I am Goutham Premkumar, a student of Edith Cowan University pursuing a master’s degree in Engineering and my specialization is in Instrumentation, Automation and Control Engineering. I completed my bachelors’ degree in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from Anna University, India. I also have a professional experience for a year as service engineer.

My cousin was working in a reputed automation corporation as an Instrumentation Engineer and he inspired me to do a bachelors’ degree in instrumentation. The urge to gain more knowledge made me to do the master’s degree. I strongly believe that engineering qualification and the educational qualification I gain from ECU will help me to get a hike in my career.

SKILL 1: WRITING AND ORAL COMMUNICATION

Effective communication helps other people to understand what we try to explain to them, so I try to develop strong communication skills.

Development during industrial experience

I was really fortunate to be a part of organization where I was able to develop both technical and communication skills. It was a part of my job to give a formal report about my findings from examination and service or maintenance the instruments need. I also have to discuss with my colleagues about the work.

Development during semester

For every assignment I had to do some research work before doing the assignment which was a new experience for me. There were of presentations as a part of the curriculum which really improved my vocabulary.

Development outside the coursework

I work as a console operator at a petrol station. I had to interact with a lot of people speaking different accents of English. It was really challenging for me to understand them in the beginning. After few days, I got used to it and it really improved the way I communicate with other people.

SKILL 2: TEAMWORK

Working in team is the efficient way to complete a work. Most of the engineering work are carried out as a team. Every engineer must have the ability to work as a team.

Development during industrial experience

I had worked in many projects as a team. When we visit an industry for a service, as an Instrumentation Engineer, I had to work with mechanical engineers, technicians. I like to work as a team and this helped me to learn many things about teamwork.

Development during semester

For A2 my group members suggested many ideas for the topic. I was really hard to consolidate everyone’s idea. But my industrial experience helps me work as a team.

Development outside coursework

Apart from studies I took part in various group activities such as organizing functions, camps etc., I worked as a team to make the programs successful.

SKILL 3: PLANNING, PRIORITIZING AND ORGANIZING WORK

Proper planning makes everything perfect. It helps us complete the work in time.

Developed during industrial experience

When we get a project from the customer we have to plan and divide the work among various departments. Planning helps us in effective time management and completing the work in time. Sometimes I will be handling more than two projects. So every day I needed to prioritize the work.

Development during semester

We have many assignments, presentations, labs and exams during the semester. I have to plan my work and prioritize the work which needed immediate attention. This helped me finish the work in time.

Development outside the coursework

Every shift I work have a list of duties such as cleaning, stocking and checking for expires which I have to finish. Every time I have to prioritize and plan my work because number of customers

visiting the shop is not predicable.