Industrial Engineering(IE) has been active in Australia prior to and since 1959. Initially IE focused on basic IE tools such as Time & Motion and Work Study, as well as Operations Research Techniques, Project Management etc. The practitioners of IE were mainly vocationally trained in the Technical and Further Study(TAFE) system. Since the 1990’s, the majority of IE practitioners have been University Trained usually outside of Australia. There are now 3 universities that deliver degree-based IE training, 2 of which are accredited by Engineers Australia.

Please note that this is an observational finding presentation and not an academic research paper.

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Keywords: industrial engineering in Australia, industry recognition, area of practice, IE techniques, AI