Engineering Design and Manufacture Work-based Learning I module (GA10009)

​​Engineering Design and Manufacture Work Baased Learning I at SCQF Level 7 is a year long module that supports the integration of academic study and professional experience on the Graduate Apprenticeship.

The module gives you the structured opportunity to reflect upon and document your experiences gained through your employment during year one, linking workplace practice to the skills and knowledge developed at university.

You will develop your skills in reflective learning and writing, using a reflective framework to articulate your growth as an engineering professional. A reflective journal, maintained throughout the year, records your ongoing experiences and insights, and provides the basis for a final report that evidences achievement against the Skills Development Scotland (SDS) framework outcomes.  

​The report will document high-level professional skills developed in the workplace, including interpersonal skills, goal setting, communication, self-management and teamwork, alongside the technical and theoretical skills developed through your university modules.

An oral presentation at the end of the year communicates your key learning and development to an academic audience. You will be supported through workshops on campus and meetings with your workplace mentor throughout the year. 

​What you will learn

​In this module, you will: 

• ​Use a reflective framework to consider and document your own learning and professional development in the engineering workplace. 
• ​Present evidence of achievement in relation to the Skills Development Scotland Graduate Apprenticeship framework. 
• ​Maintain a reflective journal to support ongoing reflection on development as an engineering design and manufacture professional. 
• ​Produce a structured report evidencing technical and professional skills developed through workplace experience. 
• ​Communicate engineering project details and professional development clearly in written and oral formats. 
• ​Connect academic learning from university modules to practical experience in the workplace. 

​By the end of this module, you will be able to: 

• ​Apply a reflective framework to evaluate and articulate personal learning and professional development in the workplace. 
• ​Present evidence of achievement against the Skills Development Scotland Graduate Apprenticeship framework outcomes. 
• ​Demonstrate technical and professional skills developed through workplace experience in a structured written report. 
• ​Communicate workplace learning and development clearly through oral presentation.​

Assignments / assessments

​​Reflective Journal (25%) 

• ​Given in Week 1, Semester 1 – Due Week 12, Summer term 
• ​Maintain a reflective journal throughout the year documenting workplace experiences and learning. 
• ​Produce a reflective piece drawing on journal entries to articulate personal and professional development. 

​Final Report (55%) 

• ​Given in Week 1, Semester 1 – Due Week 12, Summer term 
• ​Produce a reflective report evidencing achievement of Skills Development Scotland (SDS) framework outcomes. 
• ​Demonstrate interpersonal, technical and professional skills developed through workplace and academic experience. 

​Oral Presentation (20%) 

• ​Held approximately Week 10, Summer term 
• ​Deliver a presentation communicating key workplace learning and professional development highlights. 
• ​Demonstrate clear and concise oral communication skills appropriate to an engineering professional context. 

​This module does not have a final exam.​

Teaching methods / timetable

• ​​Workshops on campus developing reflective writing, journal keeping, report writing and presentation skills. (3 in Semester 1, 2 in semester 2, 1 in Summer term) 
• ​Workplace mentor meetings supporting ongoing professional reflection and development planning. (1 per semester) 
• ​Self-directed learning and reflection connecting workplace practice to academic study.​