Purcom Flashcards
Uses math and science to solve different technical problems.
An Engineer or Senior Engineer
Need to have the right skills for performing essential duties and meeting safety and regulatory laws on the job.
Engineer
Design, test, and supervise the manufacture of aircraft, spacecraft, and missiles.
Aerospace engineer
Develop new technologies for use in aviation, defense, guidance, and space exploration.
Aerospace engineer
Solve medical and health related problems by combining their knowledge of biology and medicine with engineering principles and practices.
Biomedical engineer
Apply the principles of chemistry to solve problems involving the production or use of the chemicals and other products.
Chemical engineer
Design and supervise the construction of roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, dams, bridges, and water supply, and sewage systems.
Civil engineers
One of the oldest engineering
Civil engineering
Research, design, develop, test, and oversee the manufacture and installation of computer hardware.
Computer Hardware Engineers
Design, develop, test and supervise the manufacture of electrical equipment.
Electric al engineer
Specialize in areas such as communication, signal processing, and control systems or have a specialty within one of these areas
Electronics engineers
Design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacture of the electronic equipment.
Electronic engineers
Use the principles of biology and chemistry to develop solutions to environmental problems.
Environmental engineer
Are concerned with local and worldwide environmental issues
Environmental engineer
They identify and measure potential hazards. They recommend appropriate loss prevention measures according to their probability of harm and potential damage.
Health and safety engineer
Determine the most effective ways to use the basic factors of production—people, machines, materials, information, and energy —to make a product or provide a service.
Industrial engineer
They are concerned primarily with increasing productivity through the management of people, methods of business organization, and technology.
Industrial engineer
Are involved in the design, construction, and maintenance of ship, boats, and related equipment.
Marine engineer and naval architect
Work on the basic design of ships
Naval architect
Work on the propulsion, steering, and other systems of ships.
Marine engineers
Involved in the development, processing, and testing of the materials used to create a range of products.
Materials engineers
Research,design, develop, manufacture, and test tools, engines, machines, and other mechanical devices. Engineers in this discipline work on power machines.
Mechanical engineer
Finds, extracts, and prepares coal, metals, and minerals for use by manufacturing industries and utilities.
Mining and geological engineers
Frequently specialize in the mining of one mineral or metal, such as coal or gold.
Mining engineer
Use their knowledge of mine design and practices to ensure the safety of workers and to comply with State and Federal safety regulations.
Mining safety engineers
Research and develop the process, instruments, and systems used to derive benefits from nuclear energy radiation.
Nuclear engineer
For extracting oil and gas from deposits below the earth.
Petroleum engineer
Engineering specialties
Aerospace Engineers
Agricultural Engineers
Biomedical Engineers
Chemical Engineers
Civil Engineers
Computer Hardware Engineers
Electrical Engineers
Electrical Engineers
Electronic Engineers
Environmental Engineers
Health and Safety Engineers
Industrial Engineers
Marine Engineers
Materials Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
Mining and Geological Engineers
Nuclear Engineers
Petroleum Engineers
Conserve soil and water and to improve the processing of agricultural products. Design agricultural machinery, equipment, sensors, processes, and structures.
Agricultural Engineers
Is a persuasive summary of your qualifications for employment.
Resume
There are different ways on how you can organize your resume depending on your goals, experience and qualifications.
Organization
Is the general listing of all your academic and work experience from most recent to oldest.
Chronological resume
Is organized around various kinds of experience.
Functional Resume
A resume must be concise. Entries may not be written in sentences but should be parallel.
Succinctness
A resume presents all important details that can gain the nod of the prospective employer.
Comprehensiveness
The design should be reader-friendly and be professionally packaged.
Design
Serves as a formal introduction of yourself to your prospective employer.
Application letter
Structures of a Resume
Organization
Succinctness
Comprehensiveness
Design
Features of an Application Letter
Qualifications
Pleasing Tone
Format
You need to make clear why you’re interested in the position or the organization, to indicate what skills you possess that matches what company is looking for
Qualifications
Through words, you need to demonstrate that you will be the kind employee.
Pleasing Tone
Application letter typically follows a prescribed format, which is a conventional business like format.
Format
Guidelines for Writing an Application Letter
Focus
Stay on topic
Think of your letter as an argument
Choose an appropriate salutation
Proofread
Application letters are not personal and should not be chatty.
Focus
State the reason for the letter.
Stay on topic
When you’re asking for a job, you’re making an argument.
Think of your letter as an argument
Few writing salutations demand greater perfection than professional letters especially application letters.
Proofread
Generally announces the specific goal up to the top, just beneath your name, and offers information selectively, you can show only the experience and skills relevant to your goal.
Targeted Resume
Generally announces the specific goal up to the top, just beneath your name, and offers information selectively, you can show only the experience and skills relevant to your goal.
Targeted Resume
3 ways to organize resume
- Chronological Resume
- Functional Resume
- Targeted Resume
