Introduction to Engineering Technology, 7
th
ed.
Pond and Rankinen
©
2009Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.
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Introduction to Engineering
Technology
Seventh Edition
Robert J. Pond & Jeffery L. Rankinen
Chapter 2
Career Choices in the Engineering
Technologies
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th
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Introduction
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Major Technical Areas
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Chemical Engineering Technician (ChET)
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Civil and Architectural Engineering Technician
(CET)
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Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technician
(EET)
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Computer Engineering Technician (CpET)
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Industrial Engineering Technician (IET)
–
Mechanical Engineering Technician (MET)
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Chemical Engineering Technician
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Major areas
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Research and development
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Production
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Technical Sales
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Chemical Engineering Technician
(ChET)
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Specialty areas
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Biological engineering technology
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Nuclear engineering technology
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Materials engineering technology
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Environmental engineering technology
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Petroleum engineering technology
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Chemical Engineering Technician
(ChET)
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Personal qualities needed
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An ability to work well with others as part of a
team
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An aptitude for and enjoyment of detail work
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Accuracy and patience when conducting
laboratory tests
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An ability to exercise care when working with
toxic chemicals or disease
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causing organisms
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Civil and Architectural Engineering
Technician (CET)
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Occupations
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Surveying roads
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Implementing the plans for large structures
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Supervising the building of highways
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Constructing bridges
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Infrastructure inspection
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Civil and Architectural Engineering
Technician (CET)
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Specialty Areas
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Property surveying
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GIS/GPS technician
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Architectural design technician
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Drafting and design technician
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Civil and Architectural Engineering
Technician (CET)
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Civil and Architectural Engineering
Technician (CET)
•
Personal qualities
–
A willingness to work with others as a part of a
team and to direct others
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An aptitude for science and mathematics
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A need to exercise creativity and an ability to
make decisions
–
An ability to think and plan ahead
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A willingness to travel and work outdoors
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Civil and Architectural Engineering
Technician (CET)
•
Drafting and Design Technician
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Mechanical drafter
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Electronics drafter
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Personal qualities
•
An ability to learn new software
•
Creativity and artistic ability
•
Attention to detail
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Electrical/Electronic Engineering
Technician (EET)
•
Electrical
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involves hard
-
wired systems and
high
-
power systems
•
Electronic
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involves low
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power devices
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Electrical/Electronic Engineering
Technician (EET)
•
Careers
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Field service representative
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Instrumentation technician
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Electromechanical technician
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Biomedical electronics technician
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Communications technician
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Computer Engineering Technician
(CpET)
•
Computer engineering technician (CpET)
–
services, connects, and programs personal
computers or mainframe computer systems.
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Computer Engineering Technician
(CpET)
•
Occupations
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Information technologist
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Network specialist
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Personal qualities
–
A willingness to work with others as part of a team
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Problem
-
solving ability
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A willingness to work long hours to meet deadlines
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A constant drive to be retrained on new hardware and
software
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A willingness to travel
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Industrial Engineering Technician
(IET)
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Industrial engineering technician (IET)
–
involved in methods and time study,
production control, and industrial
supervision.
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Industrial Engineering Technician (IET)
•
IET Occupations
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Production controller
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Quality controller
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Statistical Process Control (SPC)
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•
IET personal qualities
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A willingness to work as part of a team
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An aptitude for mathematics, including statistics
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An ability to do detailed work with a high degree
of accuracy
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An ability to manage effectively with good verbal
skills
•
Manufacturing Engineering Technician
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Quality Assurance (QA) specialist
•
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Industrial Engineering Technician
(IET)
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Industrial Engineering Technician
(IET)
•
Manufacturing Engineering Technician
–
Blend of industrial and mechanical engineering
technologies
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Skills needed
•
A strong work ethic and a good knowledge of quality principles
•
Good report writing skills coupled with competency in oral
communications
•
The ability to form, lead, and work well with teams
•
A strong understanding of computers and of computer
-
integrated manufacturing
•
A variety of basic IET skills and knowledge, such as costing and
pricing, material selection and safety
•
A variety of mechanical engineering technology skills and
knowledge, such as basic turning, milling, grinding, extrusion
and welding operations
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Mechanical Engineering Technician
(MET)
•
Works with power
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transmission equipment
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Examples: lever systems, gear trains, hydraulic
and pneumatic systems, pumps and
compressors, lathes, and milling machines
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Career fields
•
Heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC)
•
Mechanical design (Tool design)
•
Numerical control (NC)
•
Technical sales
•
Fluid power
•
Laser technology
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Mechanical Engineering Technician
(MET)
•
Works with Computer Aided Design (CAD)
extensively
•
Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
•
CAD/CAM
•
Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)
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Mechanical Engineering Technician
(MET)
•
Personal qualities needed to succeed as a
MET
–
A willingness to work with orders as part of a
team and to direct others
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An aptitude for mathematics and science
–
An ability to work with care and accuracy
–
Creativity in design work
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Mechanical aptitude
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