Beschreibung:
This book explains engineering practice, what engineers actually do in their work. This book has been written for engineering students, graduates and novice engineers. Engineering schools will find the book helpful to help students prepare for professional internships and also for creating authentic practice and assessment exercises.
Part 1 - Preparations for an engineer: 1 Engineering: doing more with less, 2 Engineering practice, 3 Seeking paid engineering work, 4 Neglected perception skills, 5 Listening, 6 Reading documents, 7 Reading people, 8 Seeing and creativity. Part 2 - Workplace learning: 9 Learning the ropes, 10 Engineering knowledge, 11 Knowledge is a social network, 12 Making things happen, 13 Working safely, 14 Making big things happen, 15 Generating value in the enterprise, 16 Estimating costs, 17 Navigating social culture, 18 Sustainability, 19 Time management, 20 Frustrations, Epilogue - next steps.