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Brian Jordan English 2nd Hour 3/30/09 __ Mechanical Engineering __ __ Mechanical Engineering is a job in which you take apart machines, ____ make ____ new pieces, and machine custom parts. Mechanical Engineers ____ are required __ __ to spend ____ 4 to 5 years in college, they ____ can work ____ in a machine shop during college and must ____ have skills ____ in ____ physics, metallurgy (study of metals), hydraulics (fluid design), pneumatics (air design), drafting (drawing) and welding. __ Requirements: __ The requirements a mechanical engineer ____ must learn ____ are; need to know how to load, unload, and hitch heavy machinery. __ Also, mechanical engineers must know the safety’s that are required like: always clean up when done with a project, no scraps, debris, or metal stock left on the floor, no one is ever allowed to work alone always have some to help, safety glasses must be worn at all times by everyone, always shut of gas tanks when done welding, always make sure when working at a machine all tools are secure , be focused on what you are doing, use a lot of math, figure out dimensions, and must think very thoroughly about what your doing. General Description: __When working in a machine shop your job is to__ __ take apart machines ____ and ____ make new pieces ____ for the ____ machines to replace ____ old, worn-out pieces. __ “A machine shop machines custom parts. In a machine shop there are different divisions like; repairing which takes care of removing and installing new parts, and welding which is repairing, and fabricating new parts” (Brigman). Drawbacks: __ There are a couple of drawbacks for Mechanical Engineering. __ “Long work days, constantly working on my feet, working in intense environments, and being very exhausted by the end of day” (Brigman). Typical Day: __ “A typical day starts with a fresh and strong cup of coffee to get me moving” (Brigman). __ Then, meet with the boss to discuss the current jobs that are being worked on, working all day at the machine shop or even working all day at a work site. Benefits: __ Mechanical Engineering teaches people how to be very efficient at fixing things, understand how mechanical systems work and components work. __ They salary of an experienced engineer is about $76,000 a year. A beginner engineer earns about $40,000 dollars a year. Future: __ “I think the future of Mechanical Engineering is going to be quite successful because we will be the backbone of manufacturing. __ Also, Mechanical Engineers will be fixing the machines that will be making ; cars, toys, TV’s, roads, highways, x-rays and MRI’s happen in our world” (Brigman). “Also, it will be hard because people might not be able to use their hands as much to build and fix things because most machine shops will be run by machines with people operating them” (Brigman). __ This is the job for people that like to take apart machines, make new pieces, and machine custom parts everyday they go to work. __ __  Bibliography Page  __ -Garrett Brigman Interview -Safeties (Online): [] -Salary (Online): [] -Mechanical Engineering Information []