In the engineering profession, an Engineering Report contributes to effective management, communication, decision-making and teamwork by providing a synthesis of the various elements that are relevant to a given project. The report can be developed by individuals or collaboratively as a team.

An Engineering Report can be developed for a new project that involves the synthesis of a new design, or it can be prepared as a result of the analysis of an existing engineering application. Engineering Reports may be related to individual components, complex engineered products or engineered systems.

The process of reporting on investigation and practical activities in this course will be through the preparation of Engineering Reports.

In the Preliminary course students will learn to understand the significance of an Engineering Report and then develop an Engineering Report. Students are first required to produce a component of an Engineering Report in Engineering application module 3, Braking systems, before producing a complete Engineering Report in Engineering focus module 4, Biomedical engineering.

In the HSC course students must produce one Engineering Report from either of the two Engineering application modules of Civil structures or Personal and public transport, and one from either of the two engineering focus modules of Aeronautical engineering or Telecommunications engineering.

Reports will be less detailed in the Preliminary course than those required for the HSC course. Engineering Reports may include:

• introduction to the purpose of the report

• appropriate research

• analysis/synthesis of related issues

• conclusions and/or recommendations

• references.
  
  

Reports developed in the HSC course should encompass a degree of both analysis and
synthesis of relevant content, and reflect actual engineering practice.

One Engineering Report from the Preliminary course and one Engineering Report from the HSC course must be the result of collaborative work, reflecting the importance of teamwork to successful engineering projects.

• complete an Engineering Report based on the analysis of one type of brake or a component of a braking system

• complete an Engineering Report on the biomedical engineering profession with reference to the following aspects:

–  nature and range of work done

–  engineers as managers

–  technologies unique to the profession

–  current projects and innovations

–  health and safety issues

–  ethics related to the profession and

–  community

–  career prospects

–  training for the profession

–  use of appropriate computer

–  software and presentation

–  technique

• complete an Engineering Report on the telecommunications engineering profession with reference to the following aspects:

–  nature and range of the work of telecommunications engineers

–  engineers as managers

–  technologies unique to the profession

–  current projects and innovations

–  health and safety issues

–  ethics related to the profession and community career prospects

–  training for the professions

–  use of appropriate computer software and presentation technique