What are some responsibilities of an engineer?

Question by Gianna: What are some responsibilities of an engineer?

I’m doing a project called “Geometry in the Workplace” for my geometry class and one of the careers I chose was an engineer. I need to find out how geometry is used in this job and how often it is used. I assume it is used a lot but I don’t know how. I also need to know the responsibilities of this job and what someone who has this job is like and what characteristics they might have. The last thing I need to know is the possibilities of promotion or advancement in this career. Thank you for your help!

Best answer:

Answer by Andrew
Civil Engineerings who specialize in structural Engineering deal with geometry on a day to day basis.

Take a look at this link http://www.yourotherteacher.com/wbDemo/xmamgiq8a7-28948/trusses-frames-machines.html

This is called “statics” which is used to determine if a structure will be static or not. Say if you design a bridge and the “loads” applied will be the cars going across. You want that bridge to be “static” (not moving) or else bad things will happen (it will fail). Here is another link (just skim over it) http://www.civilcraftstructures.com/civil-subjects/3-methods-for-truss-analysis/

Another type of Engineering that uses geometry is Mechanical
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_engineering

The responsibilities of an Engineer are tremendous. My teachers always told me a doctor can kill one person with the slip of a scalpel but with a slip of a pencil (messing up calculations when designing say a bridge) could possibly kill lots of people. In Canada once you graduate Engineering you are called a Junior Engineer for 5 years until you can actually become a professional Engineer. Once you become a Professional Engineer you will have a stamp that you approve drawings with. If you don’t look over drawings well and find mistakes and put your stamp on it and something goes wrong with the project its your butt on the line.

Characteristics of an Engineer would be highly skilled in problem solving, mathematics and other courses related to Engineering. They need to have good writing skills to write up specification manuals, reports, analysis’. You also need to be a good speaker to make clear what you are trying to say (most Engineering failures are due to lack of communication).

Promotion – Once you finish being a junior engineering and you write a test to become a professional engineer, then you can get your masters in engineering and the get your PhD in engineering. You can also advance by studying other disciplines of engineering, my father is a civil engineer but he does structural, mechanical, geotechnical. Also if you have an engineering degree is does not mean you need to practice engineering. Some high up managers in companies have an engineering degree.

Feel free to inbox me if you have any more questions.

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