Infrastructure of Engineering

Skill:

There are many qualities
and skills an individual
needs to become an
effective engineer and to
have a successful career.
Engineering is dynamic so
it needs people who can
work across disciplines,
with others, and continually
adapt to new challenges.
Good technical skills are of
course also essential. In
preparation for an
engineering career you
should focus on developing
a variety of skills,
including

Technical Competence: 

The
focus is on having the
necessary technical skills
and ability to carry out your
job. While an engineering
education will provide the
foundation of this
knowledge, as technology is
constantly advancing you
will be expected continue to
learn throughout your
career.

Communications Skills: 

To

be in effective engineer you
must have the ability to
communicate, both in
writing and orally. Focus
on your writing skills,
consider developing a
competency in a second
language and also develop
your public speaking skills.
A good communicator has
influence and most
importantly, gets noticed.

Leadership Skills:

Leadership is more than
just the position you’re in,
it’s about action. An
example where you will
need leadership skills is
during project management
where you will need to plan,
set priorities, delegate,
make decisions and to
influence people. To help
you develop these skills get
involved in a civic, school,
professional or church
group as a volunteer.

Teamwork: 

To be an
effective engineer you will
need the ability to work in a
team environment.
Volunteer activities will
also allow you to gain
experience of team
working. Problem solving:
As an engineer your job will
be to come up with the
answers and to do that you
need the ability to think, to
look at the issues and
come up with a solution.
Good engineers are
therefore to be able to think
critically, analyze options
and to create great
solutions to problems that
they have not encountered
before.

Summary:

 To be an
effective engineer you don’t
need to master each of
these qualities and skills.
The successful engineer is
well-rounded, with
knowledge of the key skills
and an ability to apply
them when needed. It will
take effort on your part, but
the fun is in the learning
and the reward is
accomplishing your tasks
and seeing the impact your
work will have on society.