources search results for engineering applications.
- Apply engineering fundamentals in support of selection of resources for engineering applications based on functional or performance specification of system and components
- Appropriate basic scientific principles and techniques are applied to select resources for engineering applications.
- Appropriate calculations and assumptions are used to enable choices of resources for engineering applications.
- Appropriate materials properties, methods and processes knowledge is applied in support of selection of resources for engineering applications.
- Appropriate resources have been chosen for the engineering application. Selections should be based on functional or performance specification of system and components of application.
- Specify resources, and technical support for engineering applications sufficient to facilitate their identification and supply
- Assist with design specifications and development procedures for engineering applications
- Contribute significantly to the creation of design, implementation, installation, commissioning and maintenance procedures and documents for resources required by specific engineering applications.
- Implement appropriate computing and programming techniques in the process of development of design specifications and documentation for specific engineering applications.
- Create and file design graphics and documentation suitable to the design and development process of the application or project in accordance with organisational and contractual requirements.
- Assist with implementation of design and development specifications and documentation for engineering applications
- Review design implementation.