Engineering Education and Practice in the United States Engineering Technology Education (1985) / Chapter Skim
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2. Engineering Technology and Industrial Technology
2. Engineering Technology and Industrial Technology
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Engineering technology is that part of the technological field which requires the application of scientific and engineering knowledge and methods combined with technical skills in support of engineering activities; it lies in the occupational spectrum between the craftsman and the engineer at the end of the spectrum closest to the engineer. The 1979 report of the Engineer Team Definitions Committee of the Engineers' Council for Professional Development tECPD)
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Typical areas include advanced material technology, industrial processes, automated computerized systems, production planning and control, industrial methods and control, construction project management, plant facility and management, safety, cost analysis and control, product effectiveness and industrial management. An apparent difference between the definition ABET uses for engineering technology and the definition NAIT uses for industrial technol
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s uses the following descriptions to identify engineering technicians and engineering technologists: An engineering technician" is one who, in support of engineers or scientists, can carry out in a responsible manner either proven techniques, known to those who are technically expert in a particular technology, or those techniques especially prescribed by engineers. Performance as an engineering technician requires the application of principles, methods, and techniques appropriate to a field of technology, combined with practical knowledge of the construction, application, properties, operation, and limitations of engineering systems, processes, structures, machinery, devices or material, and, as required, related manual crafts, instrumental, mathematical, or graphic skills.
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College faculties and administrations should endorse national efforts to raise high school student achievement levels and subsequently raise college admission requirements for engineering technology programs by adopting more rigorous entry standards.
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