Graduate Certificate in Corrosion Engineering

This course is tailored to industry needs and can be undertaken while working as there are no requirements to attend classes on campus. It offers a solid grounding in corrosion engineering and will help you develop skills that are relevant to the energy and resources industries, particularly for careers in oil and gas, refining and chemical processing, mining and mineral processing, power generation and defence.

Corrosion impacts many infrastructure systems, manufacturing processes and products. Knowledge of the causes and mitigation of corrosion, from the design stage onwards, is fundamental to engineering. Your individual study plan will depend on the availability and sequence of units within the program.

Please refer to the handbook for additional course overview information. 

What you'll learn

• apply corrosion theories and principles to account for corrosion causes, failures and prevention strategies
• analyse a range of practical corrosion-related problems or situations potentially impacted by corrosion and propose viable and/or creative solutions
• acquire relevant corrosion-related data from the literature and other sources, and interpret or re-interpret the data in synthesising practical reports
• use professional language and technically accurate written work to effectively communicate with corrosion engineers, operators and managers
• describe major corrosion testing methods and prevention technologies, and explain their limitations
• demonstrate self-reliance, motivation and initiative in planning and managing own learning
• describe major international corrosion prevention standards and practices, and their differences
• be aware of the cultural impact of engineering or related operations
• demonstrate behaviours which support and uphold expectations of practicing engineers and the engineering profession