Transferability of Skills
Transferability of Skills
- and not just within the ag-engineering profession. There is a national shortage of people with engineering skills at all levels. So, there has probably never been a better time to get into the Engineering profession, but why agricultural engineering in particular?
Ag-engineering is a broad based engineering discipline; it has little to do with farming. Ag-engineers are involved everywhere engineering meets the land. As well as food production (agriculture and horticulture), they are involved in leisure, recreation, environment, conservation rural development, irrigation and forestry. Due to their broad approach to engineering engendered by an industry that believes in giving young people a high level of responsibility, ag-engineers are sought after by many other industries. Ag-engineers in general are seen to have a "can-do" attitude to work and recent graduates (BEng or HND) have readily found employment in the following industries and organisations:
And it is not just at the graduate level that ag-engineers are in demand. Those people having served a Modern Apprenticeships and with NVQ3 level qualifications in engineering are in demand in many other sectors including:
The shortage of engineers is not just evident here in the UK. Ag-engineers are readily employable worldwide and many graduates find themselves asked by their employers to work at their company's design and manufacturing sites in Europe and N America. Others may be involved in plantation management, vocational education and other nation building activities in the developing world.