Engineering business and the environment
Unit summary
This unit provides the student with the opportunity to understand how engineering businesses operate, their processes and the internal and external factors that affect the business. The unit also develops an understanding of the importance of working as a competent employee and the need for registration and regulation within engineering industries. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to learn about clean manufacturing, including the sources of environmental pollution and the engineering methods used to control them.
Students will also learn about the costs of manufacturing in terms of minimising waste and re-work, and the sustainability of resources and processes.
Students will apply mathematical methods to analyse engineering processes and environmental data to provide evidence about the effects of industry and urbanisation.
Unit details
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04 Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies
Task-based controlled assessment
| Learning Outcome |
Assessment Criteria |
| 1 understand background information on engineering company profiles |
1 Engineering company profiles
a describe the different organisational structures that exist and their trading environments
b describe the different job roles and career pathways that exist and how they vary according to the size of the company
c recognise the contribution of engineers to the different functions in a company
d carry out research as a member of a team:
i allocating roles
ii taking responsibility
iii providing support and feedback to others. |
| 2 understand the role of project management and the link between risk analysis and the requirements of current legislation |
2 Role of project management and link between risk analysis and the requirements of current legislation
a explain and use project management skills in order to optimise the use of resources throughout a project life cycle, including the use of sub-contracting services
b explain the concept of risk analysis and the impact of current legislation on modern industrial practices
c produce a business case for a project with associated simple risk assessments. |
| 3 understand environmental issues relevant to the engineering industry. |
3 Environmental issues relevant to the engineering industry
a explain the environmental and social impacts of engineering activities on the sustainability and depletion of resources
b consider the short- and long-term initiatives to offset environmental change and the depletion of natural resources
c carry out research, including data collection related to environmental sampling
d apply mathematics to chemical processes and data analysis, and undertake simple chemical analysis |