smart51
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 10:00 AM |
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How many engineers do we have here?
How many qualified engineers do we have on here
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macnab
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 10:33 AM |
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You’re not an agency looking for engineers are you??
Cos you can take ours as their a bunch of f&$k'n idiots.
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smart51
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 11:27 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by CaLviNx
Hi
What if category do I put my title in if: (as I did) started as an apprentice mechanic, then did my HND Mec Eng course later in life ?
Hmm, You say you started as an apprentice, then you worked your way up. Tricky that one. 
Do you work as an Engineer, doing design work, or validataion or problem solving. Do you work as a technician doing tests, setting and using up lab
equipment or doing 1st level fault finding. Do you work as an operator loading samples into a machine and pressing the GO button.
[Edited on 23-2-2007 by smart51]
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nick205
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 11:29 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by CaLviNx
Hi
What if category do I put my title in if: (as I did) started as an apprentice mechanic, then did my HND Mec Eng course later in life ?
I'd say the "worked my way up from apprentice" category.
The first one is for people who went to uni, got the certificate and then had to learn how to do the job (no offence to graduates - I am in this
category myself).
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Moorron
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 posted on 23/2/07 at 11:30 AM |
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hmmmmm.
i dont class myself as an engineer as i dont have any form of degree (beng ect). So im voting as a none engineer.
But, i have engineering qualifications at btec level AND i do exactly the same in this office as the Beng/Meng engineers so work that one out.
But im not the sort that classes myself as an engineer and all those who i meet who service boilers who say thay are engineers get a nice
'chat' from me about the real engineers job. I baffle them with stuff they could never do like 'ECN'S, DFMEA's,
Requiment lists, FE, Process control, ISIR's, line balancing, IF, Geometric tolerances and that sort of stuff.
Sorry about my spelling, im an engineer and only work in numbers.
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Big Daz
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 11:34 AM |
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I would need to put the 1st 2 !!
Served an apprenticeship years ago and recently completed a BSc
Daz
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 11:47 AM |
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Awkward sod? 
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mackei23b
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 11:52 AM |
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I've got a BSc in Engineering but the longest I worked for an engineering company (Ferranti) was 3 months and that was in the purchasing
Dept!
I now work in business managment / HR having done a post grad etc.
So I think it is streching the truth now to say that I am an engineer!
Cheers
Ian
[Edited on 23/2/07 by mackei23b]
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 12:05 PM |
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No engineering training at all (who said "and it shows"!)
I am a post-graduate in computer gubbins, but use car and model engineering as a way of relaxation from all the computing b*ll*cks.
Always been a practical, hands-on sort of bod though...
David
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thomas4age
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 posted on 23/2/07 at 12:22 PM |
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Yep engineer with title,
but I'm a sound engineer so nothing constructive (and that's good thing)
grtz Thomas
If Lucas made guns, Wars wouldn't start either.
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mcerd1
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 12:35 PM |
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I scraped my way through a BEng in mech eng (only just got my hon's - I hate the theory/ science/ maths side of it) that was nearly 4 years
ago
I went for an 'easy' life in structural steelwork design - learned (and still learning that) on the job for 9 months - then the other
engineer quit and I was on my own here for the best part of 2 years
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TimC
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 12:35 PM |
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I make orange juice. 
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AdamR
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 12:52 PM |
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Software engineer. I'm not chartered but could be if I could be arsed with the paperwork.
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Sporty
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 01:52 PM |
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Incorporated Electrical Engineer working in Railways. In a consultancy firm so don't actually do anything just tell people what to do.
Also specialise in voltages above 11,000V so not much good for car electrics.
Ian
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Dave J
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 02:07 PM |
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Mechanical and production engineer for the past 36 years. Building machine tools (lathes, grinding M/c's and so on) , research and development
etc etc, run a Uni workshop,so I tentatively think of myself as an engineer........although........ racking my brains to sort a problem on the kitcar,
coming up with all sorts of ingenious yet complicated solutions, the misses hits me with some female logic, solves the problem dead simply and utters
those immortal words:
"Call yourself an engineer?"
Mumble under breath " I wish I'd thought of that"
What would we do without them guys!
Cheers
Dave
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Jay k
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 03:09 PM |
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I started as an motor vehicle apprentice worked upto a technician did that for 11 years and now work for a manufacturer as a technical support
engineer.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 03:30 PM |
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Not really engineering related at all, but British Gas call me an engineer. I don't though, as all I do is change single and poly phase (410V)
meters.
So I've gone for technician. I did try Uni twice, once for MEng Aero and once for Auto, but got so feed up I left after the first semester.
There just wasn't enough grease involved!
[Edited on 23/2/07 by DIY Si]
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 04:02 PM |
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quote:
Do you work as an Engineer, doing design work, or validataion or problem solving.
No i work as an engineer who worked his way up from an apprentice, AND, currently do quite a bit of the hands on design work and problem solving for
(alleged) engineers who are higher up than me and use the phrase "can't we just do it this way" at least once a day. The usuall
answer is NO WE CAN'T followed by an explanation why. Then we give them a couple of options from the real world, and they choose one and call it
their own. I'm sure many of you real "time served" engineeers will relate to this
It's not all what you read in books you know hands on people can be just as clever.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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mcerd1
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 04:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Sporty
Incorporated Electrical Engineer working in Railways. In a consultancy firm so don't actually do anything just tell people what to do.
Also specialise in voltages above 11,000V so not much good for car electrics.
Ian
Done anything on the CTRL project yet ?
-Robert
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Syd Bridge
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 04:28 PM |
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I grew up in a family building boats and commercial and special vehicles. Sprintcars and skiboats were the recreation. So got the manual skills on the
way through from walking time. 'Can I help Grandad?'
Went to uni, then another one, then a few more letters at a place with '*IT' in the name. Now work half my time in overalls, the other
half in front of the cad system. Prefer the overalls though. 
Cars and boats, and some planes.
Cheers,
Syd.
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 04:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by CaLviNx
quote:
Originally posted by smart51
Hmm, You say you started as an apprentice, then you worked your way up. Tricky that one.
Again, I trained as a mechanic, THEN moved to a totally differing direction/area & paid for my own HND in Mech Eng & stepped DIRECTLY into an
engineering post offshore, so as an engineer I DIDN'T work my way up..... so again, whats the category for that ?
Lighthouse keeper?
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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02GF74
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 05:02 PM |
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my friend had a cup that had written on it "I wanted to be an engineor and now I are one".
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mcerd1
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 05:22 PM |
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When I was at uni there were definatly 2 types of student/ lecturer
- the sciency ones who could do all the calcs but didn't know what a spaner is and don't much like getting there hands dirty
- and the much more practical ones who see the science side of this as a nessisary evil they'd rather avoid
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Simon
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| posted on 23/2/07 at 08:35 PM |
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I'm not and haven't the brain (wish I did) for the science behind it.
Anyway, my favourite type of "engineering" is the sort favoured by de Havilland when turning the Gypsy, in to the Tiger Moth.
Whole job was done on a fag packet, and worked.
A friend of mine left school with 9 or 10 "o"s at A grade, 4 A levels (applied and pure maths, pyshics and chemistry) at A grade and went
on to do Engineering and Management Sciences at Manchester Uni, and is now.....
A Gardener
ATB
Simon
ATB
Simon
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Syd Bridge
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| posted on 24/2/07 at 11:02 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by CaLviNx
Hi
What if category do I put my title in if: (as I did) started as an apprentice mechanic, then did my HND Mec Eng course later in life ?
quote:
Originally posted by CaLviNx
After I finished my degree for 3 or 4 months before getting my engineering post I worked as a mobility engineer (repairing wheel chairs &
powered mobility scooters, stair lifts etc )
Is an HND a Degree??
I was told at Southampton Uni just a couple of days ago that, if you studied for a B.Eng (three year course), and left after one year, you got an
HND.
It's people quoting this type of guff quoted above, who are degrading the worth of a 'proper' (and drawn out) education.
Cheers,
Syd.
[Edited on 24/2/07 by Syd Bridge]
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