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Civil Engineering

CAREERS EDUCATION & PLACEMENT CENTRE. Civil Engineering. Your Degree in Civil Engineering ... What Next?. Available occupations Directly related - Graduate Engineer, Site Engineer, Structural Engineer, Water Engineer, Environmental Engineer

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Civil Engineering

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  1. CAREERS EDUCATION & PLACEMENT CENTRE Civil Engineering

  2. Your Degree in Civil Engineering ... What Next? Available occupations • Directly related - Graduate Engineer, Site Engineer, Structural Engineer, Water Engineer, Environmental Engineer • Civil Engineering degree would be useful - Sales, Marketing & Buying, Insurance, Patent Work, Technical Journalism or Authorship, Legal Work, Teaching • Careers open to all graduates - Accounting, administration, advertising, banking, broadcasting, community work, computing, financial management, insurance, marketing, public relations, publishing, purchasing, teaching, tourism …etc --------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to find the above information ? • The Career Development Track

  3. What skills have you gained • knowledge and techniques special to civil and structural engineering • logical thinking • problem solving • high level of numeracy • computing • communication • presentation • teamwork • project management

  4. What do they do? Civil Engineer (Contracting) • Uses professional expertise to ensure that major building projects are constructed according to specifications agreed with client and/or consulting engineers. • Involves primarily with the implementation of the designs and plans on sites, and management of the labour force and materials, according to time and cost constrains. Detailed description available in Career Development Track (CDT)

  5. What do they do? Civil Engineer (Consulting) • Responsible for planning, managing, designing and supervising the construction of a wide range of projects • Provides services and advice to clients on all aspect of civil engineering • May well specialise in certain types of projects such as transportation or water supply

  6. Civil Engineer - Skills & personal qualities required • Work as members of a team and liaise with a number of different people including other engineers, sub-contractors, clients, quality surveyors and local authorities • Need to keep up-to-date with the latest materials, methods and techniques in design and construction • Use computer to calculate dimensions, produce accurate drawings, keep records and help plan the order in which work should be carried out • Need the ability to cope with and solve any problems or difficulties that my arise on-site

  7. Employment Situation(Civil & Structural Engineering) Employment Situation 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Unemployed 0% 0% 0% 3.3% 1.2% Full-time employed 95.6% 96.5% 95.3% 90.2% 93% Further Studies 4.4% 3.5% 3.5% 6.5% 6.1%

  8. Employed as Civil and Structural Engineers 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 CSE98% 100% 88% 92% 95% CEEPN/A 57% 92% 90% 67%

  9. Where did the 1999 HKU Civil Engineering graduates go? Basic Salary MeanMinimumMaximum C&E $14,378 $6,000 $46,000 CEEP $14,449 $10,000 $19,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other info available in The Career Development Track : No. of job offer received Time taken to secure employment

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