Engineers

The career of choice that I have researched is a Mechanical Engineer.  Mechanical engineers in 2010 earned an average of $78,160 annually and the employment growth of this career is expected to grow by 9% through 2020.  This field of engineering is also the broadest of all the engineering fields and because of this broadness; mechanical engineers can work alongside many of the other engineering disciplines.  Mechanical engineers have the skills and knowledge to work in engineering services, research and development, manufacturing industries, and the federal government.  People who are interested in becoming a mechanical engineer must obtain a Bachelor’s degree.  Mechanical engineers primarily work in an office setting toiling away on computers designing, problem solving, or redesigning.  Some obstacles that a student might face would be not having strengths in the subject of mathematics and science.  Mechanical engineers utilize these two subjects are frequently in projects.  Mechanical engineers sometimes may work over 60 hours a week toiling away on computer models so this may be an obstacle to overcome if the dedication to sit and work on a model is not there.  Some places to look for advice in the field could be the Physical Sciences department on the KCC campus.  The head of the department is an engineer himself.

Andy Yee