as you might have heard, uni iffers came out today my first offer was a bachelor of engineering - elcronic at griffith...

i have looked into it a little bit but was wondering how far this degree will take me.... in other words what career paths will this lead me down???

is there any electonic engineers out there and what do you do??

cheers
Luke

While I did Env/Civ at GU.
A mate did micro electronic at GU. He now works for a private company working on the control systems for the drag lines in the mines. Spends a fair bit of time on the mines, but also allot back in brissy. Previoulsy to that he worked for QR doing control systems.

Check what sides quailifications are..... he might be more IT based rather than electronic engineering.

I work in the mechanical services area - basically air conditioning but in a large way

While most of the engineers i work with are mechanical and electrical my subbies have electronic engineers

The area of DDC/BMS (direct digital controls & Building Management Systems) are the main empolyers
Companies like Siemens, Johnsons, Honeywell and Schnieder are the tier 1 guys

But companies like Controlworks, Alerton, Doust and others offer great oportunities to get into building services

With the higher levels of Greenstar and NABERS ratings on building the control companies are at the front of this

If you want more information on the Building Services side shoot me an email or PM

cheers guys

the degree is a electronic/electrical if that makes a difference to job applications.....

so im getting the impression that most elec engineers work in slightly high tech construction... is there an application for cars or vehicles?? or is this area ruled by tradies??

i got the cert 4 in that atm. might upgrade at some stage

Hey, yeah I'm an Electrical Engineer. I would highly recommend it. Especially at these times there is a high demand so the job opportunities are endless.

The electrical/electronic course is very broad. You do a whole range of subjects, starting with the underlying maths/physics subjects (boring bits), then you get into more technical subjects such as electronics, electrics, mechinics, computers, micro controllers to telecommunications.

As mentioned above, I think the automotive sector for electrical/electronic engineers is limited, but maybe similar jobs such as wokring on planes (e.g. BAE), navy etc.

Luke, the world will be your oyster if you do it. I'm only a lowly Electrical Technician for a large FMCG company. Did a few years of an Engineering degree but decided I'm more of a "hands on" guy... that's my excuse anyway. I'm also running my own Electrical Contracting business.
As time rolls on, everything is becoming more and more electronically controlled.
Think of an area that interests you and I bet you'll be able to find work in it..
Good luck.

hey hutcho, you have pm.

i am also a very 'hands on' guy.... i still am yet to accept the offer by the way... i wouldn't mind working with machinery and definitely dont want a white collar or desk job.

ratbug, if you don't mind me asking, where has the qualification taken you??

I'm a mech eng, but I work with electrical engineers on almost every project. Many jobs are white collar, but if you play you cards right you can get jobs with the likes of BHP & Rio and work on site. That way you get to do design work and then actually see your designs built and operated.

As a mech, I started out wanting to work in automotive, but ended up in the mineral processing game - and I reckon it is far more interesting.

If you want hands on, then look around at commissioning jobs, those boys have the toughest job. They usually arrive on site when the budget is shattered, the project is late and the client is looking for blood - their job is to make it run. A good one is worth his weight in gold, a bad one doesn't last the first project.

To add some more, My brother in law is a electrician, but works in the design side of things. Designs and installs the control systems for jails. Basically anything electrical to do the prisons. He also works on other government facilites, such as police stations. He has come off the tools, no other quilifications.

I am an electrical engineer by trade - I specialise in controls and automation.

Time served apprenticeship in UK going on to HNC in electrical and electronic engineering. I specialise in stuff like PLC's, Robots etc - basically anything to do with industrial automation.

Well worth getting into, I haven't ever been without work.

i work for BAESystems and they have lots of jobs for these guys, even defence have a lot of civil opportunities, all around the nation on projects so its up to you what you want to do and where the work is

i conditionally accepted the offer today, mainly because its at the gold coast and im in ippy. i also applied for a second round offer of a similar course at QUT. this course is just an ENGINEERING course in which you specialise in either civil elc, or mech... so now im wodering would mech be better for me if i am a more hands on person??