My Career Choicessafa

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My Career ChoB

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My Career Choices

• Petroleum Engineering

• Astronomer• Aerospace Engineer



Petroleum products are the lifes !lood of a modern e #hey pro$ide the fuel that ma%es rapid transportationagricultural chemicals that produce larger crops& andthe plastics that manufacturing depends upon" Petroengineers play se$eral %ey roles in the e'traction andproduction of oil and gas from underground reser$oir

responsi!le position& and one thats (ell)compensate



Petroleum Engineering

• Most employers re*uire only a Bachelor’s +egree

• ,o! #raining: Employees in these occupations usually nse$eral years of (or%)related e'perience& on)the)-o! trand.or $ocational training"

• Related E'perience: A considera!le amount of (or%)re%no(ledge& or e'perience is needed for these occupatie'ample& an accountant must complete four years of c(or% for se$eral years in accounting to !e considered *



1or% Acti$ities

• 2etting Information 4 O!ser$ing& recei$ing& and other(ise o!taining information frosources"

• Interacting 1ith Computers 4 5sing computers and computer systems 6including hsoft(are7 to program& (rite soft(are& set up functions& enter data& or process inform

• Ma%ing +ecisions and 8ol$ing Pro!lems 4 Analy9ing information and e$aluating res

!est solution and sol$e pro!lems"

• Analy9ing +ata or Information 4 Identifying the underlying principles& reasons& or fa!y !rea%ing do(n information or data into separate parts"

• Communicating (ith 8uper$isors& Peers& or 8u!ordinates 4 Pro$iding information to

(or%ers& and su!ordinates !y telephone& in (ritten form& e)mail& or in person"



Ma-or ,o! #as%s

• Assess costs and estimate the production capa!ilities and economic $alue o(ells& in order to e$aluate the economic $ia!ility of potential drilling sites"

• Monitor production rates& and plan re(or% processes in order to impro$e pr

• Analy9e data in order to recommend placement of (ells and supplementarenhance production"

• 8pecify and super$ise (ell modi0cation and stimulation programs& in order oil and gas reco$ery"

• +irect and monitor the completion and e$aluation of (ells& (ell testing& and

• Assist engineering and other personnel to sol$e operating pro!lems"

• +e$elop plans for oil and gas 0eld drilling& and for product reco$ery and tre



Income and Outloo%

• Petroleum engineers (or% in a pro0ta!le& high)sta%es industpaid accordingly" #he median income for a petroleum engineBureau of a!or 8tatistics May ;<== 0gures (as >=;;&;?< p #he lo(est)earning ;@ percent made up to >;&=< per yea

highest)earning ;@ percent reported incomes of >=;&<< o!ureau pro-ects = percent gro(th in employment for petroengineers !et(een ;<=< and ;<;<& slightly higher than the all occupations" 2ro(th (ill come from e'pansion (ithin theindustry& as (ell as retirement among older petroleum engin



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Astronomy

• Astronomy is a !road 0eld of study " It is most commonly di$idthese disciplines: Astronomy and AstrophysicsJ AstrophysicsJAstronomy and 8cience

• #o !ecome an astronomer of any sort& one must o!tain at lea

in one of the a!o$e disciplines& !ut a doctoral degree oers hpercentage of respondents"

• #o (or% as a full time astronomer you may need some on)the!ut most of these occupations assume that you(ill already ha

re*uired s%ills& %no(ledge& (or%)related e'perience& and.or tr



Ma-or ,o! #as%s

="Prepare scienti0c or technical reports or presentations: As an astronha$e to generate and organi9e your 0ndings into reports that can !e$eri0ed& and credited !y the scienti0c community

;"Pro$ide technical information or assistance to pu!lic: As an astronomha$e to pro$ide the technical information of your 0ndings to your fe

scholars and you (ill also ha$e to pro$ide a less technical $ersion foK"+irect scienti0c acti$ates: #his is !road& !ut these scienti0c acti$ate

center around the scienti0c e'perimental method"

"Colla!orate on research acti$ities (ith scientists or technical specia

@"+e$elop theories or models of physical phenomena



Earnings and ,o! Outloo%



1hy that career (ould !e the career for youL

• Astronomy& and more speci0cally& Astrophysics com!ined all min math and science !ecause my !rain& for some reason& li%esin a system and ho( manipulating them aects the (hole sys(hole" In astronomyJ plants& solar systems& gala'ies& and e$euni$erse are some su!units of (hat (e call reality and relati$

upper units they are minuscule& yet play a ma-or role"

• It re*uires a lot of 8#EM learning& and I OE to learn"

• 2reat pay and hours

• Only do(nside’s -o! outloo%




• #his is a great career for me to pursue !ecause it’s re*uires pro!lem sol$ing s%ills"

•It also contains three areas of my interest: math& engeologyJ (hile also !eing $ery lucrati$e and -o!s arrelati$ely a$aila!le



Aerospace Engineering

• Aerospace engineering is largely a!out artifacts that Ny airroc%ets& satellites& missiles& etc"

• It is also a!out ho( Nuids No( 6thin% a!out ho( air No(s aroa!out control systems& and a!out ho( strong things are 6andma%e them strong7" Aerospace engineering also deals (ith hdesign things so that they can !e relia!ly !uilt and maintaine

• Education re*uirements: A !achelors degree in aeronauticalaerospace engineering is usually re*uired& although some emmay accept an e*ui$alent degree in a related 0eld



1or% Acti$ates and ,o! #as%

• applying the principles of science and technology to create aircraft& components e*uipmentJ

• researching and de$eloping design speci0cationsJ

• underta%ing systematic manufacturing& in$ol$ing the assem!ly and modi0cation

• super$ising the assem!ly of airframes and the installation of engines& instrumente*uipmentJ

• participating in Night test programs to measure ta%e)o distances& rate of clim!& maneu$era!ility and landing capacitiesJ

• resol$ing issues that arise during the design& de$elopment and testing processes

• maintaining aircraft for full operation including ma%ing regular inspections& maintser$icing



Earningsand ,o!

Outloo%• Pay: #he median annual (age for aerospace engin

>=<K&;< in May ;<=;"

• Job Outlook: Employment of aerospace engineers pro-ected to gro( percent from ;<=; to ;<;;& slo(

the a$erage for all occupations" 8ome aerospace en(or% on pro-ects that are related to national defensre*uire security clearances" #his re*uirement (ill he -o!s in the 5nited 8tat




• Challenging Work:

• #hrough engineering you (ill ne$er run short of a ne( challenge" Econstantly faced (ith ha$ing to adapt solutions and change techno(ith trends& needs and the en$ironment" #hey ha$e to often come that no one else has thought and get to ma%e a !ig impression on

• Greater understanding of how things work

• As an engineer I (ill gain a great insight into ho( things (or%& (heplanes manage to stay in the air or ho( (e get energy from tidal pmore a!out our en$ironment than I (ould’$e in many other -o! role



1hat did you learn a!out you(hile researching possi!le ca

choicesL

• I’$e learned that I ha$e many choices ahead of me& can !ecome (hate$er I (ant if I (or% hard enough succeed in college"

• I also learned that I ha$e a lot of passions& !ut I mucareer path that (ill !e interesting& !ut I also ha$e teconomic aspects into account"

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