Unit 3 engineering jobs

1. Lead-in

What does the word “engineering” mean?

What types of engineering jobs do you know?

2. Give an explanation to each of these jobs.

1) chemical engineering

2) civil engineering

3) electrical engineering

4) marine engineering

5) metallurgical engineering

6) mechanical engineering

7) transportation (traffic) engineering

8) petroleum engineering

9) software engineering

10) design engineering

3. What other engineering jobs do you know?

4. Vocabulary

1) design engineer

2) production engineer

3) technican engineer

4) test/laboratory technician

5) service technician

6) installation (maintanence) technician

7) production planning and control technician

8) inspection technician

9) designer (draftsman)

10) skilled worker

11) mechanic

12) welder

13) electrician

14) to create

15) to extend

16) to update

17) application

18) reliability

19) component

20) to ensure

21) to handle

22) fault

23) to occur

24) cost-effective

5. Read the following words and remember their pronunciation.

[ei] aim, create, detailed, maintain

[i] efficient, technician, equipment

[o] product, quality

tanker

marine (port) terminal

refinery

petrochemical plant

product line

processing

distribution center

oil tankage

destination

gathering

individual lease

moving

transporting

supply

point

distributing

6. Pronounce the following words. Pay special attention to the letters in bold.

lease individual terminal supply variety tankage crude

7. Read the following word formations and remember their pronunciation

Pay special attention to the stress.

distribute- distributing-distribution deliver- delivering- delivery

process-processing transport-transporting-transportation

produce-product-production refine-refinery

locate-location gather – gathering

8. Read the text below and fulfill the exercises.

ENGINEERING JOBS

Professional engineers may work as:

Design engineers: They work as part of a team to create new products and extend the life of old products by updating them and finding new applications for them. Their aim is to build quality and reliability into the design and to introduce new components and materials to make the product cheaper, lighter, or stronger.

Production engineers: They ensure that the production process is efficient, that materials are handled safely and correctly, and that faults which occur in production are corrected. The design and development departments consult with them to ensure that any innovations proposed are practicable and cost-effective. Just below the professional engineers are the technical engineers. They require a detailed knowledge of a particular technology – electrical, mechanical, electronic, etc.

Engineering technicians may work as:

Test/Laboratory technicians: They test samples of the materials and of the product to ensure quality is maintained.

Installation and service technicians: They ensure that equipment sold by the company is installed correctly and carry out preventative maintenance and essential repairs.

Production planning and control technicians: They produce the manufacturing instructions and organize the work of production so that it can be done as quickly, cheaply, and efficiently, as possible.

Inspection technicians: They check and ensure that incoming and outgoing components and products meet specifications.

Designers (draftsman ): They produce the drawings and design documents from which the product is manufactured.

There are also many skilled workers, such as:

Mechanics: They can be different in accordance with their work- engine mechanic, maintenance mechanic, and others.

Welders: They do specialized joining, fabricating, and repair work

Electricians: They wire and install electrical equipment.

9. Give the Russian equivalents to the following English verbs and compose

sentences with them:

1) to create 6) to require

2) to extend 7) to occur

3) to update 8) to maintain

4) to handle 9) to carry out

5) to ensure 10) to install

10. Translate the following phrases:

1) incoming information; professional engineer; engineer taking part in the

experiment; joining detail

2) innovations proposed; detailed knowledge; equipment sold; highly skilled

work; produced by the plant; well-done work .

11. Form nouns from the following verbs using the modal and complete the

table.

Verb +suffix →noun

To produce + -ion → production

To appear + ance →appearance

To teach + -er → teacher (Suffixes –er, -or describe people and their

jobs )

1) to create 7) to maintain

2) to manage 8) to introduce

3) to design 9) to operate

4) to ensure 10) to occur

5) to differ 11) to work

6) to install 12) to employ

12. Give a short summary of the text.