Assessment Associated Criteria for Exit Level Outcomes

Exit Level Outcome 1:

• Analyse and define the problem and identify the criteria for an acceptable solution.
• Identify necessary information and applicable engineering and other knowledge and skills.
• Generate and formulate possible approaches to the solution of a problem.
• Model and analyse possible solution(s).
• Evaluate possible solutions and select the best solution.
• Formulate and present the solution in an appropriate form.

Exit Level Outcome 2:

• Show competence in the application of mathematics and scientific/engineering knowledge and skills to solve engineering problems relevant to the Dynamics II syllabus.
• Work individually to complete and submit a statistics assignment, testing their knowledge and understanding of statistical variation applied to a design problem.
• Submit an Excel spreadsheet with their analysis/results and a mini report detailing their findings and explaining their results.

Exit Level Outcome 3:

• Conduct the design of a technical device or a subsystem of such a device, applying established engineering design techniques.
• Plan and conduct investigations and experiments.
• Conduct a literature search and critically evaluate material.
• Perform the necessary analyses.
• Select and use appropriate equipment or software.
• Analyse, interpret and derive information from data.
• Draw conclusions based on evidence.
• Communicate the purpose, process and outcomes in a technical report.

Exit Level Outcome 4:

• Analyse data collected from strain-gauges positioned on steel samples with various loading configurations.
• Submit a well-written practical report.
• Determine what an appropriate choice of equipment would be to respond to the question on the scenario assess the test.

Exit Level Outcome 5:

• Use electro-mechanical modelling, control loop design, and computer simulation.
• Demonstrate competence in project management.

Exit Level Outcome 6:

• Produce an assembly drawing and/or parts drawings of the device that they are designing.
• Communicate the technical details of the device to allow its fabrication.

Exit Level Outcome 7:

• Assess the impact of technology on society through a report submission.
• Assess through the submission of a risk assessment form the critical awareness of the impact of engineering activity on occupational and public health and safety.
• Investigate the aspects and impacts of an operation such as a gold mine, an oil refinery, a paper mill or a coal-fired power station.

Exit Level Outcome 8:

• Demonstrate on the WBS and Gantt diagram the captured entire team's planning.
• Provide project planning to the chief designer on time.
• Demonstrate the integrated entire team's submitted design contributions.
• Provide evidence design file that a significant contribution to the completion of the team's design was made.
• Acknowledge the many disciplines that contribute to the debate around problems and solutions.

Exit Level Outcome 9:

• Reflect own learning and determines learning requirements and strategies.
• Source and evaluate information.
• Access, comprehend and apply the knowledge acquired outside formal instruction.
• Critically challenge assumptions and embraces new thinking.

Exit Level Outcome 10:

• Explore the viability of streamlining part of an automobile production line, in calculating the potential cost savings.
• Demonstrate knowledge of issues of quality, operations and maintenance as well as occupational health and safety.

Exit Level Outcome 11:

• Demonstrate competence in project management using tools such as Microsoft Project.
• Show competence in understanding financial statements, cash flow, income and expenditure and balance sheets.

Integrated Assessment:

• Modules in this qualification are assessed using a range of methods and include formative and summative assessments.
• Teaching strategies require an integrated assessment approach using case studies and problem-solving.
• Assignments, tests, presentations, and other assessment methods will be used to assess learners.

Learners will be informed specifically on how each learning objective will be assessed, what constitutes satisfactory performance, and the consequences of not meeting the learning objective.