UEEEL0015 - Manage large electrical projects

Unit code: UEEEL0015 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours:
40
Location
Sunshine
Prerequisites
UEECD0007 - Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Overview
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Overview

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to manage large electrical projects.It includes identifying the scope of the project; managing safety, budget variation, personnel, resources and critical path timelines; and completing documentation.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit's learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

  • establishing the scope of the project accurately
  • ascertaining the input of a project
  • developing effective management processes
  • managing resources and variations effectively
  • resolving conflicts
  • adopting risk management strategies
  • maintaining records and submitting progress reports
  • meeting project outcomes
  • dealing with unplanned events
  • applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) requirements, including using risk control measures
  • completing project
  • identifying plant, materials and skills for project.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • electrical project management, including:
  • defining project parameters encompassing:

    project scope
    project stakeholders and clients
    project phases and the relationship between phases
    time requirements and limitations
    resource requirements and limitations
    quality requirements and limitations

  • time-management concepts and standard practices
  • financial management encompassing:

    financial management concepts
    standard practices for managing project finances
    project budgets
    costs
    variations and estimations
    invoicing against project phases/deliverables
    acquittals

  • quality management concepts and practices
  • human resource management concepts and practices within a project
  • communication management concepts and practices within a project
  • risk management and contingencies encompassing:

    risk management concepts, including:
    < internal risks
    < external risks
    < contingencies
    < standard practices for managing risk within a project
    < risk minimisation
    < risk removal

  • procurement management concepts and practices
  • physical resource management concepts and practices relating to equipment, technology, information and facilities
  • contracts encompassing:

    contract format
    contract content
    interpreting contract clauses
    legal obligations of contract parties
    working to contract specifications
    documentation accompanying contracts, such as schedules

  • performance assessment and continuous improvement
  • engineering ethics principles
  • customer/client relations encompassing:

    importance of customer/client relations
    interpersonal skills that enhance customer/client relationships
    dispute resolution
    customer/client relations strategies

  • electrical industry sector customs and practice encompassing:

    equipment procurement, cost-benefit analysis and performance testing
    typical approaches to planning and management
    successful planning techniques
    best practice management methods and styles

  • problem-solving techniques
  • relevant manufacturer specifications and operation instructions
  • relevant plant, materials and skills
  • relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements
  • relevant workplace documentation
  • relevant workplace quality, instructions, policies and procedures.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Advanced Diploma of Engineering Technology - Electrical
UEE62122 | Advanced diploma | Duration:

Refer to the course page for information on how to apply for the course. VU takes care to ensure the accuracy of this unit information, but reserves the right to change or withdraw courses offered at any time. Please check that unit information is current with the Student Contact Centre.

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