Categories of engineers: characteristics and assignment

The profession of an engineer is considered very much in demand. This specialization has a direct impact on the development of almost all sectors and even the country's economy. It combines many industries and can be divided into categories.

An engineer is a specialist who is engaged in technical development in various industries. The main specifics of this profession is aimed at modernizing and optimizing the technologies that are presented today. Workers who have just begun their professional careers are only responsible for monitoring and adjusting equipment.

The duties of engineers are as follows.

• The implementation of their direct responsibilities with the help of computing devices, the exchange of information in the scientific and technical direction regarding construction or maintenance of an informational nature.
• Preparation of teaching materials, regulatory and technical documents, actions to promote various kinds of proposals with activities necessary for the implementation of projects and programs.
• Carrying out a feasibility study that can explain on what grounds a decision was made. The implementation of this solution.
• The choice of techniques with which you can shorten the work cycle, participation in preparatory work before the implementation processes during their execution and completion.
• Providing all sectors with the necessary components that may be required in order to implement decision making. This includes not only documents, but also equipment.
• Participation in research, organization of projects with programs. Carrying out activities that are aimed at testing devices, their implementation in use or sales.
• Preparatory measures necessary for drawing up a conclusion, reviews and other points that will be needed in order to complete the project.
• Monitoring and analysis of information, technical indicators. Obtaining systematized data, performing calculations on the information received thanks to modern computers.
• Creation of orders, instructions, work schedules, various schemes with cards, responsibility for maintaining reports and determining the terms of work, along with other technical documents.
• Providing practical or methodological assistance in the implementation of plans, projects, contracts and programs.
• Control and examination of finished products, devices. Patronage of the developed norms and characteristics.
• The instruction for the post implies organizational issues regarding the advanced training of personnel from the scientific and technical sides. Initiative actions in creativity, the proposal of new working methods, improvement of components and methods of their creation.
• The impact on improving the organization and productivity of the enterprise.

The duties of an engineer are based on the use of scientific knowledge from various industries that help solve economic and technical problems. These workers are able to combine scientific discoveries with developments and put them into operation. A similar phenomenon becomes possible due to the control of production in various fields. Engineers work in a wide variety of industries and participate in almost every stage of production.

The nature of the work will depend on the categories, as well as their branches, in which the specialist works. Based on the field of activity, the employee will be endowed with different knowledge and skills. Usually, modern computer techniques are used in the work, which allow testing production components, designing entire systems, making calculations and analyzing the productivity of program efficiency.

ETKS involves many activities. Engineers can work in industrial organizations, in laboratories, in the construction industry and in agriculture, and without them it is impossible to imagine the activities of a research center.

There are several categories of engineers in Russia.

• No category. Workers who do not yet have a category can only perform simple tasks. Such specialists have no right to make decisions if they are not under the control of a more experienced employee.
• 3 category. This category is higher than the previous one and implies that the specialist can perform all the steps described earlier, as well as develop simple drawings. All his activities should be carried out only under the close supervision of engineers with higher categories. In other words, it is an executive person who executes orders from the senior management. However, such employees are able to make the selection of auxiliary materials with which they are comfortable interacting, improve their skills and study working documentation, develop it and sign it with the head.
• 2 category. An employee who has received such a category can perform all the previously described actions, and he does not need strict supervision from a more experienced specialist. In its activities, it is based on the regulations of the company in which it is employed. An engineer of the second category has access to create drawings for some components or simple devices. Sometimes the designer can personally assemble the developed parts, guided by the created schedules. In most cases, a specialist in this category receives tasks from the senior management and distributes them among subordinates.
• 1 category. Such an engineer can carry out all the duties listed above. Also, a specialist of the first category, if instructed by the leadership, is able to create new devices. He has much more rights and responsibilities. Salaries also differ markedly from other categories. He has subordinate employees whose specialization depends on the activities conducted by the company.

If we talk about responsibility, the engineer of the first category bears it in the following cases.

• If there is a fact of evasion of their duties or poor quality of work.
• In case of failure to fulfill obligations on the part of subordinates, responsibility will also lie with the leader.
• In the presence of offenses that were identified during the labor activity. For example, in violation of safety precautions.
• If the enterprise in which the specialist is working has suffered material damage

The category of lead engineer is also provided. He carries out the development of any design that is operated at the enterprise. He is also entrusted with the work of optimizing systems and equipment, developing equipment that can demonstrate competitiveness in the market.

There are qualification requirements according to which an engineer is assigned one or another category. In most cases, the timing of the meeting depends on the decision of government agencies, but some large organizations hire independent commissions to improve the skills of their employees.

The assignment procedure is as follows.

• Third category available to specialists who have higher education and experience in their position for at least three years.
• For the second category you will also need a diploma of higher education, along with at least 3 years of experience as an engineer of the third category. Strong knowledge of the technical component of the project is required, the ability to use technical documents and standards, plan the work of the project.
• For the first category Higher specialized education will be required, minimum experience in the second category is 3 years. This place assumes that the employee will have a deeper knowledge of all the technical and economic aspects of the projects. An engineer is obliged to develop all technical acts, exercise project control, and be responsible for the preparation of tasks. If a specialist of the first category has worked in place for 3 years, he may try to achieve promotion to the position of lead engineer. This specialty assumes that a person is able to independently carry out projects, knows perfectly all the equipment for production, is able to manage a project and manage subordinates, communicate with other departments.

An engineer can get a raise based on several indicators:

• work experience;
• total amount of duties assigned to him;
• the presence of skills and knowledge;
• level of responsibility at the enterprise.

In most cases, the category rises after 3 years if the necessary grounds are present. However, a specialist may receive a promotion earlier using special certification. The employee must submit an appropriate application, which can be divided into 2 types:

• with a request to assign a new qualification category in accordance with the general procedure;
• with a request to assign a new qualification category as an exception.

For the second statement, it will be necessary to provide reasoned arguments that reveal the answer to the question why the employee believes that he is worthy of an increase.

Category and rank demonstrate the practical skills of the employee. Experience is growing, and with it, skills, which allows you to increase the category. This labor qualification of the employee makes it possible to assess the level of his knowledge and responsibility, the presence of experience and practical component that may be required for the position currently held by the specialist. Based on these indicators, the level of wages is estimated.

Any engineer is able to improve his category with the help of enhancement courses. However, if an employee is not able to prove that the category corresponds to skills and knowledge, the employer, on the contrary, can demote his employee or even terminate his employment relationship.