Munster

Are you ready for a technically advanced engineering career?

Redefine your engineering future with the Advanced Diploma of Engineering. Develop specialised technical skills to step towards a future as an engineering technician, detailed drafter, or maintenance technician. 

Workers in industry have options available for flexible study. Explore the electrical and mechanical study pathway options.

Gain these skills

• carry out mechanical engineering drafting and design
• analytical work involving manufacturing and fabrication techniques
• understand the application of engineering principles, systems, and processes
• draw and design mechanical equipment
• maintain mechanical systems
• workplace health and safety
• Graduates are typically employed in areas such as computer aided design and drafting, process plant drafting and design, machine drafting and design, air conditioning drafting and design, shipbuilding drafting and design, plant maintenance supervision (building on a trade background), and other general engineering and technical positions.

Have you got a keen eye for drafting and design, and want to make your mark in the world of mechanics and machines? Reach the next level of your dream career in Engineering with this technically advanced qualification, which is recognised Australia-wide.

Be guided by our team of expert lecturers who are industry professionals, as you learn a strong foundation of in-demand theoretical and technical skills to prepare you for mechanical, mechatronic, manufacturing and maintenance engineering fields. Take a bite out of each area, find out where your talents lie and pursue the pathway of your future specialisation.

You'll also be trained in how to be a draftsperson and create engineering drawings, learning how to operate computer-aided design (CAD) system to produce drawings and create 3-D models. Gain skills to interpret drawings for manufacturing of equipment, design basic mechanical systems, apply mathematical techniques in engineering and coordinate projects in preparation for real-world employment.

You'll receive high level training, learn dynamic technologies and be job ready for roles such as Engineering Technician or Detailed Drafter across a range of industries including defence, mining, manufacturing, oil and gas, automotive and many more.

Get your career machine up and running, advance your current knowledge and become a highly skilled engineering professional.

Pursue your career in a wide range of engineering fields

This course will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge, including  workshop and measurement skills, to allow you to produce drawings for manufacture.
 Learn how to use and operate computer-aided design (CAD) to create drawings. In addition you will work in teams to produce projects.
On successful completion of this course you may be able to work in a number of different engineering related industries including mining and mineral processing, manufacturing, oil and gas and automotive.

Gain these skills

• Workshop Basics including Hand Skill and Measurement
• Drafting Skills with link to workshop
• Problem solving and project work

Play your part in powering the world around us and become qualified for an exciting and diverse career as an Electrical Engineer.

In the digital era with technology rapidly advancing, Electrical Engineers have a skillset that is in- demand and vital to the operation of systems and devices we rely on at home, at work, and as entire communities and cities.

Be guided by our expert lecturers who are industry professionals and become equipped with a specialised skillset to provide electrical support, diagnose faults in electrical systems, facilitate repairs and solve a range of electrotechnology engineering problems. Be trained in how to program logic controllers using Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), electrical design, motor control and computer programming, as well as writing project specifications to prepare you for facilitating real-world electrical projects.

You'll gain skills for implementation of smart homes (Internet of Things), automated industrial production line mechatronics and administering or upgrading infrastructure for small to large scale businesses.

This high-level course incorporates STEM skills which lead to a job of the future in a dynamic and well-paid industry. You'll be workforce-ready for roles such as Electrical Engineering Technician.

Automation is just one of the Industry 4.0 trends in accelerating the efficiency of organisations and utilising new and emerging technologies to automate processes. Be ahead of the curve and ensure your path to a job of the future.

This course allows students to gain knowledge and skills to perform the tasks associated with a role in industry working in Remote Control operations centres.

Gain these skills:

• optimising performance of a complex control system within the organisation
• using knowledge of the organisation’s value chain to improve quality outcomes
• optimising automated operations as a controller in a specialist area
• maintaining continuity of operational control through effective briefings and handovers
• using a range of communication technology to communicate remotely with team members or other stakeholders
• managing situational awareness and other factors that affect personal performance to reduce the likelihood and severity of errors
• making informed decisions in known or predictable situations and undertaking dynamic decision making in complex, high consequence situations
• controlling automation safety risks
• influencing quality outcomes through collaborative work practices and informal leadership of colleagues.

Kick start your career in process plant operations! Our Certificate II in Process Plant Operations offers students exposure to the fundamentals of process plant operations. You will learn to use and operate production equipment to directly produce particular materials and substances. 

This course forms part of the Chemical, Hydrocarbons and Oil Refining Training Package (PMA16) and offers a number of specialist unit streams. It is typically used to prepare new employees or develop existing workers performing an operational role in the following chemical, hydrocarbons or refining sectors.

Gain these skills:

• fine chemicals
• heavy chemicals
• petrochemicals
• hydrocarbon extraction
• hydrocarbon transmission
• hydrocarbon processing/refining
• minerals processing/refining
• metalliferous processing/refining
• metals smelting/processing
• other related areas

Specialised facility at Munster Campus 

Students study this course at our state-of-the-art engineering building at Munster campus, featuring a real-life operating plant, an attached control room and technical engineering workshop rooms. 

Do you want to take control of your future?

When you finish the Certificate I in General Education for Adults you will have better reading, writing, maths, and computer skills.

Gain these skills

• how to make a plan
• simple reading and writing
• how to make simple documents
• basic computer skills
• simple maths and working with money

The Certificate I in General Education for Adults is approximately equivalent to Year 9 for the purposes of applying for a TAFE course and will meet the entry requirements for most Certificate II, III or IV level TAFE courses.

The Diploma of Civil Construction Design prepares you for working as a designer or design para-professional who supports professional engineers. They perform tasks involving a high level of autonomy and requiring the application of significant judgement in planning and determining the selection of equipment/roles/techniques for themselves and others. They are required to develop site specific work designs to ensure the implementation of the client’s site requirements. They demonstrate the application of a broad range of technical, managerial, coordination and planning skills.

The course content has been designed and selected as recommended and supported by industry to ensure graduates have a strong understanding of Australian standards, business practices, national codes and guidelines. 

Gain these skills:

• Schedule and estimation of construction tasks
• Calculate foundation and footing requirements
• Manage a project schedule, cost and risk
• Knowledge of structural requirements, local building and construction standards, codes and practices
• Structural mechanics: loads, analysis, materials, and design of building members such as columns, beams, trusses and portal frames
• Simulating various load conditions to determine the strength and stiffness of structure by reporting component stress, strain and deformations
• Create detail drafting, technical specifications, schedules, and bill of quantities for a building project
• Building Information Modelling (BIM) implementation through planned coordination to deliver specific project outcomes, time and cost savings
• Detailed designs of both rural and urban roads, surface and subsurface drainage
• Investigate location of underground services and their impact on projects
• Calculating, sizing and selecting infrastructure components
• Geometric designs to optimize operational efficiency and road safety
• Analyse, interpret and apply Australian, MRWA and Austroads standards and guides
• Stormwater capture methods 

Become part of the wave of future technologies in automation

Automation is just one of the Industry 4.0 trends in accelerating the efficiency of organisations and utilising new and emerging technologies to automate processes. Be ahead of the curve and ensure your path to a job of the future.

This course allows students to develop a good understanding of the emerging technologies in the resources sector. Learn how automation is innovating mobile and fixed plant operations, get an introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and process control operations. These skills are in high demand in the sector, so graduates will be well placed to pursue a traineeship or apprenticeship following this course. 

Gain these skills:

• awareness of an autonomous workplace and how it operates
• what unique safety systems are present
• how the human-machine interface operates
• what, why and how data is used within such workplaces