Characterising the Australian engineering workforce and engineering graduate occupational outcomes using national census data Palmer, Stuart and Campbell, Malcolm 2016, Characterising the Australian engineering workforce and engineering graduate occupational outcomes using national census data, in PAEE/ALE 2016 : Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education and 14th Active Learning in Engineering Education Combined Conference and Workshop, Project Approaches in Engineering Education Association, Guimarães, Portugal, pp. 69-76. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads palmer-characterisingthe-2016.pdf Published version application/pdf 658.42KB 69 Title Characterising the Australian engineering workforce and engineering graduate occupational outcomes using national census data Author(s) Palmer, Stuart orcid.org/0000-0002-2517-0597 Campbell, Malcolm orcid.org/0000-0001-5865-2966 Conference name Project Approaches in Engineering Education and Active Learning in Engineering Education. Combined Conference and Workshop (2016 : Guimarães, Portugal) Conference location Guimarães, Portugal Conference dates 6-8 Jul. 2016 Title of proceedings PAEE/ALE 2016 : Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education and 14th Active Learning in Engineering Education Combined Conference and Workshop Editor(s) Lima, Rui M. de Graaff, Erik Alves, Anabela Menezes, Andromeda Mesquita, Diana Dinis-Carvalho, José Bettaieb, Lamjed van Hattum-Janssen, Natascha Costa, Nelson Sousa, Rui M. Fernandes, Sandra Villas-Boas, Valquíria Publication date 2016 Start page 69 End page 76 Total pages 8 Publisher Project Approaches in Engineering Education Association Place of publication Guimarães, Portugal Keyword(s) curriculum design engineering education qualifications occupational outcomes Summary The purpose of undergraduate engineering education is to develop graduates who are capable of commencing professional engineering practice. Professional education should equip graduates with the skills, knowledge and attitudes required for their initial professional practice. It should also enable the capacity to continue the professional development required to refresh knowledge and skills as the graduates mature and the nature of professional engineering work develops. However, it is true that many graduates from professional engineering programs, either immediately or at some later time, pursue a career outside of professional engineering. The reasons for this are widely speculated upon, and are no doubt complex. In this regard, the professional engineering workforce, the undergraduate engineering education system, the links between them, and the occupational outcomes for engineering graduates in Australia are similar to many other developed nations. Using the latest Australian national census data we present a detailed analysis of the makeup of the professional engineering workforce and the occupational outcomes for graduates of undergraduate engineering programs in Australia. The data show that the Australian professional engineering workforce is comprised of people with a wide range of educational qualifications, and, even immediately post-graduation, many Australian engineering graduates pursue non-engineering occupations. This analysis presents important findings for those designing undergraduate engineering curricula that seek to equip students for the best employment outcomes, given the nature of the professional engineering work environment, and the short- and long-term occupations that engineering graduates actually pursue in Australia. ISBN 9789892068299 ISSN 2183-1378 Language eng Field of Research 091503 Engineering Practice Socio Economic Objective 930501 Education and Training Systems Policies and Development HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed ERA Research output type E Conference publication Copyright notice ©2016, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30084975 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. 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