2. Work in pairs. Put the knowledge, skills and abilities in the table below:
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Important |
Very Important |
Extremely Important |
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Compare your tables with your partners’ ones. You are going to explain your points of view. Use the information above to help you.
Learning strategy Relating
what you are studying to yourself can help you remember it.
Activity
6
Discuss the questions.
What knowledge, skills and abilities have
you already got?
What knowledge do you have to get?
What skills and abilities do you have to develop?
Activity 7Interview
You are going to listen to a site engineer and a civil engineer speaking about their work.
Do you know?
Chartered
engineer
is a professional qualification in Engineering
(not a degree)
offered by professional
associations.
Examples of such institutions are the Institution
of Engineers
in India,
the Institution
of Engineers of Ireland,
and the Institution
of Electrical Engineers
in the UK.
Many European countries have similar qualifications (e.g. EurIng)
which are considered, under European
law,
to be equivalent.
Http://www.Ieaust.Org.Au/membership/professional.Html Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Skills |
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- to contact suppliers for materials - to talk to people - to make sure work is completed on time and in budget - to adapt to the demands of specific projects - to make competent decisions - to liaise with different disciplines, such as building services, environmental engineering, hydraulics and geotechnics - to liaise with statutory authority - to supervise sub-contractors - to managing logistics - to liaise with materials and equipment suppliers - to interact with the design teams - to compare plans to the work on site and make adjustments - to be involved with the design of projects |
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- good communication skills - technical skills - problem-solving skills - good knowledge of the basics of engineering, finance and contracts - an aptitude for the work - analytical thinking skills - knowledge of contract law, accountancy, report writing - technical skills
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- to get along with people - creativity - to stay enthusiastic about the job when dealing with problematic situations or people - to be good at solving practical problems - not to get too emotional in difficult situations - to negotiate and manage resources and people - to care about what you do - to be able to step outside difficult situations - to be creative
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