Associate Degree in Civil Engineering
Associate Degree in Civil Engineering
Help shape the future of Australia’s infrastructure with this specialised, advanced qualification with TAFE Queensland. This course will allow you to progress your career as an engineering professional and become a technical consultant or engineering associate. According to the Australian Government’s Job Outlook service, civil engineering professionals are a skill…
Categories
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Help shape the future of Australia’s infrastructure with this specialised, advanced qualification with TAFE Queensland. This course will allow you to progress your career as an engineering professional and become a technical consultant or engineering associate.
According to the Australian Government’s Job Outlook service, civil engineering professionals are a skill in high demand with employers finding it hard to fill vacancies. This very large occupation is predicted to grow strongly in the future with around 28,000 job openings expected over the next five years.
In this associate degree, you will develop your skills in the application of civil and structural engineering technology. You will gain specialised knowledge of drafting and modelling structural, municipal and environmental engineering, project management and estimating skills. Our experienced teachers will ensure you can synthesise elements of your theoretical and practical understanding through designing and implementing an engineering project to standards applicable to a modern civil or structural engineering practice.
Successful completion of this course will qualify you to work on infrastructure projects as a civil or structural engineering associate or technical consultant in a variety of industries including engineering, construction, mining and transportation companies, or local and state government agencies. You will also be on the path to further advanced studies.
What can I do?
BIM Coordinator/Collaborator
Engineering Associate
Estimator
Design Drafter
Project Manager
Civil/Structural Designer and Modeller
REQUIREMENTS
Will have completed Year 12 (or equivalent) with a Sound Achievement in Maths (or equivalent).
Assumed Knowledge
Assumed knowledge explains the minimum level of knowledge we believe you have in some Units of Study before you start your Course. It is assumed that applicants will have the following:
English (4, SA) or English (Units 3 & 4, C)
Maths A, B or C (4, SA), or General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C).
Applicants who do not meet the mathematics requirements will be interviewed and may be asked to complete a 20 hours intensive Maths Workshop with TAFE Queensland one week prior to the commencement of semester.
It is however recommended that in order to give yourself the best opportunity of success in this course, you have studied Mathematical Methods (Units 3 & 4, C), or equivalent. Alternatively, applicants may want to consider completion of a suitably qualified Maths course.
English Language Proficiency Standards:
PTE: 50 (min 50 each skill)
IELTS (Academic): 6.0 (Writing 6.0, all other skills no less than 5.5)
ISLPR: 3 on all skills
TOEFL iBT: 60 (13 reading, 12 listening, 18 speaking, 23 writing)
OET: pass at {DQ}C{DQ} level in each of four components
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
TAFE Queensland is the biggest provider of further education and vocational training courses in Queensland. On an average, every year more than 180,000 students complete a course at TAFE Queensland. The TAFE Queensland network is made up of six regions delivering training from Thursday Island to the Gold Coast, from Bundaberg to Roma and across the south-east corner. From the vast roster of courses, international students can choose to apply to over 170 courses in subjects as varied as Accounting, Electronics, Beauty Therapy and Commercial Cooking.
