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What careers are available in the Metal and Engineering industry? Click on the occupations below to see an explanation of each of the careers that you can move into from a start in the Metal and Engineering industry.
Mechanical Engineering Associate
Click on Photo Gallery to see a range of the equipment and processes used in the Metal and Engineering industry. Some definitions :-
Engineering -as the science concerned with putting scientific knowledge to practical use as the planning, designing, or construction of machinery, etc.
The modern Metals and Engineering tradesperson uses those metals and they put science to practical use. You will find skilled Metal and Engineering tradespersons in every type of industry and they contribute by designing, building and then looking after that equipment.
They are highly skilled at their trade or profession - they get their satisfaction by seeing that piece of equipment they have either designed, or built, or fixed.
Becoming a tradesperson requires you to be dedicated and to be prepared to learn new and exciting ways of doing thing, often using state of the art equipment.
In the following pages you can learn what they do, how to get there, and what they have to offer you as a career.
To see a list of all of the units of competency in the Metal and Engineering Framework and how they relate to the careers in the Metal and Engineering industry click on Units of Competency. Of course, any one student will not be studying all of these under the framework. Each school will make its decision on the units of competency they will address.
How to get into the industry
Training for the metal and engineering industry is a combination of off-the-job training and on-the-job experience.
For Certificate III qualifications, such as a trade, you must be employed in an apprenticeship. You will learn skills on the job and at the same time you may carry out off-the-job studies with a Registered Training Organisation such as a TAFE NSW institute.
For Certificate II qualifications, such as a production operator, you must be employed in a traineeship.
Your local New Apprenticeship Centre can help you to contact employers offering apprenticeships and traineeships.