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By nature and necessity, engineers must identify, assess and manage risks. In a similar way to project management and quality management, engineers have been undertaking risk management for centuries, but it’s only been in recent decades that these disciplines have been more clearly defined as systematic processes in their own right. By contemporary definition, risk is the effect of uncertainty on objectives (positive or negative). Australians, including many Australian engineers, have led the world in the development of modern risk management processes, having developed AS 4360 as the first standard on Risk Management in the 1990s, and contributed enormously to the new international standard ISO 31000:2009. Risk management serves as a process of systematically gathering best available information in order to make ‘informed’ decisions, including regarding the creation and protection of value, all the while balancing competing resources in the achievement of often conflicting objectives. Risk is best allocated to those who are able to bear it – or perhaps I’d add, have the capacity to manage it. Properly trained in the discipline of risk management, it is my view that engineers make good risk managers. However, the intensity of risk management must also be commensurate with the nature and scale of the risk. As engineers our solutions must also be viable and sustainable. Apart from being one of the 16 Elements of Competence contained in the updated Stage 2 Competency Standards for Professional Engineers, risk management is also inherent in most of the others. It is therefore necessary
for engineers to demonstrate their understanding and application of risk management as part of becoming Chartered, and before going on to be included on the National Professional Engineers Register. Further, Risk Assessment and Management is also one of the 8 Elements of essential performance included in the PPIR Protocol. Engineers should be able to develop and operate within a Hazard and Risk Framework appropriate to the Engineering Task being undertaken. The Risk Engineering Society, a technical society of Engineers Australia, is holding its biannual National Conference in late September 2012. Located in the Hunter Valley in support of the Year of the Regional Engineering Team, Risk 2012 provides an opportunity to hear about the latest information, advances and challenges in risk engineering. Our challenge as engineers is to develop a risk culture that integrates risk management techniques into our engineering activities, always considering innovative solutions, while still ensuring that stakeholder requirements are addressed and delivered within an acceptable level of confidence and reliability. Brendyn Williams, BE(Civil)(Hons) MIEAust FIPWEA President, Engineers Australia Sydney Division
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I read an interesting book entitled The Future Eaters written by Tim Flannery, which is an ecological history of the Australasian lands and people. The book provides a provoking insight into human nature: that we, almost by default, selfishly and destructively consume the earth’s resources for our immediate enjoyment, without preservation or consideration for earth’s future generations. Numerous anecdotes are offered where initial human groups have pioneered into pristine, placid, preserved, non-human ecologies, and despite the abundance of native plant and animal food stocks have ruthlessly plundered and razed the native food stocks to take them beyond the threshold of extinction (the extinction of Australia’s megafauna 45,000 years ago is an incredible chronological co-incidence with the prime arrival of man). To go one step further, an interesting extension of Flannery’s argument is that the hunter gatherer ecology of early man strained early ecologies fuelling the Out of Africa immigration and propelling the world wide distribution of homo sapiens. Despite speculation as to the anthropological behaviour of early man the cold hard legacy that remains for resource depletion is the importance of national resource identification and strategic management of those resources for future generations. There are numerous national resources that need careful management and that is the point at which Professional Engineers can play an important initiative in the resources that are covered by the Engineering Profession. These include the mining resources of not only coal and iron ore, but also uranium, copper, lead and zinc; the building resources of the prime sites of clay, stone and sand; the agricultural resources of prime pasture and arable land, the timber resources of farmed forests and the water resources of rivers and potential dam sites. Engineering resource conservation is vital for the future survial of our nation and it’s of axiomatic importance that we as a Profession encourage and develop the sound management and conservation of Engineering Resources for Australia’s future and rather than become the Future Eaters, become, as Professional Engineers, the Future Providers. John Nichols BE (Civil), CPEng, FIEAust Deputy President, Engineers Australia Sydney Division
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Career Reflection Jason Lee MIEAust CPEng, Senior Plant Owner – Plant Control Systems, Delta Electricity What made you decide to pursue a career in engineering? When I was younger I enjoyed pulling things apart to see what was inside, and wanted to understand how and why things work. At school I was drawn towards maths and science, and an engineering degree represented the next logical step for me. From here, my eyes were opened to the breadth and depth of the engineering profession, and some of the challenges being faced. What qualifications do you have? I have a Bachelor in Engineering and a Bachelor of Science from ANU, with majors in Mechatronic Systems, Mechanical and Material Systems, and Physics. I recently achieved Chartered Status and am currently part way through a Master of Engineering (Research) program via QUT. Describe your career path thus far. Since graduating I have worked for Delta Electricity at Mt. Piper and Wallerawang power stations. My roles have primarily focused on plant performance and the asset management of electrical and control systems. I am looking to complete a Master of Engineering (Research) program via QUT and work on expanding my professional experience and technical knowledge base. I am currently enjoying the challenges on offer in the power generation industry, and have a strong interest in the areas of control and process efficiency that I would like to explore further. You have recently become Chartered. What does this mean to you? For me, attaining chartered status is formal affirmation of my ability to function competently as a professional engineer. I feel that while University gives us the necessary tools and knowledge to practise as an engineer, it isn’t until we reach the real world that our application of them is properly tested. What is your advice to Graduate Engineers starting out in their careers and their pathway to Chartered Status? I think it is important that you take ownership of your own career and
development. While Engineers Australia or your employer may provide guidelines to achieve Chartered Status or a given promotion, it is ultimately up to you to take responsibility and expand your horizons. Regarding the pathway to Chartered Status, my advice is to: • Work with your mentor to identify particular projects and tasks to assist you in meeting each of the competency standards. This allows you to map out your progression and set realistic goals. • Create a Word document with the competencies that you wish to address as headings each time you start a project. Using this you can record notes and ideas as you complete Jason Lee tasks, reducing the chance of forgetting critical information. Plus, once the time comes to write the final report, the task will be less daunting as you will already have a detailed outline for it. • Ask questions! I have found that most people are more than happy to lend a guiding hand if asked. As this the Year of the Regional Engineering Team and as a member of the regional engineering team, what does this mean to you? I think it’s fantastic the spotlight is on regional engineering teams. From mining, to agriculture, power generation, and a range of other industries, regional engineers play an important role in driving Australia. A lot of big industry exists in regional areas, forming the backbone of our export economy and providing services that are generally taken for granted. While regional engineers may miss out on some of the benefits and facilities available to our city brethren, regional Australia provides a lot of variety in the way of unique opportunities, challenges and lifestyles. I think that we live in a fantastic time, as continual technological improvements are eliminating many of the existing gaps and differences between urban and regional areas.
Interested in getting involved? ...the call for nominations for vacant Division Committee, College Board and National Congress positions for 2013 will open on Monday 9 July 2012 and close on Friday 24 August 2012. Look out for the call for nominations and election advertisements on the web site at: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/elections This is your opportunity to not only benefit from an increased engineering network and to contribute to the governance of Engineers Australia, you will also have an opportunity to influence and to give something back to the profession.
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Warragamba Dam visit As was the case for the last visit organised by WSRG in 2008 to Warragamba Dam, the number of members keen to attend on this occasion surpassed the 30 placements that the Sydney Catchment Authority had granted. All 30 placements were filled by the second day of advertising the event and there was 100% attendance on the day. Attendees were from Engineering Industry, Consulting and Contracting, State Gov Corporations, Local Councils and Educational Institutions. Brian Simmons, Operations Manager with the Sydney Catchment Authority, once again provided an excellent day for attendees. The visit started with an abundant lunch followed by an excellent informative presentation in the new Visitors Centre; then it was off to the crest of the dam followed by an unforgettable experience of a walk down to and through the galleries of the dam and out onto the lower level of the dam. Looking up at
the dam from this point you couldn’t but be in awe at the enormity of this majestic structure. The attendees benefited from the valuable ‘inside’ information received during the presentation on the engineering challenges encountered during the building of the dam and the unique issues confronted during the recent major refurbishment and upgrades. The techniques adopted in addressing these issues were amazing. One can’t help but be proud to be part of the engineering fraternity. WSRG of EA is immensely grateful to the Sydney Catchment Authority for making their resources available to us for this most memorable and unique experience. Con Calfas, MIEAust CPEng WSRG Committee Member
Nominations for the IREE Neville Thiele Award Nominations for the IREE Neville Thiele Award are now open. To nominate online please go to www.engineersaustralia.org.au/itee-college/awards. Nominations close 28 September 2012. The Information, Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering (ITEE) College of Engineers Australia would like to inform you that entries are now open for the 2012 IREE Neville Thiele Award. The IREE Neville Thiele Award is the most prestigious award of the ITEE Col- lege of Engineers Australia. It is named in honour of Mr A N (Neville) Thiele OAM and recognises The Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers (IREE). The IREE represented the profession of radio and electronics engineering in Aus-tralia for many years and. Neville Thiele is an outstanding Australian Electronics Engineer, former President of the IREE and a world renowned expert on audio engineering standards and the design of loudspeakers. The award targets younger members of the engineering team, by recognising their recent career achievements and service to the community.
Eligibility The 2012 IREE Neville Thiele Award recognises eminence in the disciplines of Information, Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering; with a cash award of $10,000. A recipient of the IREE Neville Thiele Award must: • be an Australian citizen or permanent Australian resident;
• be less than 41 years of age in the year which the award is made, and be eligible to be a member of Engineers Australia in the grade of engineer, technologist or associate / officer. The award will be judged solely on the following criteria: • the candidate will meet the eligibility criteria; will have made, within the preceding five years, significant practical and/ or theoretical contributions to the art and practice of engineering in any (or several) of the following disciplines: o Communications Engineering; o Computer Systems Engineering; o Electronics Engineering; o Information Engineering; or o Software Engineering; and • will have made significant contributions to the community.
2012 Nominations Nominations for the 2012 IREE Neville Thiele Award are now open, and will close on 28 September 2012. You can self-nominate for the award by providing the requested information, and identifying two suitable referees. Alternatively, you can nominate and act as referee for a person who you consider worthy of the award. The award is jointly sponsored by the ITEE College and the Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers Australia Foundation (IREE). engineers sydney AUGUST 2012 5
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Aerospace Futures Conference 2012 The Australian Youth Aerospace Association (AYAA) is a body of students who volunteer their time to promote the aerospace industry to young Australians on a not-for-profit basis. The Aerospace Futures Conference, which is one of their major annual events, seeks to acquaint 250 delegated university students from various institutions around Australia with the numerous opportunities that await them in the aerospace discipline upon graduation. This year the conference was held at Rydges Resort in Sydney from Tuesday 10 July to Thursday 12 July. Industry representatives who presented at the conference were: Brett Biddington – ASRI; Andrew Drysdale – RAeS; Dr. Michael West – AIAA; Tim Yeung – Defence Intelligence Organisation; Dr. Sonya Brown – Quickstep Technologies; Joe Corrigan – Aspire Consulting Global Pty Ltd; Malcolm Robertson – BAE Systems Australia; Katherine Bennell – EADS Astrium; Campbell Pegg – OHB Systems; Peeter Wilkinson – European Space Agency; Dr Kimberly Clayfield – CSIRO; Anthony Wicht – Space Policy Unit; Dr Salah Sukkarieh – Australian Centre for Field Robotics; John Vine – DSTO; Dr Andrew Dempster – Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Michael Davis – Adelta Legal; Shaun Wilson – Aerospace Concepts; Enrico Palermo – The Spaceship Company; Dr Naomi Mathers – VSSEC; Lyle Roberts – VSSEC / NASA Ames Research Centre; Dr Brad Bailey – NASA Ames Research Centre; Michael Killeen – QANTAS; Dr John Young – UNSW Canberra; Max Vozoff – mv2space LLC; Cynthia Chen and Michael Kretzenbacher – SGAC; and Micahel Brett – RAS Australian Division. Between presentations, delegates were encouraged to interact with the representatives and take advantage of the presence of the Aerospace Futures industry exhibtion booths furnished by: • ACSER • Advanced Composite Structures Australia • Aerospace Concepts • American Insitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics • Astrium • Australian Aerospace • BAE Systems • Defence Intelligence Organisation
Richard Hanna and Anna Holtby. • Department of Industry Innovation Science Research and Tertiary Education • DSTO • Engineers Australia • LOKTAR Recruitment • QANTAS • Royal Aeronautical Society, Australian Division • Southern Hemisphere Summer Space Program • The University of New South Wales • The University of Sydney The Aerospace Futures Conference has thus far been in a different Australian capital city each year that it has been held. This is the first year that it was held in Sydney, and the Aerospace Futures Conference committee are commended for delivering a well-organised, informative event that has benefited so many aerospace students in such an enjoyable manner. Thanks also goes out to the many volunteers, exhibitors and speakers who donated their time and efforts to make the conference the resounding success that it was.
Young Engineers Sydney Young Engineers Australia Sydney have been busy over the last couple of months, throwing events and planning for the future. On 21 June YEAS teamed up with the Australian Institute of Project Management’s Young and Emerging Project Professionals (YEPP) division to co host a networking and problems solving night. The night gave Young Engineers with an interest in project management the chance to meet and mingle with project managers who do not necessarily work in the engineering space. The event gave us all the opportunity to trade war stories and a robust discussion developed about the relative pros and cons of engineers / project managers. This was the first time YEAS has teamed up with YEPP and proved a great success which will hopefully grow in to a fruitful long term partnership. Also, on 18 July YEAS held its annual Young Entrepreneurs Workshop proudly sponsored by Davies Collison Cave (DCC). The event was a unique opportunity for young engineers to learn about the pitfalls of starting one’s
own business as well as hear from the experiences of actual entrepreneurs. The night featured presentations on securing Intellectual Property, an easy guide to market research and some actual lessons from a successful young entrepreneur. The night also included food and drinks and the opportunity for young engineers to network and ask questions about their own planned ventures. As this newsletter goes to print the YEAS would have hosted the trivia night at Paddington RSL on 10 August as part of the Australian Engineering Week. The event is a fundraiser for Engineers Without Borders and we ask guests to dress as something starting with either E, W or B. Each year the event proves to be a lot of fun with many fancy dress ups and plenty of laughs. Pat James, StudIEAust YEAS Chair
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Fellows, Save the Date! Fellows Luncheon Engineers Australia Sydney Division conducts Fellows Luncheons to welcome new members who have upgraded to Fellow Status. The luncheons are very popular among current Fellows as an opportunity to meet their peers. Date:
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Mon 20 NSW Coastal Ocean and Ports Engineering Panel Half-Day seminar Sydney Harbour: Natural Environment, Transport & Infrastructure Harricks Auditorium 12:00 for 12.30 to 17:30 Contact: Alan Betts Email: alan.betts@urs.com Cost: Members $80, Non-members $100, Students $30 Thurs 23 Joint Electrical Engineering Institutions Passive Sonar Signal Processing for Underwater Vehicles Harricks Auditorium 18:00 to 20:00 Contact: Gohulan Markandoo Email: gohulan.markandoo@ huawei.com Cost: Free Mon 27 Society for Sustainability and Environmental Engineering E10 Fuel Production and Use Harricks Auditorium 17:30 to 19:30 Contact: Matthew Guy Email: sydneyssee@ engineersaustralia.org.au Cost: To be advised
Tues 28 Civil and Structural Engineering Panel Detailing of Reinforced Concrete Structures Zenith Centre, Corner of Railway and McIntosh, Chatswood 17:30 for 18:00 to 19:30 Contact: Ken O’Neill Email: Ken.ONeill@aurecongroup. com Cost: Free Tues 28
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Thurs 30 Southern Highlands & Tablelands Regional Group The Quest for the Higgs Particle Mineral Springs Room, Mittagong RSL 18:00 for 18:30 Contact: Gerald di Corpo Email: secretary_shtrg@ engineersaustralia.org.au Payment: Members $30 : Guests $35 : Students Half Price : Seminar Only $10
SEPTEMBER Mon 3 Australian Society for Defence Engineering The Australian Army School of Military Engineering Harricks Auditorium 17:30 to 19:30 Contact: Doug Roser Email: dougroser@bigpond.com Cost: Free Thurs 6 Centre for Eng. Leadership and Management Mentoring Program 2012 Harricks Auditorium 17:30 to 19:30 Contact: Jon Lee Email: jonhlee@optusnet.com.au Cost: Free Wed 12 Australian Geomechanics Society, Sydney Chapter Liquefaction Hazard in Australia Harricks Auditorium 17:30 to 20:30 Contact: David Airey Email: david.airey@sydney.edu.au Cost: Free Thurs 20
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Online CPD Presentations slides and notes of following events now available online to download at: www.engineersaustralia.org.au/sydney/techpresentations • Passing the Baton and the Role of Leadership in Inspiring the Next Generations of Engineers • Coal Seam Gas Symposium – 10 July 2012 • Storm surge flood level modelling during cyclones for Port Hedland • RAMS, Systems Engineering and Systems Thinking
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View video streams of following Sydney events and over 500 more covering all areas of engineering at: http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/webcasts/ mediavisionz • Fixed Links and Long Span Bridges, Fifteen Years of incredible Challenges in Structural Engineering • Thordon Bearings • Tenability Criteria for Building Fires • Marine Fouling Control Technologies