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Your profession: Engineer (m/f)

Professional activities

Engineers advise on, develop, plan or support technical projects in the fields of science and business. They also supervise and monitor projects. Engineers may also act as experts and take on research tasks.

Fields of work

Engineering professions are divided up into a number of specialisms. In accordance with these specialisms, engineers may work in a number of different areas. Each specialism has many different areas. Examples of the various specialisms are as follows.

  • Civil engineering
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Electrical engineering
  • Information technology
  • Process engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
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The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).