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Overview
- Speed up your engineering career and build the skills you’ll need for an in-demand mechanical engineering workforce.
- Engage in practical courses, access first-class laboratories and develop highly sought-after skills to excel in an in-demand engineering workforce.
- Design the latest in modern mechanical innovations in the automotive, aeronautical, building, power, mining, manufacturing, and public utility industries. Learn to create and develop efficient, reliable and economical products and processes to advance modern engineering mechanics and machinery.
- Gain a broad perspective of the entire engineering discipline and its practice – build on your existing knowledge of machinery and mechanical trade, translating practical know-how into physical and mathematical principles.
- Undertake work that focuses on specific elements of larger systems; applying established codes, practices, and procedures to manufacture, install, commission and service small and large scale projects involving machines and mechanical systems, such as bulk handling and air-conditioning.
Career outcomes
Potential roles you can apply for include:
- building service technician
- CAD operator
- CAM operator
- maintenance technician or planner
- manufacturing planner or supervisor
- mechanical drafter or designer
- mechanical engineering officer.
Additional career paths include roles in areas such as maintenance, machine and mechanical design, air-conditioning and elevator systems, resource extraction, waste processing, or computer aided design and manufacturing.
Professional accreditation
When you graduate with your associate degree, you’ll be eligible to apply for provisional accreditation with Engineers Australia. Apply for membership after you graduate to become an Engineering Associate and with the experience you will gain from working in the field, you can apply for chartered status as an Engineering Associate.
What you'll study
Explore the courses you'll study as part of this major.
Refer to the UniSQ Handbook for detailed recommended enrolment patterns and course availability.
Relevant degrees for this major
Associate Degree of Engineering
Become a qualified engineering associate and feel confident in any operational environment. You’ll be trained in project implementation, prototype development, problem-solving, and operations and maintenance activities. This associate degree will provide you with an industry-relevant qualification and a pathway to further study.
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