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Jobs in Engineering

Professional engineers may work as.

Design engineers (инженеры-конструкторы): They work as part of a team to create new products and extend the life of old products by updating them and finding new applications for them. Their aim is to ensure quality and reliability of the design and to introduce new components and materials to make the product cheaper, lighter, or stronger.

Installation engineers (инженеры по монтажу): They work on the customer’s orders to install equipment produced by their companies.

Production engineers (инженеры по производству): They ensure that the production process is efficient, that materials are handled safely and correctly, that possible faults are corrected.

Just below the professional engineers are the technical engineers (инженеры-технологи). They require a detailed knowledge of a particular technology – electrical, mechanical electronic, etc. They may lead teams of engineering technicians (техников). Technical engineers and engineering technicians may work as:

Test/Laboratory technicians (техники по произведению лабораторных испытаний): They test samples of the materials and of the product to ensure quality is maintained.

Installation and service technicians (техники по монтажу и эксплуатации оборудования): They ensure that equipment sold by the company is installed correctly and carry out preventative maintenance and essential repairs.

Production planning and control technicians (техники по планированию и управлению производством): They produce the manufacturing instructions and organize the work of production so that it can be done as quickly, cheaply, and efficiently as possible.

Inspection technicians (техники по контролю за качеством): They check and ensure that incoming and outgoing components and products meet specifications (техническим условием).

Debug technicians (техники по устранению технических дефектов): They fault find (определяют неисправности при помощи дефектоскопа), repair and test equipment and products down to component level.

Draughtsmen/women (чертёжники): They produce the drawings and design documents from which the product is manufactured.

Look through the text again. Who would be employed to:

1. test completed motors from a production line?

2. find out why a new electronics assembly does not work?

3. see that the correct test equipment is installed on a production line?

4. find a cheaper way of manufacturing a product?

5. see that a new product is safe to use?

Using the knowledge you have gained from the text Jobs in engineering try to identify the jobs of these workers from their statements.

1. We perform standard chemical and physical tests on samples, usually as a result of a complaint from inspectors on the production line. We are an important part of production. We have the authority to stop the line if we find something seriously wrong. It’s interesting work, and we’re able to move around from test to test and chat. Sometimes the work gets a bit repetitive.
2. We measure up the components to see that they are the right size and shape, and we make any minor adjustments ourselves. All along, parts will need adjusting slightly and you have to check things at each stage with measuring instruments.
3. I find my job a very satisfying one. It’s never easy to say exactly why one likes a job. I think the basic thing I get out of my profession at the moment is the creativity that is involved in design work. You start from square one with a plain sheet of paper. You draw a component. You design something and perhaps a few months later you can see the end product. And you get told whether or not your design works! I think it’s that aspect that I find most satisfying.
4. My company makes desalination equipment. It takes the salt out of sea water so it can be used for drinking and irrigation. A lot of our customers are in the Middle East. I have to go there whenever new equipment is being set up to make sure it’s properly installed and everything is running OK.

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