Preliminary Research and Presentation $(25$ marks$)$

I Conduct preliminarily research on local engineering companies whose operations relate to your studied engineering discipline. Your objective is to learn as much as you can about the nature of engineering work at the company and the requirements for gaining employment with said company.

Your presentation will demonstrate your expectations and identified gaps in knowledge pertaining to:

$$ Possible research methods and sources of information $($see below$).$

$$ The nature of work at the company.

$$ The company organisational structure and culture.

$$ Knowledge and skill requirements for employment in an identified engineering job role or roles.

$$ The use of technology at the company.

$$ The workflow, processes, duties, and responsibilities of an identified engineering job role or roles at the company.

Relevant sources of information for this research include:

$$ Company website

$$ Social media

$$ News reports

$$ Job descriptors $($recruiting$)$

$$ Review sites $($former clients or employees, reliability can be tenuous$)$

$$ Company publications and reports

$$ Products

$$ Emails

$$ Phone calls

$$ Site visits

I Deliver a $9-11-$minute recorded video presentation $($strict time limit$).$

I The requirements are as follows:

II Submit your slides $.$pdf format $($for on$-$campus or online slide$-$upload delivery$),$ in the assessment submission box on Moodle before the submission deadline

III Record your $9-11-$minute presentation using Loom video recorder $($or similar another recorder like Screencastify is fine as well$).$

Paste the link of your recording within your assessment report.

Mark penalties will apply for going above or below the specified time.

I Your presentation must contain the following:

II Effective verbal delivery skills.

III Effective non$-$verbal presentation $($photos$,$ slides and body language if visible$).$

IV Company detail including information with proper references, research methods, and gaps in knowledge, as well as the nature of work at the company.

V Workflow, processes, and duties of the engineers at the company, job requirements and work opportunities with the company.

VI Organisational structure and culture

VII Opportunities of continued professional development in the company

VIII Answers to gaps in understanding, research methods used to address them $($what questions, etc.$)$ and reflection on what was learned and how it is applicable to your professional development.

IX Observe the marking rubric at the end of this document to see how marks will be allocated.