What would you do as a Mechanical engineer?
Mechanical engineers
- usually work regular business hours but may work weekends and evenings
- usually work in workshops, factories and offices and may travel locally and nationally
- may work in noisy and dirty conditions
- need to be accurate, safety conscious and identify and solve problems
Tasks
- oversee design, creation and maintenance of machinery
- advise about building and repairing machines
- investigate systems and prepare reports
- research energy sources and materials
- study environmental and safety aspects of machinery
- prepare plans and drawings
- use specialised software (CAD) to design plans
- prepare cost estimates for jobs
- supervise building and repair work
- review and test new systems
How can you become a Mechanical engineer?
You need a qualification to become a mechanical engineer and experience may be useful.
You need
- a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering OR a New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (Level 6) or similar
You may need
- experience in similar work
- to be registered as a Chartered Professional Engineer with Engineering New Zealand
If you're in school
You need NCEA Level 3 or University Entrance to do the study or training for this job.
