Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology - Engineering and Related Design
The Bachelor of Engineering Technology Honours Degree in Mechanical Engineering is a post-graduate specialisation qualification designed to prepare learners for postgraduate study and work in the industry at the higher cognitive levels. This qualification is designed specifically to follow the Bachelor of Engineering Technology in Industrial Engineering. The qualification consolidates and deepens the learner's expertise in a specialised area of Mechanical Engineering and develops research capacity in the methodology and techniques of this discipline while equipping them to undertake more specialised and intensive learning.
Programmes leading to this qualification allow learners to work independently and responsibly, applying original thought and judgment to technical and risk-based decisions in complex situations. Learners of this qualification would be prepared to enter niche roles in the labour market with the option of further studies at the Masters level. Engineering learners completing this qualification will demonstrate competence in all the Graduate Attributes (GAs) contained in the E-09-PT standard, and an eleventh designed to cover Engineering Management. This will be comparable to Exit Level Outcome 11 of E-02-PE, which is the only substantive difference between the BSc (Eng) ELO's and the BEngTechHons GAs.
Engineering is an activity that encompasses initiatives, services and the solution of problems that are of importance to society and the economy. These engineering activities are generally undertaken by a range of engineering practitioners namely engineers, technologists, technicians, and artisans. The various levels of practitioners recognized in categories of registration under the Engineering Profession Act and regulated by the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) are Professional Engineer, Professional Engineering Technologist, Professional Engineering Technician, and Professional Certificated Engineer.
This qualification is intended to provide, in combination with the BEngTech, the educational base for the development of a Professional Industrial Engineer with knowledge and attributes to work in a wide spectrum of industries. The qualification consolidates and deepens the graduate's expertise in a specialized area of Industrial Engineering and develops research capacity in the methodology and techniques of this discipline while equipping them to undertake more specialized and intensive learning. This qualification aims to further the necessary knowledge, understanding, abilities, and skills required towards becoming a competent practicing Mechanical engineer.
This qualification provides:
The ECSA E-09-PT standard, describing this type of qualification, states that the Honours Degree may form part of a combination of qualifications that meet the educational requirements for registration in the category of candidate engineer. With this in mind, the BEngTech (Mechanical Engineering) and the BEngTechHons (Mechanical Engineering) were structured such that the sum of the credits, allocated to the specified knowledge areas, in both qualifications are equal to or above, those specified for the professional Bachelor of Science in Engineering (as defined in E-02-PE).
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