What is Engineering?
What is
engineering
Almost everywhere you look, you will see something that has been engineered and manufactured in some way.
Engineering is responsible for some of the best inventions known to man and things that we could not do without in everyday life. Manufacturing and Engineering is therefore vital to our society. Here are just a few examples: cars, planes, trains, phones, buildings, power, medicine and even our food!
The Main Types of Engineering:
When it comes to understanding Engineering as a discipline, it is useful to break it down into its various types, as seen below:
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Engineering Careers
Engineering = an amazing career choice
Engineering is vital to the UK economy, generating over £1.2 trillion per year!
Workers in Engineering account for 19% of all UK employees.
The median salary of full-time employees working in professional engineering occupations range between £30,360 and £51,279.
Every year, around 124,000 additional engineers and technicians with core engineering skills across the economy are needed.
It is estimated that there is an annual shortfall of between 37,000 and 59,000 individuals for core engineering roles requiring level 3+ skills.
Plus:
In the West Midlands alone there are more than 20,000 Manufacturing & Engineering companies that design and make things. Just a few then!
Engineering is soooo varied…
Engineering is all about solving problems and making new ideas a reality by using specialist technical and practical skills.
It’s about maths, science, research, prototypes, design, production and maintenance. Designers, makers, testers, fixers, analysts – there are so many roles in Engineering.
With so many industries and options – check out the next page to make sense of it all.
Engineering Career Paths
You could choose to specialise by the industry that you’d like to work in, for example:
- Aerospace (planes)
- Automotive (cars)
- Motorsport
- Healthcare & Medical
- Food Manufacturing
And so on………
Or, you may choose to specialise by the different Disciplines of Engineering:
- Mechanical
- Electrical
- Mechatronic
- Hydraulic/Pneumatic
But your job will be governed by one of these 5 steps:
Which route will you take?
