Engineering maintenance management and reliability engineering have tremendous scope for improving profitability. Since 1985, hundreds of engineers, managers and senior technical people have increased their capability by completing Monash University courses in maintenance management or reliability engineering. Organisations from many industries have gained by improved asset performance, and individuals have equipped themselves for career advancement (see www-mugc.cc.monash.edu.au/gse/postgrad.htm for full details).
Coordinator: Ray Beebe
These one-year, part-time offerings at the Gippsland campus enable professional engineers to complete a specialist selection of units at postgraduate level and, on completion, to obtain the formal award of the graduate certificate in the following streams:
The programs are designed to allow engineers
in full-time employment to refresh some aspect of their academic training, or
to embark on a new aspect of training related to changed employment
expectations. Coursework is offered by off-campus learning mode only.
It is possible for graduate certificate candidates to articulate to the
Graduate Diploma in Engineering Maintenance Management and then to the Master
of Maintenance and Reliability Engineering. An average of 65 per cent or more
is required for those wishing to articulate between courses. The normal entry
requirement is a degree or diploma in an appropriate discipline from an
approved Australian tertiary institution. In many cases, this will be an
engineering degree, but applicants working in an engineering environment with
degrees in areas such as science, business and architecture would be
considered. Equivalent overseas qualifications will be acceptable for
candidates competent in the use of English written language. Such other
academic, industry-based training or management responsibility level that may
be judged by the head of school to give the candidate a good chance of success
in the course may also be taken into account for applicants who do not hold a
degree. In such cases, specific documentation of industrial experience and
responsibility must be supplied.
In some circumstances, candidates may be required to undertake preliminary
studies before embarking on a graduate certificate program. There may be a
restriction on the maximum number of non-graduate enrolments in any year. For
the maintenance management program, attendance is required at a residential
school of four days in July (or in August at Knoxville for students in North
America).
Coordinator: Ray Beebe
This part-time course is offered only by off-campus learning mode at the Gippsland campus. It consists of eight two-semester units and normally takes two years to complete. Attendance is required at a residential school in each year.
Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Engineering Maintenance Management are able to articulate to the Master of Maintenance and Reliability Engineering, provided they have maintained an average of 65 per cent or more.
Coordinator: Ray Beebe + Gippsland + Normally completed in two or three years of part-time study by off-campus learning + Each six-credit-point full-year unit requires about four hours of study per week + Students are required to attend one four-day residential school in each year
This course will be of greatest benefit to graduate engineers who are involved with the operation and maintenance of industrial, public sector or defence systems. Students can also articulate from each of the following existing courses: Graduate Certificate in Maintenance Management; Graduate Certificate in Reliability Engineering; and Graduate Diploma in Engineering Maintenance Management.
Admission to the Master of Maintenance and Reliability Engineering requires
(a) a university honours degree in engineering; or (b) in circumstances
considered special by the faculty board, a university pass degree in
engineering; or (c) a university pass degree plus honours-equivalent experience
appropriate to the field of study; or (d) completion of the Graduate Diploma in
Engineering Maintenance Management with an average not less than 65 per
cent.
The degree comprises 48 credit points of coursework, but if entered by
articulation, students would need to complete 72 credit points in total to
complete the degree. Depending on the manner of entry to the program, the first
two years of part-time study cover coursework required for one or other of the
graduate certificates in maintenance management or reliability engineering
and/or the Graduate Diploma in Engineering Maintenance Management. This enables
articulation from the graduate certificates or graduate diploma to the masters
program, for those who have performed at the requisite standard, while
providing alternative pathways for those who perform less well.
The following units are available in the maintenance management/reliability engineering graduate programs:
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