The course is designed to meet the needs of people employed in technical, supervisory or management positions or people aspiring to such positions. The main aim of the course is to provide people employed in industry with the opportunity to obtain education and training in supervision and management supplemented, if desired, by the opportunity to broaden their knowledge in basic technical engineering topics. The objectives of the course are to produce diplomates who:
* have effective communication, self-management, supervisory, management and basic computing skills;
* have an understanding of management processes and techniques of particular relevance to industry;
* will have problem-solving and decision-making skills which will enable them to function effectively and efficiently in their work;
* understand the complexities and problems associated with the operation and management of industrial organisations;
* will understand the basic legal, moral and economic bases for effective safety programs in industry as well as having basic safety management knowledge and skills;
* have project management skills and a knowledge of associated economic, contractual and legal requirements;
* have an understanding of the human resource management requirements of industrial organisations;
* will have a knowledge of basic maintenance supervision and plant engineering or an understanding of basic technical engineering topics.
Course of studies
The Associate Diploma of Engineering (Industrial Management) is a two-year equivalent full-time course offered by distance education providing training and education in industrial supervision and basic business and management procedures. It also gives the option of studies in basic engineering subjects. The course provides supervision and management training for people working in industry in such positions as technical officers, engineering assistants, engineering and industrial supervisors. These people often work in a supporting role to professional engineers and other professionals, but can also work independently in smaller organisations which do not employ professional engineers. In other organisations employing professional engineers, they may also work independently on reaching senior positions.
The course gives particular attention to the needs of small and medium-sized industrial businesses.
It is designed for part-time study, causing minimum interference to employment by use of distance education study with weekend schools.
Well-motivated students can reasonably undertake four subjects each year, thus permitting completion of the course by four years distance education study. The course is, however, designed to allow maximum flexibility for each student to proceed through the course at a rate appropriate to his or her particular circumstances.
Entry requirements
(a) Mature-age entry: People with an appropriate employment background who are over twenty-three years of age may gain entry as mature-age students under alternative category entry - mature-age provisions.
(b) Year-12 entry: The normal academic requirement for entry is successful completion of a Year-12 course of study, preferably including a pass in English (students wanting to do the technical module preferably should have passed mathematics and a science subject at Year 11).
(c) Successful completion of a two-year full-time (or equivalent part-time) middle-level certificate course at a Victorian TAFE college or similar institution.
(d) Satisfaction of other categories of Monash's minimum tertiary entrance requirements.
(e) Applicants will not normally be accepted directly from Year-12 studies unless they are employed in industry.
An outline of the course structure and content of the associate diploma is set out in the subject lists included after this section of the handbook.
Credits and exemptions
Applicants with appropriate engineering or industrial qualifications may obtain up to a maximum credit of forty-eight credit points. Applicants who have undergone formal employer-conducted industrial training may be eligible for credit up to thirty-six credit points.