Engineering prep has taught me plenty of skills in the world of drafting, but when it comes down to it, I have to think of possible fields that would best fit me or that are available to me through the engineering field. Architecture is one of the most well known fields of engineering. Architects are in charge of several things when talking about their field of work, but when it comes down to it they do one thing and that is design houses. Not always is it just limited to being someone who designs the structure itself, but sometimes interior design as well. Often times architects will be the ones in charge of providing a in depth blueprint of a house or building meaning a small residential house all the way to a sky scrapper. Along with the blueprints, a physical model of the building is made for further reference. When it comes to becoming an architect. The usual requirements is a high school diploma, and a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering. But as the field has become less in demand people who are looking to hire architects are asking for more schooling and experience, increasing the requirements to a Masters degree in architecture. But it is not that simple every architect is required to become an intern and learn the field properly before earning your degree in architecture, this means that as you 're going to school for your masters degree in architecture, you will be an intern similar to a really long job shadow. When it comes to the actual classes required to become an architect there are usually 5. The 5 being "building and materials construction, Freehand and digital drafting, Modern and historical architectural styles, Environmental systems, and architectural design. As these classes are required some classes are added on or recommended. The University of Oregon has a large focus on environmentally friendly buildings that in one way or another playa positive role in the surrounding area instead of impacting it in a negative manner. Salary for the lowest paying architect is pretty low, because of the high amount of people being released from work as architects due to the higher number of architects employed then needed. I have personally interviewed an architect who says he is self employed, and instead of producing work under a company he makes his blueprints and sells them to companies, sadly bringing his pay to only around $24,000 a year! But when it comes to averages the lowest average that an architect makes is $44,000 a year in 2012 with the number only decreasing as the demand for architects is lowering. On the median of the scale coming in at $73,000 a year. On the high 10% of architects they will make an average of $120,000 a year. When it comes to the training as mentioned earlier in the paper, a student will go through the required classes in college that he or she is attending and also be part of an internship. Although no potential for money in being made while being an intern it teaches you the fundamentals to becoming an architect. Similar to a very long job shadow the architect trainee will learn how to produce work as an architect and how to properly present est. When interviewing the architect a few months back I learned that not only is the field for architecture slowing down but that the amount of architects needed and getting paid a large salary is going down. But when presented with the question as to how the field would be in a few years he said that in a few years time 4-5 that the amount on demand for architects will increase again, and with high demand comes a larger salary. But once again with employers asking for
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A mechanical engineer is quite simply someone who works on car engines and mechanics. Most people think that when you are an "Engineer" (short for mechanical engineer) that you only work on engines and repairing them, but this is not true. There are many aspects to mechanical engineering at what it brings to the table. Mechanical engineers work on the physics and science behind design of making or manufacturing of engines, also known as mechanical systems. The very first mechanical engineers were in the industrial revolution when the development of machines such as the steam
A mechanical engineer is quite simply someone who works on car engines and mechanics. Most people think that when you are an "Engineer" (short for mechanical engineer) that you only work on engines and repairing them, but this is not true. There are many aspects to mechanical engineering at what it brings to the table. Mechanical engineers work on the physics and science behind design of making or manufacturing of engines, also known as mechanical systems. The very first mechanical engineers were in the industrial revolution when the development of machines such as the steam