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Engineering Placement Report

  • 03-05-2012 01:05PM
    #1
    glord
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    I am doing an 8 week engineering placement and must write up a report.I have been told by some people that they should be 10 pages long and by others 40 pages.

    Does anyone here know what length they usually are?


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  • #2
    joeKel73
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭joeKel73


    I did a 20 week (PEP) engineering placement back in 2007 and our placement report was ~20pages. I had a look over the emails and here's the outline we were given (but it's probably different now)...

    The report incorporates the following work-integrated learning:
    • Information about the company, e.g. location, type of work, employees and departments.
    • Area the student worked in.
    • Summary of project/s completed.
    • Technical/business experience acquired.
    • Achievement of some of the Programme Outcomes:
      • Ethics within the organisation and the IEI code of ethics (1-2 pages)
      • Teamwork within the organisation (1-2 pages)
      • Critical analysis of Learning Outcomes achieved (1-2 pages)


  • #3
    ethernet
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    The above should give you something to go on.

    Just searched my archives and found this from two years ago:
    PEP Report

    Incorporate the Learning and Programme outcomes of PEP into your PEP Report

    Learning Outcomes of PEP

    Host Org creates an environment…..Think, Reflect, Plan, Act, Grow Expand..
    SKILLS………
    • Personal Management Skills
    • Information Skills
    • Opportunity Awareness Skills
    • Problem Solving Skills
    • Decision Making Skills
    • Action Planning/Implementation Skills

    Personal Management Skills
    • Identify personal skills, abilities, values, interests, needs, strengths, weaknesses
    • Plan career path achievement of Long term career and Life-Long Learning
    • Final year project

    Information Skills
    • Identify information needs to career management
    • Identify & utilise info to your continuing education
    • Gather, critically analyse, interpret and store info

    Opportunity Awareness Skills
    • Recognise, evaluate, benefits, costs, risks involved
    • Develop opportunities strategic planning, creativity, networking
    • Identify continuing professional development, further education

    Problem Solving Skills
    • Identify problem, apply solution using your analytical scientific & engineering
    knowledge
    • Critically assess potential solutions & choose appropriate solution

    Decision Making Skills
    • Recognise your own style influence by work integrated learning experience
    • Use range of aids & techniques to assist & improve
    • Reflect personal characteristics, values, needs and preferences

    Action Planning/Implementation Skills
    • Career/future education goals
    • Resources and people available to assist you
    • Demonstrate competence in Job-hunting skills; Application form, CV, Interview
    techniques

    IEI Programme Outcomes

    Academic Programme Outcomes

    a) The ability to derive and apply solutions from a knowledge of sciences, engineering
    sciences, technology and mathematics;

    b) The ability to identify, formulate, analyse and solve engineering problems;

    c) The ability to design a system, component or process to meet specified needs, to
    design and conduct experiments and to analyse and interpret data;

    Personal Programme Outcomes - PEP specifically focuses on……

    d) An understanding of the need for high ethical standards in the practice of engineering,
    including the responsibilities of the engineering profession towards people and the
    environment;

    e) The ability to work effectively as an individual, in teams and in multidisciplinary setting,
    together with the capacity to undertake lifelong learning;

    f) The ability to communicate effectively with the engineering community and with society
    at large.

    ...

    The PEP Report should include:
    • Information about the company, location, product, employees & departments
    • Area the student worked in
    • Summary of project/s completed
    • Technical/Business experience acquired
    • Achievement of the Programme Outcomes
    • Critical analysis of Learning Outcomes achieved

    Your Company Supervisor will complete an Assessment Report on line

    Mine was 9 pages (single spacing with a few pics) :pac:


  • #4
    muchacho
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    Did mine last year, I wrote about 15 pages for it. The length very depends on how much you have done project-wise while on placement, just try and make out that you have reached all the outcomes mention in ethernet's post.
    At the end of the day the P.E.P. placement & report is only worth 1.5 etcs, which is a bit of a joke considering the amount of work involved. I know that one of the Dublin colleges give 10 etcs for it.

    Best of luck with final year!


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