Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
NWP553 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Apply scientific principles to engineering problems
Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | NWP553 - Apply scientific principles to engineering problems |
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Description | This unit of competency sets out the knowledge and skills required to apply scientific principles to solve problems common to all engineering fields. This includes quantities and units, vector and scalar quantities, kinematics dynamics, heat and temperature, constitution of matter and error and uncertainty. | ||
Employability Skills | This unit contains employability skills. | ||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit applies to para-professionals in the engineering, manufacturing and construction environments where the application of scientific principles can provide a solution to standard engineering problems.No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Prerequisites/co-requisites | Not applicable. | ||
Competency Field |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
Slides PPT |
Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 | Assessment 3 | Assessment 4 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Identify the scientific principles embedded in an engineering problem |
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Element: Apply scientific principles in the analysis or design of an engineering solution |
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Element: Verify, present and interpret outcomes |
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