Higher Nitec in Civil & Structural Engineering Design - Institute of ...

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Plain Milling
On completion of the module, students should be able to interpret
technical drawings, mill plain components safely, using a vertical
milling machine and supporting tools, to achieve a linear dimensional
accuracy of IT10, an angular dimensional accuracy of ±30’ and a
surface roughness between 1.6 to 3.2 microns.
Bearing Maintenance Technology
On completion of the module, students should be able to apply the
skills and knowledge to select, replace and diagnose anti-friction
bearing faults.
Electives (Inter-disciplinary)
Advanced PLC Applications
On completion of the module, students should be able to apply
PLC instructions in the design of an industrial automation project
and analogue-to-digital processing using windows-based PLC
programming software.
Workplace First Aid and CPR
On completion of the module, students should be able to apply
basic concepts and principles of first aid to render first aid treatment
at the workplace and perform CPR during an emergency.
Electives (Cross-level)
Visual Basic Programming
On completion of the module, students should be able to apply the
concepts of computer programming and write simple programs using
Visual Basic programming language in windows environment.
Product Prototyping
On completion of the module, students should be able to create
simple design of a product using 3D CAD software and produce a
3D model of it using basic prototyping devices.
Electives (General)
As reflected on page 26.
Microcontroller Applications
On completion of the module, students should be able to design
and write programs for simple microcontroller projects.
Small Business Management
On completion of the module, students should be able to identify a
significant business opportunity, prepare a promotional package and
conduct a sales event for a small business.
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