Overview
- Drive sustainability and innovation by learning to design and manage intelligent automated systems that improve industrial efficiency and reduce environmental impact—play a key role in shaping a cleaner, smarter future.
- Fast-track your degree with credit for prior TAFE qualifications or relevant work experience, making it an ideal pathway for both new and experienced learners.
- Build strong technical foundations in electronics, circuit analysis, signal processing, microcontroller programming, control systems, and fault diagnostics—equipping you with the skills to operate and maintain complex automated systems.
- Graduate job-ready and industry-recognised, having met Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standards through applied learning and a capstone project that prepares you for Associate-level roles in operations, maintenance, and automation engineering.
Career outcomes
With your graduate expertise you have the opportunity to work with some of Australia’s biggest companies including Sunwater, Santos, Ergon and Origin. Some potential roles include:
- instrumentation control and automation engineering officer
- instrumentation technician
- control systems technician
- process control technician
- maintenance technician (automation systems)
- field service technician
- positions in private engineering firms
- roles involved with producing essential goods or services through food processing, resource extraction, rail engineering, manufacturing and packaging industries.
Professional accreditation
The Associate degree is provisionally accredited by Engineers Australia and graduates are eligible to apply for Graduate membership at the Engineering Associate level.
What you'll study
Explore the courses you'll study as part of this major.
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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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