Analysis - When most people are asked to picture an engineer at work, they probably imagine a civil engineer in a hard hat at a construction site, a chemical engineer in a laboratory or an electrical engineer examining a complex circuit board. Very few, I'm willing to bet, visualise someone aboard a ship.
Africa : South Africa Needs More Nautical Scientists and Maritime Engineers - If You Love the Sea These May Be the Careers for YouWhen most people are asked to picture an engineer at work, they probably imagine a civil engineer in a hard hat at a construction site, a chemical engineer in a laboratory or an electrical engineer examining a complex circuit board. Very few, I'm willing to bet, visualise someone aboard a ship.
I'm an engineering lecturer in the Department of Maritime Studies at CPUT. There, I teach in both the Bachelor of Nautical Science and Marine Engineering programmes, lecturing on a variety of subjects, including mathematics and applied thermodynamics . You'll need to have taken mathematics, physical science and English in your school-leaving matric year, and to have passed them well. A strong interest in and commitment to a career at sea or in the maritime industry more broadly is crucial.
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