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Unit Name HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS (BEE)
Unit Code BXX001-004 
Unit Duration 4 weeks FTE or 120-160 hours equivalent
Award

Bachelor of Science (Engineering)

Duration 3 years    
Year Level Two
Unit Creator / Reviewer Harisinh P.
Core/Elective: Core
Pre-requisites Nil
Credit Points

0
Mode of Delivery Subject to demand, hands-on workshops are run biannually, over the FTE of four weeks at EIT campuses, subject to demand. On-campus students may complete specified workshop tasks over the course of a semester.
Unit Workload 120-160 hours total under professional supervision

Unit Description and General Aims

Demonstrable practical hands-on work is a requirement of many professional engineering societies and accreditation agencies around the world and is an essential component of the EIT Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering programs.

Whilst these programs include contextualised remote and virtual labs; equivalent to, or considerably more comprehensive than a traditional classroom-based program; it is essential to verify that students are competent in hands-on work skills, including practical tool usage, workplace safety, physical measurement, experimentation, construction, assembly, and working in an engineering team, within the context of their discipline.

The workshops commence with a first aid course, and each session requires students to undertake a job safety analysis. In total, there are four workshops for Bachelor's students, each comprising 30-40 contact hours of activities.

The Hands-on workshops are also conducted to provide supplementary exposure to the course units. Students develop and verify their capability to practically apply scientific and engineering principles. For example, students conduct laboratory experiments related to physics and chemistry; mechanical workshops apply theoretical concepts related to mechanisms, machines, and processes; civil workshops relate to materials, surveying, and construction; industrial automation workshops relate to instrumentation and control; and electrical workshops relate to circuits, power generation, distribution, and electric motors.

The latter workshops foster high-level job-ready design skills using industry-standard technologies, exposure to practicing professional engineers, and reflection upon commercial engineering projects, including systems engineering, stakeholder requirements, current and new technologies, design standards, best practice, realistic job-previews, and sustainability factors; pertinent to practicing technologists and professional engineers.

On-campus and online students will elect to attend any of the biannual FTE four-week workshop deliveries, at an EIT campus. On-campus students may complete specified workshop tasks over the course of a semester.

Students who already possess significant industrial experience in their engineering discipline of study may apply for recognition of prior learning to meet this requirement.

Learning Outcomes

  • BXX001:
    1. Demonstrate the ability to conduct risk assessment and apply risk elimination strategy in industry.
      Bloom's Level 3
    2. Demonstrate hands-on experience and skills in basic engineering measurement.
      Bloom's Level 3
    3. Demonstrate the ability to conduct scientific experiments and perform data analysis.
      Bloom's Level 4
  • BXX002:
    1. Demonstrate the ability to construct and analyze electrical circuits.
      Bloom's Level 3
    2. Examine and analyze electrical equipment.
      Bloom's Level 4
  • BXX003:
    1. Demonstrate practical knowledge to analyze and evaluate common electrical engineering problems.
      Bloom's Level 3
  • BXX004:
    1. Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of a professional engineer.
      Bloom's Level 4
    2. Develop an understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities at workplaces.
      Bloom's Level 5
    3. Develop professional skills to design and analyze real-world projects using industry-standard technologies.
      Bloom's Level 6

Student assessment

Assessment Type When assessed Weighting (% of total unit marks) Learning Outcomes Assessed

BXX001 Assessment – Manual Tasks

Type: Hands-on practical activities.

Activities include: first aid, job safety, case studies, scientific experiments involving measurement and analysis using manual and digital equipment.

Tasks and activity instructions, and answer sheets provided in the student manual.

Equipment and materials are provided in scheduled venue.

Only approved work is to be undertaken under professional supervision during designated delivery times. Enclosed footwear must be worn, loose clothing and jewellery should not be worn.

All tasks and activities for a given workshop must be completed to a sufficient standard and verified by the supervisor.

 During Delivery 25% 1 to 3

BXX002 Assessment – Manual Tasks

Type: Hands-on practical activities.

Activities include: Soldering components, using sensors and actuators, terminating wires, constructing and programming control circuits, assembling cables, using data communication protocols, and using AC and DC machines.

Tasks and activity instructions, and answer sheets provided in the student manual.

Equipment and materials are provided in scheduled venue.

Only approved work is to be undertaken under professional supervision during designated delivery times. Enclosed footwear must be worn, loose clothing and jewellery should not be worn.

All tasks and activities for a given workshop must be completed to a sufficient standard and verified by the supervisor.

 During Delivery 25% 1, 4, 5

BXX003 Assessment – Manual Tasks

Type: Hands-on practical activities.

Activities include: Using transformers, power generation and distribution equipment, VFDs, earthing, LV and HV training equipment, renewable energy systems, and switchgear.

Tasks and activity instructions, and answer sheets provided in the student manual.

Equipment and materials are provided in scheduled venue.

Only approved work is to be undertaken under professional supervision during designated delivery times. Enclosed footwear must be worn, loose clothing and jewellery should not be worn.

All tasks and activities for a given workshop must be completed to a sufficient standard and verified by the supervisor.

 During Delivery 25% 1, 3, 6

BXX004 Assessment – Manual Tasks

Type: Hands-on practical activities, case studies, site-visits, and/or presentations with reflective reports.

Tasks and activity instructions, and answer sheets provided in the student manual.

Equipment and materials are provided in scheduled venue.

Only approved work is to be undertaken under professional supervision during designated delivery times. PPE must be worn if instructed. Enclosed footwear must be worn, loose clothing and jewellery should not be worn.

All tasks and activities for a given workshop must be completed to a sufficient standard and verified by the supervisor.

 During Delivery 25% 7 to 9

Prescribed and Recommended readings

Required Reading

  • BXX001C Measurement Science Workshop – STUDENT MANUAL
  • BXX002C Power and Control Workshop – STUDENT MANUAL
  • BXX003C Electrical Engineering Workshop – STUDENT MANUAL
  • BXX004C Professional Practice Workshop – STUDENT MANUAL

Optional Reading

  • Hands-on Workshop RPL Application Form

Unit Content

Week 1 – BXX001C

Measurement Science

  • Task 1
    • First aid
    • Job safety analysis
    • Engineering case studies
  • Task 2
    • Measure dimensions with callipers, micrometre, spherometer
    • Measure fluid and gas properties with manometer and Boyle’s law apparatus
    • Measure thermal properties with thermal camera and calorimeter
  • Task 3
    • Measure forces in equilibrium using a lever and fulcrum, force board with spring scales, and simple form truss
    • Measure elongation of an object under tension demonstrating Hooke’s law
    • Use a load cell to determine weight
  • Task 4
    • Use vernier sensors and LabQuest data loggers to determine work done by lifting an object up an inclined plane
    • Use vernier cart and track sensor system to calculate force, velocity, and acceleration as well as collision velocity
    • Calculate projectile velocity using a ballistic pendulum
  • Task 5
    • Use an oscilloscope with amplifier and oscillator and a sound level meter to take signal and sound level measurements
    • Use a digital voltmeter and ammeter with power supply and test components to take current-voltage characteristic measurements of ohmic and non-ohmic devices
    • Use Planck’s constant apparatus to investigate the relationship between photon colour and frequency
    • Use a magnetic field sensor with coil to determine the relationship between turns and field strength
    • Corresponds to:
    • BSC102C Electrical Circuit Theory and Analysis (Core)
    • BSC103C Engineering Dynamics and Mechanics (Core)
    • BSC107C Physics and Chemistry for Engineers (Core)

Week 2 – BXX002C

Power and Control

  • Task 1
    • Soldering, wiring, joining, and applying heat shrink
    • Assembling and testing circuits
    • Verifying circuit functionality and control logic for microwave simulator
  • Task 2
    • Cat5 cable termination and testing with a LAN cable tester
    • Insulation testing
    • Fibre optic cable assembly, splicing, and testing
    • MODBUS protocol between PC and RTU over serial
    • MODBUS protocol between two PCs over ethernet LAN
  • Task 3
    • DC generator using hand-crank kit and coils, verify with multi-meter and oscilloscope
    • DC motor using hand-crank kit and coils, verify with multi-meter and oscilloscope
    • AC generator using hand-crank kit and coils, verify with multi-meter and oscilloscope
    • AC motor using hand-crank kit and coils, verify with multi-meter and oscilloscope
  • Task 4
    • H-bridge assembly and DC motor control using PWM and Arduino
    • Interfacing with and verifying several sensor types using Arduino
    • Manual VFD operation
  • Task 5
    • Line-follower robot kit, verification of connections
    • Running the code and verifying operation
    • Adapting the code for target behaviour
    • Introduction to PLC programming using ladder logic and PSIM
    • PLC timers and traffic light control using PSIM
  • Corresponds to:
    • BSC102C Electrical Circuit Theory and Analysis (Core)
    • BEE106S Fundamentals of Electronics
    • BEE108S Direct Current and Alternating Current Motors
    • BSC201C Engineering Programming (Core)

Week 3 – BXX003C

Electrical Engineering

  • Task 1
    • Circuit breaker testing and verification
    • Earthing kit and surge protection
  • Task 2
    • Spark coil igniter kit for voltage gap arc determination
    • Transformer component assemblies and configuration testing
    • AC motor control via PLC and VFD using Rockwell Studio 5000
  • Task 3
    • Wind-solar hybrid power training system testing PV power supply and system, wind power supply and system, inverter system with loads and monitoring
  • Task 4
    • High and low voltage power supply and distribution training system testing high- and low-tension switch cabinets, incoming line measurements, feeding switch gear, discharging, power flow and quality experimentation
  • Task 5
    • Electrical power transmission and distribution experiment testing three-phase asynchronous control, motor jogging, star-delta connections, alternator driving, inverters, power measurement, RC, RL, and RLC in transmission line, and single-phase synchronous generation

Week 4 – BXX004C

  • Tasks:
    • Technical design workshop using professional software
    • Any of: presentations and case studies on technology, industry, job preparation, and best practice, site visits
    • Self-reflection

Software/Hardware Used

Software

  • See workshop manuals and bill of materials.

Hardware

  • See workshop manuals and bill of materials.

Unit Changes Based on Student Feedback