I did my work experience at Roughan & O’Donovan a civil engineering company in Sandyford. I got this placement because I sent a letter outlining why I would like the opportunity to work there and I also sent them a copy of my Curriculum Vitae (CV).This work experience first appealed to me because I was interested in becoming an engineer and I wanted to experience a wider variety of engineering.
I was assigned to the print room for the day, in which I did small jobs like making coffee for the directors while they were in meetings, getting the post from reception and giving it out, printing and binding documents for engineers. My boss’ name was John, who was in charge of the print room and doing the jobs listed. Also, every day I went to two engineers, one before 12 pm and one after. These engineers told me and showed me what projects they did and were currently working on. I even had the chance to go on-site with an environmental engineer. We went to a railway line and scanned up and down, taking pictures of buildings that would be affected by dust created by the rebuilding of the railway.
I learned that in the world of work if you make one mistake, you may have to do it all over again, regardless of how long it took and will take. I also learned that you must be punctual, enthusiastic and polite every day, especially if you are dealing with customers.
I learned that there is a very wide variety of engineering inside civil engineering alone. These include structural engineering, environmental engineering and geometrical engineering. I also learned that work environments can go from safe to unsafe very quickly, along with relaxed to stressful.
I learned that my strengths include: being decisive, having an ability to work in long stretches and finding solutions quickly. I also learned that I am ambitious to work in bridge design, because I enjoy working with computers and designing things; I really would enjoy this as a profession.
Text: FT
I was assigned to the print room for the day, in which I did small jobs like making coffee for the directors while they were in meetings, getting the post from reception and giving it out, printing and binding documents for engineers. My boss’ name was John, who was in charge of the print room and doing the jobs listed. Also, every day I went to two engineers, one before 12 pm and one after. These engineers told me and showed me what projects they did and were currently working on. I even had the chance to go on-site with an environmental engineer. We went to a railway line and scanned up and down, taking pictures of buildings that would be affected by dust created by the rebuilding of the railway.
I learned that in the world of work if you make one mistake, you may have to do it all over again, regardless of how long it took and will take. I also learned that you must be punctual, enthusiastic and polite every day, especially if you are dealing with customers.
I learned that there is a very wide variety of engineering inside civil engineering alone. These include structural engineering, environmental engineering and geometrical engineering. I also learned that work environments can go from safe to unsafe very quickly, along with relaxed to stressful.
I learned that my strengths include: being decisive, having an ability to work in long stretches and finding solutions quickly. I also learned that I am ambitious to work in bridge design, because I enjoy working with computers and designing things; I really would enjoy this as a profession.
Text: FT