Engineering Careers

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ENGINEERING CAREERS : Engineers use maths and science to solve all sorts of technical problems. They are interested in how things work and are given opportunities to design, invent, create, maintain and improve everything from buildings to bridges and aeroplanes, to plastics and computers. As an engineer, the world is in your hands.

There are many different types of engineering. The main types are electrical, chemical, mechanical, risk, civil, aeronautical, agricultural, biomedical, environmental, materials and mining. Discover how you can get involved in the maintenance, testing and quality of existing technologies, and the design and creation of new products.

Career FAQs Engineering can give you practical guidance from people in the field through interviews with a project manager, RAAF engineering officer, hydrographic surveyor, principle engineer, senior geotechnical engineer, consultant, PhD student, senior radio planner, managing director, graduate civil engineer, senior designer and environmental engineer.

This book also offers advice from people who started their careers as engineers and moved into areas such as investment banking, management consulting, marketing, accounting, information technology, telecommunications, and many other fields.