Functions of Engineering

HAU

Overview
The field of engineering work includes all those branches of technical service and of business and professional work which have to do with the utilization of natural resources for human benefit. The function of engineering service is the adaptation of the laws and resources of nature to utilitarian purposes. It usually involves the practical consideration or the active utilization of natural condition and natural resources through construction

Engineering
trades business profession

Fundamental Practical unit of engineering trade skilled artisan Skillful draftsman

Engineering business manufacturer The builder contractor

Fundamental unit of engineering profession designer Estimator Inspector and supervisor Assistant engineer Chief engineers Consulting engineers

Functions of Engineering
According to Mr. Daniel Mead The functions of an engineer are those of a : a) Designer b) A supervisor c) A constructor d) an operator

e) an investigator
f) an adviser

Major Engineering Functions

Research

Design

Construction

Production

Sales

Management

Research
- Careful and systematic investigation of some field of knowledge - It is the duty of an engineer to formulate an ideal and from it to create reality - He must investigate conditions and determine means by which those conditions can be utilized or modified to meet certain ends.

Design
- A working plan necessary for production of construction - He must develop ideas and elaborate plans A good design - Safety - Aesthetics - Economy

Construction
- Strengthens the economy of nation - Index of national development - He must consider and prescribe methods and manner of construction - He must supervise the execution of the work and see that it is properly constructed and that the ideal is realized.

Production
- How to accomplish after design is given to : - Project engineer - Field engineer - Construction engineer Under industrial concern, he is a production management man - surplus of materials for production - feed man with procedure to cut down costproduction expenses without affecting output - advises designer with regards to production - selects tools, processes and schedules for production

Production

Raw materials

Finish product

Sales
- Know by heart the characteristics and advantages of the product over the other.

Characters needed : - PR - communication skills - friendly - courteous

Indifferent and disrespectful customers should be treated with a smile.

Management
- Supervises technical engineer under him. - he must see that the works which have been created from his plans and under his supervision properly fulfill the functions for which they are designed - Young engineers seldom hired as a manager (he/she has yet to acquire wider perspective of experience)

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Level 1 for Group 1 Design Manager Artisan

Research
Engineer

Level 1 for Group 2 Construction Sales Supervisor Skilled Consultant

Level 1 for Group 3 Economy Industry Residential Project Construction

Level 2 for Group 1 Aesthetic Safety Schedule Production Constructor

Field Engineer

Level 2 for Group 2 Function Manager Engineering Planning Estimator

Construction Engineer

Level 2 for Group 3 Knowledge Methodology Standard Structural Reinforced Concrete

Sales Engineer

Level 3 for Group 1 Science Skilled Artisan Electrical Environment Safety

Steel Design
Floor Plan

Level 3 for Group 2 Technology Thesis Architectural Cultivate Timber Design

Civil Engineering
Specifications

Level 3 for Group 3 Skilled Labor Operator Architectural Specifications Investigator

Adviser
Contracts