CBProductions Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 I thought of myself and the rest of the crew at my workplace. I.E Sound engineering , Lighting engineering, A/V Engineer.Yes engineers are undervalued but that is because they dont really moan about there work as they enjoy it so much and if they dont they usually quit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleee Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 (edited) I'd consider myself a half engineer, as I've got a-levels in mechanical engineering and might be able to get a job with my qualifications, but without experiance it's very hard. Im doing an HND in engineering at the minute and after that i'll either go into employment or go to uni, depending on what sort of money i'd be earning if I was to go into work.There is two distinct ways to get into 'engineering' in northern Ireland at least.You can do it the academic way and continue with schooling/college and get professional qualifications (hnd/degree) or alternatively;you can do an apprenticeship type thing and work your arse off for three years getting £110 a week for full time hours and a £15,000/yr job at the end of it. This is usually in the field of car mechanics, but I know a fella who works for shorts in belfast aswell. At the end of your three years you get qualifications, but I don't think they are even the equivalent to A-levels, more like NVQ's and such.I'd consider those who go off and do the academic route or work their way up the chain to be the real engineers. Those who are content to take their place in the production line following a process sheet or working in a local garage on bog standard every day cars, while they may be able to perform their specific tasks better than the aforementioned 'engineers' are perhaps only able to perform the tasks which they have been specifically trained in as part of the employment induction or whatever.An engineer can be anything from someone operating a lathe to the person who designed the lathe and made the drawings for it.The reason so many people associate engineers to car mechanics is because car mechanics are the closest thing to engineers most people ever come into contact with. Edited April 28, 2006 by jake1516 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipsy Jock Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 First word that popped into my head was chartered as in chartered engineer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Greenthumb Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 someone who fannys about with bits of metal and a flame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank_rider Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 MeYes i am an engineer (well i will be officially in 2 months), with MEng after my name and everything!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 oooo question.. will i get BEng after my name? altho aftet these exams ill hopefully be on MEng.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alun Goch Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 "I am an engineer" ?First thing to my head was "You are an engineer" Alun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank_rider Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 oooo question.. will i get BEng after my name? altho aftet these exams ill hopefully be on MEng..Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 I think of a guy in overalls covered in oil/grime looking puzzled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Thought of a Mechanical pencil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanPoet Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Civil engineer. Only because I wanted to be one back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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