| CODE | ENR4006 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Professional Issues in Engineering | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 3 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mechanical Engineering | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit gives students the relevant knowledge and understanding related to legal, environmental and economic issues. The concepts of professionalism and the Engineering Warrant; Professional Ethics; Human Resources and Industrial Relations; Occupational Health and Safety; Sustainable Development and Environmental Management; Commercialisation of R&D; Intellectual Property, and Standards, Risk Assessment; and Financial issues are introduced and described. Study-Unit Aims: The objective of this study-unit is to provide students with the necessary background of social, legal and management issues that they might encounter in the their future careers as professional engineers. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to analyse a particular set of circumstances relating to his professional work with respect to accepted norms of behaviour and to take the necessary actions; such as reporting to higher management, dealing with subordinates, deciding on personal courses of action, etc. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify the right regulations and codes of practise and behaviour appropriate to given circumstances; - assess the situation pertaining to a particular situation in the light of regulations, etc previously identified; - decide on an appropriate course of action to address the problem so identified and assessed; - analyse a given management problem within his competence and propose an appropriate course of action; - carry out a risk assessment. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Ghirlando, R., Lecture Notes on Professional Issues in Engineering, available to students through VLE. - Humphreys Kenneth K., What every engineer should know about ethics, Marcek Dekker, ISBN 0-8247-8208-9. - Ostrom L.T., Wilhelmsen C.A., Risk Assessment, Tools, Techniques and their Application, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 2019, ISBN 978-1-119-48346-5. Supplementary Readings: Website for Maltese legislation and regulations: - http://www.justiceservices.gov.mt/LOM.aspx Websites of relevant authorities: - www.pa.org.mt - www.era.org.mt - www.rews.org.mt - www.mra.mt - www.mca.org.mt - www.mccaa.org.mt - www.transport.gov.mt |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Robert Ghirlando Mario Vassallo |
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