As a Civil Engineer you’ll plan, design and supervise the construction of infrastructure such as roads, buildings, bridges, dams, wastewater plants and wharves. Your day could see you consulting with clients and government officials, evaluating sites, planning and designing structures, preparing cost estimates and managing construction.

Civil Engineering Technicians are more involved in the technical details of building and repairing roads, bridges and other structures. So your day may have you surveying and measuring sites, preparing drawings, calculating costs and setting out timetables, checking and reporting on progress and liaising with clients and contractors.

How will a building stand up to an earthquake? What is its load bearing capability? As a Structural Engineer these are questions you’ll be qualified to answer. Your day could be spent calculating how a structure would withstand the forces of nature, analysing soil samples, liaising with local authorities, preparing working drawings and specifications, discussing plans with clients, architects or mechanical engineers.

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Electrical Engineering

Understanding the design requirements, operation and performance of equipment that produces, distributes or uses electricity. A Wintec qualification in this field will set you up with a internationally recognized qualification in an area with an acute skills shortage.

Careers

As an Electrical Engineer you could be busy specifying, designing or supervising the construction of systems and equipment that produce, distribute or use electricity, calculating costs and materials needed, bidding for contracts, overseeing electricity system tests, writing reports or even instruction manuals. An Electrical Engineering Technologist works on-site at electrical plants overseeing the development and management of power systems and electrical infrastructure. There is a real demand in New Zealand for qualified Electrical Engineering Technologists.

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Mechanical Engineering

Assisting with the design and building of machines, improving manufacturing and energy production, supervising the construction of machinery, - these are in-demand skills and when they’re supported by an internationally recognised qualification, they open doors to a world of opportunity.

Careers

Your role as a Mechanical Engineering Technician is to assist with the design, building and maintenance of machines. Your day could involve overseeing the assembly of machinery, calculating costs and the amount of equipment required to build machines, testing and repairing machinery, monitoring equipment in order to improve mechanical processes and advising on maintenance work.

Mechanical Engineers design and give advice on the building and repair of machines and tools. So you could spend your day determining the requirements of the production manager, carrying out feasibility studies, researching the use of energy sources, machinery and materials, using CAD software to model plans or preparing drawings of machines or machine parts. As a Mechanical Engineering Technologist you will spend your days on site at machinery plants project managing the development of large scale mechanical infrastructure. There is a real demand in New Zealand for qualified Mechanical Engineering Technologists.

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Last Updated: 03 October 2012
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