AUTO301 – Automotive Engineering Health and Safety
Module code
AUTO301
Module title
Automotive Engineering Health and Safety
Prescription
To provide students with essential knowledge of standards of safety and professional work practices within the automotive industry.
Programmes
- TC1707
NZQA Level
Level 3
NZQA Credits
10
Delivery method
- Web-Enhanced
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 100
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- Describe and apply the regulations of the Health and Safety at Work Act to an automotive workshop.
Identify emergency procedures and apply knowledge of safe working practices in the motor industry.
Apply knowledge of workplace policies and procedures in an automotive workshop.
Communicate effectively and apply customer service techniques to meet stakeholder expectations. - Content
- -Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
-Workplace regulations and requirements
-Risk assessment
-Environmental regulations
-Safe use of hand tools and machine tools
-Hazard management systems in the automotive industry
-Hazard identification
-Job sheets
-Employer/employee rights and responsibilities
-Personal presentation in the workplace
-Communication skills - with stakeholders, managers, customers, peers
-Customer service
-Teamwork
-Self-development and professionalism - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- The primary method of delivering the learning material is Project-based Learning. The teaching and learning material may incorporate workshop activities, laboratory tasks, lectures, online research, training videos, tutor directed learning, student managed learning, individual and group work.
Assessments will be a mix of formal and informal, conducted in group and individual settings. Observational assessments will also be used where appropriate.
Regular feedback to students will be provided including assessment results.
Over the course of a series of projects, it is anticipated that students will develop the skills and knowledge to meet or exceed the learning outcomes. These projects will provide the students with the opportunity to progressively develop their confidence and proficiency. - Assessment Criteria
- Portfolio of evidence100
Assessment in this module is mixed mode. The portfolio is comprised of multiple components. To pass this module, the student must complete and submit all components and gain a mark of at least 50 for each achievement-based component within the portfolio. Students must also meet all of the requirements of the competency-based tasks to be eligible for a final grade for this module. The final grade will be based on the marks achieved in the achievement-based tasks - Learning and Teaching Resource
- Health and Safety at Work Act
Fundamentals of Automotive Technology: Principles and Practice; CDX Automotive; Jones and Bartlett Learning; 2017
An extended reading list will be supplied by the tutor at the commencement of the module. This will be updated annually.
