Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology - Engineering and Related Design
The Bachelor of Engineering Technology Honours in Industrial Engineering is a Postgraduate qualification, characterised by the fact that it prepares learners for research and to be able to work in the industry. This qualification serves to consolidate and deepen the learner's expertise in industrial engineering and to develop research capacity in the methodology and techniques of industrial engineering.
Industrial engineering practitioners optimise how organisations deliver products and services by applying and integrating human factors, mathematical modelling, and engineering problem-solving concepts to create more productive, competitive, and safer workplaces. The knowledge and skills of the industrial engineering fraternity apply broadly across many sectors of society, including manufacturing, finance, transportation, health care, communications, energy, construction, entertainment, and government.
The continuous and rapid development of complex technology necessitates levels of conceptual understanding required by the complex problem-solving skills needed. Adaptability to new technologies furthermore relies heavily on the understanding and the ability to apply fundamental conceptual knowledge. The advent of the 4th Industrial revolution requires high levels of Systems Integration, not only in terms of infrastructure and Human Resources but also in terms of the "Big Data" which can be generated, converted into information, and shared across the worldwide web.
The aforementioned via the Internet of Things (IoT) in turn provides for high-level interpretation and remote control/management opportunities. The Bachelor of Industrial Engineering Technology Honours Degree thus will not only enhance the application of research and development to meet the minimum entry requirement for admission to a cognate Master of Engineering Degree, it also provides specialist and contextual knowledge to ensure competitive global production of products and delivery of services in a highly integrated and automated environment. Investigative and research skills will be developed in the integrative Industrial Research and Design project module culminating in both a Research report and a complex problem-solving design.
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