Business communication is a skill that transcends industries. The ability to communicate is paramount - whether you’re correctly interpreting a client’s instructions, liaising with your colleagues or winning new work.  

This micro-credential proves your ability to effectively communicate with a diverse range of stakeholders at the level of Engineers Australia’s Chartered status. It demonstrates your ability to use communication in an engineering context, including:

• listening actively and with intent
• communicating with influence
• adapting communication to suit a specific audience

Award-winning learning

Engineers Australia's Micro-credentials have been recognised for excellence in education, receiving two LearnX Platinum Awards in 2024 for Industry Specific Learning and Development, and Best Talented Learning and Development Team.

Learning Pathway:

If you first need to build your knowledge, skills and capabilities, the learning pathway is for you. Completed 100% online, it includes: 

• a high-quality program of study, delivered through an online workshop
• an advisory session with an education specialist
• access to our EngLearn platform to lodge your submission
• assessment of your submission by our qualified assessors
• a digital badge upon successful completion 

The Learning pathway begins with the Communication Learning Component.

This includes four hours of self-paced learning and a live online workshop. The self-paced learning must be completed before attending the workshop.

Assessment Criteria

To gain this micro-credential, you will need to demonstrate that you do the following in the workplace: 

1. Understand and apply confidentiality and privacy policies, legislation and standards.
2. Build positive relationships based on respect and trust.
3. Communicate with stakeholders relationally, meaningfully and influentially.
4. Give and receive clear instructions and recommendations on complex topics.
5. Lead, coordinate and collaborate with diverse and multi-disciplinary teams to deliver engineering tasks, activities and projects.

How will I be assessed?

This micro-credential is assessed to the same level as Engineers Australia’s Chartered status (element 8)*.  

To earn this micro-credential, you will need to show that you meet the criteria in practice. To do this, you will prepare an assessment submission consisting of: 

• at least two workplace examples from the last two years
• evidence to support demonstration of the workplace examples, addressing each criterion
• a written explanation of how the workplace evidence relates to each criterion
• a video interview where you answer questions about your workplace examples

This pathway begins with a short course including:
4-hours self-paced learning; and a workshop

The self-paced learning must be completed before attending the workshop