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Your case has been passed to me for an informal review.

Generally, Transportation Engineering is seen as a specialisation of
Civil Engineering.  That is why it is listed in the ANZSCO Dictionary
under the unit group  2332 CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS (see copy
attached), which includes;
233211 Civil Engineer
233212 Geotechnical Engineer
233214 Structural Engineer
233215 Transport Engineer

Transportation engineering is the application of technology and
scientific principles to the planning, functional design, operation and
management of facilities for any mode of transportation in order to
provide for the safe, rapid, comfortable, convenient, economical, and
environmentally compatible movement of people and goods (transport). It
is a sub-discipline of civil engineering.

Transportation engineering is a major component of the civil
engineering discipline.  Examples are given.

Engineers in road and traffic engineering are involved in the planning,
design, construction, operation and asset management of highways, roads,
bridges and associated facilities, including related bicycle, pedestrian
and public transport facilities. They may also analyse parts of the road
network or specific locations with high traffic volumes and/or high
collisions, followed by the identification and implementation of safety
and capacity improvements, including the application of Intelligent
Transport Systems.

Railway engineers handle the design, construction operation and asset
management of freight railroads and mass transit systems that use a
fixed guideway (such as heavy rail, light rail, trams and monorail).
Typical areas of focus include development of rail track alignments and
associated civil infrastructure and facilities, including bridges,
stations, sidings, intermodal terminals, together with signalling,
communications and power systems. Rail engineers can also work in the
field of train dispatching which focuses on train operations control
systems.

Port and marine engineers handle the planning, design, construction,
operation and asset management of ports, harbors, marinas, canals, and
other maritime facilities.  Typical areas of focus include wharfs,
jetties, breakwaters, channel dredging, ship mooring and navigation
aids, ship loaders and land backed intermodal facilities.  Practioners
in this field may also work in the area of coastal hydrodynamic
modelling and ship berthing and loading/unloading simulation.

Airport engineers plan, design and construct runways, taxiways, aprons,
terminals and hangars, baggage handling systems, aircraft refuelling
systems, fire and emergency rescue services, airfield lighting and
navigation aids. Airport engineers also plan, design and construct
airport landside facilities , such as access roads and parking areas and
provide all essential services (power, water, waste water,
telecommunications) necessary for the running of an efficient transport
hub.

Engineers Australia accredited Engineering degrees typically comprise
80% engineering content and 20% science content.  For example, the BE
(Civil & Transport) @ Uni of South Australia comprises; 16% transport
engineering, 16% structural engineering, 13% engineering design, 10%
water/fluids/hydraulics, 9% soils/geotechnical engineering, 9% civil /
construction, 3% environmental engineering, 3% other engineering; 3%
materials, 3% surveying, 6% maths, 3% chemistry, 3% computing, 3% other
non-eng.  The transport modules include; Road Design & Traffic
Management, Traffic Engineering, Road Safety Engineering, Transport
Modelling, Transport  Land Use & Environment.

In contrast, your bachelor degree transcript is engineering by title,
BUT NOT BY CONTENT.  The emphasis appears to be on the financial,
economic and management aspects of transport, not the engineering of
assets and facilities.  The only identifiable engineering module is
Systems Engineering, which comprises approximately 2% of the course.
Similarly, the masters degree focuses on the planning and management
aspects, and has only 15% engineering content.

In summary, neither the qualifications nor career episodes support
recognition as an engineering professional, but rather appear more
aligned with the occupation Traffic and Transport Planner ANZSCO
232611.

You may, if you wish, appeal the decision.   Your submission will be
reviewed by an independent body within Engineers Australia, for which
there is a Review fee of AUD $200.00.   Request for a formal Review must
come in writing under your signature, along with fee payment.  Please
note that a Review considers the original submission only and does not
permit the submission of any new material.  If you wish to submit new
material, you must make a new application.

Regards

Dr Grahame Crookham FIEAust CPEng NPER (Civil)
Qualifications and Skills Assessor
Migration Skills Assessment
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