Experience Categories

Your CPD experiences will fall into one of the activity categories below.

You need to make sure that at least 210 hours (50% of your total hours) will be from Engineering-related experiences.

Curriculum Experiences

A curriculum experience is active work directly related to a Monash unit, but outside the regular classroom hours.

You can count a maximum of 70 hours Engineering Curriculum experiences and no more than 70 hours of Non-Engineering Curriculum experiences.

Curriculum examples

• Group work outside of class
• Presentation preparation outside of class
• Research, homework and assignment preparation
• Final Year Projects (FYP’s)
• Study Exchange/Study Abroad Programs
• Global Immersion Guarantee (GIG) unit
• Research, Experimentation and Discovery (RED) unit
• Monash Volunteering Program (MVP) unit

Work Experiences

A work experience can be paid or unpaid.

Engineering work experience examples

• Engineering-based work experience or volunteering at any Engineering firm (any specialisation), in-person or virtually
• Inustry Experience (IE)
• Engineering Co-Op Internship program
• Monash Industry Innovation Program (IIP)
• Monash Innovation Guarantee (MIG) (if engineering focused)
• Industry-Based Learning (IBL) for Software Engineering Students
• Virtual internships with companies such as Forage, Prosple or Engineers Australia (if engineering focused)

Non-engineering work experience examples

• Work experience in an Engineering-related company without being supervised by an engineer (i.e. cleaning or administration)
• Part time employment
• Another Faculty’s Industry-Based Learning (IBL) or Work Integrated Learning (WIL) equivalent
• Non-Engineering Monash Summer/Winter Research Programs

Professional Development Experiences

A professional development experience is any activity or event that helps you to develop or apply your professional skills or knowledge.

Engineering Professional Development Examples

• Committee member or active member of any Engineering-based Monash Team, Club or Society – but only those hours that are related to engineering activities (e.g. MESS, SMUCE, MEES, UAS, MMS, MHP, HPR etc.)
• Monash Engineering Career Ready Series
• Engineers Australia Young Engineers CPD Series
• Engineering-related Hackathons
• Monash Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) Leader
• Training or short-courses outside of Monash that are engineering-related

Non-engineering Professional Development Examples

• Active member / committee member of a non-Engineering-based Monash Club or Society
• FaME mentoring program (mentee or mentor)
• Sporting club coach, trainer, Scout leader, etc
• Training and short courses
• Monash Ancora Imparo Program
• Volunteering at O-Week, Enrolment, Open Day, Lab sessions
• Leap into Leadership Online (Monash)
• Career Connect “How To” workshops

Passive Experiences

A passive experience is something with no input or output. (This does not include Virtual Internships which are considered engineering related work experience)

You can count a maximum of 35 hours of passive experiences towards your CPD.

Passive experience examples include engineering related seminars, videos or workshop recordings

Individual Project Work Experiences

Individual project work experiences are engineering activities not directly related to a Monash unit that students undertake independently.

You can count a maximum of 35 hours of individual project work towards your CPD.

Individual Project Work examples include applying your engineering knowledge to build a machine or product in your own time, or individual tutoring work that has some relationship to your engineering skills.