Task 3: The Importance of communication skills for engineers

 

“I contend that we (engineers) are undervalued because of our widespread

inability to explain what we do to the general public (and why it is so important).

It is one of the hardest goals to accomplish, to be able to boil down difficult

concepts into a short and easily understood presentation or elevator pitch.”

Marybeth Miceli, President, Miceli Infrastructure Consulting, USA (2011)


After some discussion, my partner Shakthi and I have agreed to the statement above.

1.     The job of an engineer is important as they aim to solve the world’s problem by improving and innovating the technologies used in the different industries such as healthcare, finance, etc.

1.     It is important for the general public to know what the engineers do as they promote more job opportunities for the future generation and to bring in more investors into the industry as the world evolves, thus creating more world problems for engineers to solve.

1.     However, engineers should pick up more communication skills as they have been too absorbed into their research and innovation that they are unable to summarize their explanation into simpler terms.

1.     The general public too have a part in this where they are unable to grasp the terminology used in the engineering field and they find it too complex to comprehend.

1.     It is difficult to explain what the engineers’ job is because of the ignorance of the consumers as they tend to appreciate the end product rather than the process to get there.


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  1. AAQayyumAugust 30, 2023 at 8:28 PM

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  2. AAQayyumAugust 30, 2023 at 8:32 PM

    Hi Quinian! I complete agree with what you and your partner has shared. I agree that the job of an engineer is important because they help us solve alot of problems in the world! For example engineers have designed and made lifts for us to go up to higher levels in a building instead of us taking the stairs. :)

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