Career Options and Pathways in Civil Engineering :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 1 Career Options and Pathways in Civil Engineering Dr Sam Man Keong 岑文强 CEng, CEnv, CMath, CSci Email: sammk@singnet.com.sg ; HP: 96740515


Highlights :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 2 Highlights About the Speaker. About SIET. What is Civil Engineering? Main Specializations. Professional Bodies & Registrations. Career Options – Poly Graduates. Alternative Pathways to become a ‘Qualified Engineer’.


About the Speaker – Dr Sam Man Keong :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 3 About the Speaker – Dr Sam Man Keong SP : 1971-74 External Exams : SOE; CEI Universities : NUS/NTU/MelbU/RMIT/CQU. Chartered Engineer (UK/Ireland/Australia) Chartered Builder (UK) Chartered Mathematician (UK) Chartered Scientist (UK) Chartered Environmentalist (UK). A life-long learner.


Slide 4:Career Options and Pathways in Civil 4 My Learning Journeys…. Johore, Malaysia [1958 – 1969] Singapore Polytechnic [1971 – 1974] Melbourne University [1982 – 83] SOE Parts 2 (Design) & 3 (Management) CEI Part 2 (Structural) NUS : MSc(Civil)[1984 – 86] NTU : MSc (Geotechnical) [1992 – 1995] Cambridge HSC [1971]


About SIET :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 5 About SIET Established : 1980. Engineering Technologists; Engineering Technicians. Poly/ITE graduates. Website : www.siet.org.sg


About SIET :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 6 About SIET Established : 23 August 1980. First registered address : c/o Department of Civil Engineering & Building, Singapore Polytechnic. 1986 : ‘Technicians’  ‘Technologists’. Membership Structure : Associate Member (AMSIET) for ITE – Higher Nitec Member (MSIET) for Poly Diploma Fellow (FSIET) for Poly Advanced Diploma


Slide 7:Career Options and Pathways in Civil 7 SIET – Founder Members in 1980


What is Civil Engineering? :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 8 What is Civil Engineering? Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works such as bridges, roads, canals, dams and buildings. Civil engineering is the oldest engineering discipline after military engineering, and it was defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering.


What is Civil Engineering? :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 9 What is Civil Engineering? The first self-proclaimed civil engineer was John Smeaton who constructed the Eddystone Lighthouse. In 1771 Smeaton and some of his colleagues formed the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, a group of leaders of the profession who met informally over dinner. Though there was evidence of some technical meetings, it was little more than a social society. In 1818 the Institution of Civil Engineers was founded in London, and in 1820 the eminent engineer Thomas Telford became its first president. The institution received a Royal Charter in 1828, formally recognising civil engineering as a profession.


What is Civil Engineering? :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 10 What is Civil Engineering? The first private college to teach Civil Engineering in the United States was Norwich University founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge. The first degree in Civil Engineering in the United States was awarded by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1835. The first such degree to be awarded to a woman was granted by Cornell University to Nora Stanton Blatch in 1905.


Slide 11:Career Options and Pathways in Civil 11 All female survey crew - Minidoka Project, Idaho 1918


Main Specializations Civil Engineering :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 12 Main Specializations Civil Engineering It is traditionally broken into several sub-disciplines including environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, transportation engineering, municipal or urban engineering, water resources engineering, materials engineering, coastal engineering, surveying, and onstruction engineering


Slide 13:Career Options and Pathways in Civil 13 Pont du gard, France, a Roman aqueduct built circa 19 BC.


Slide 14:Career Options and Pathways in Civil 14 Earthquake-proof and massive pyramid El Castillo, Chichen Itza.[10th to 13th AD]


Slide 15:Career Options and Pathways in Civil 15 Hoover Dam, USA


Slide 16:Career Options and Pathways in Civil 16 The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. [2002]


Slide 17:Career Options and Pathways in Civil 17 Burj Dubai on 16 September 2009 :Burj Dubai a supertall skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 818 m (2,684 ft). Construction began on 21 September 2004, and the tower is expected to be completed and ready for occupancy on 4 January 2010.


Professional Bodies – Civil Engineering :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 18 Professional Bodies – Civil Engineering UK : Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) [Established : 1818] USA : American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) [Established : 1852] Singapore: Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES). Singapore Institute of Engineering Technologists (SIET).


Slide 19:Career Options and Pathways in Civil 19 The Institution of Civil Engineers headquarters in London


Registrations – Civil Engineering :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 20 Registrations – Civil Engineering UK : Chartered Engineer (CEng) ; Incorporated Engineer (IEng) ; Engineering Technician (EngTech). Engineering Council USA : Professional Engineer (PE) State Boards National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Singapore : PE(Civil); PE(Geot) Professional Engineers Act


Career Options –Poly Graduates :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 21 Career Options –Poly Graduates Technical Officers Safety Officers Structural Designers Quantity Surveyors (Civil Works) Research officers Marketing Executives – Engineering Products & Equipments


Slide 22:Career Options and Pathways in Civil 22 Engineering courses and pathways available to full-time students GCE(N) GCE(O) GCE(A) ITE - Nitec ITE – Higher Nitec Poly - Diploma NUS/NTU - BEng


Alternative Pathways to become a ‘Qualified Engineer’- 1 :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 23 Alternative Pathways to become a ‘Qualified Engineer’- 1 UK Professional Examinations: The Engineering Council Exam EC Certificate [≈ First Year BEng] EC Graduate Diploma [≈ Final Year BEng] EC Postgraduate Diploma [≈ MEng] [Latest news : To be phased out after 2011] Website : www.engc.org.uk


Alternative Pathways to become a ‘Qualified Engineer’- 2 :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 24 Alternative Pathways to become a ‘Qualified Engineer’- 2 UK- City and Guilds : Higher Professional Diploma Master Professional Diploma [≈ MEng] Website : www.cityandguilds.com


Alternative Pathways to become a ‘Qualified Engineer’- 3 :Career Options and Pathways in Civil 25 Alternative Pathways to become a ‘Qualified Engineer’- 3 Australia : University of Southern Queensland (USQ) – Distance Education Bachelor of Engineering Technology Bachelor of Engineering* (Civil Engineering Major) *Accredited by Engineers Australia – a Full Member of the Washington Accord. Website : www.usq.edu.au Website www.washingtonaccord.org/


Slide 26:Career Options and Pathways in Civil 26 Vision + Mission …… + Passion + Actions  Success A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.


Slide 27:Career Options and Pathways in Civil 27 把握當下， 莫等待。


Slide 28:Career Options and Pathways in Civil 28 Thank You