6MANAGEMENT: Engineering Industry Professional Employability Report

This report provides an overview of the Australian engineering industry, highlighting its flexibility and focus on customer satisfaction through quality services like field maintenance, construction projects, and labor hire. It explores various career paths, including Accounts Executive and Sales Executive roles, detailing their responsibilities, required skills such as financial statement preparation, sales generation, and proficiency in MS Office, as well as essential qualifications like experience and degree. The report also emphasizes the importance of skills like communication, problem-solving, and team work. The report concludes with a realistic career goal focused on improving communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills through on-the-job training and research, and the importance of consistent performance evaluation.

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Professional employability in the Engineering Industry, Australia
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Table of contents
Overview of the Engineering Industry.......................................................................................2
Careers in the Engineering Industry...........................................................................................2
Skills required for successful career in the industry..................................................................4
Realistic career goal...................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................6

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Overview of the Engineering Industry
Engineering Industry of Australia possesses flexibility towards exceeding the
expectations of the clients and customers through the provision of quality services. As a
matter of specification, the services include field maintenance, workshop services, hiring
skilled and effective labour and indulging in numerous construction projects. The industry
has achieved accolades and glory through the provision of quality steel fabrication,
maintenance and construction projects to the clients and customers all over Australia
(Eia.net.au, 2020). Operating as a privately owned company, product diversification and
differentiation acts as an agent for achieving large scale customer satisfaction from the
customers in the sectors of mining, quarrying, sugar, agriculture, marine, renewable energy
and tourism.
Quality workmanship and reliability adds an extra feature into the business operations
of the industry. These aspects require heavy maintenance for which 24X7 support is needed
for maintaining the efficiency in the operations. The workers are satisfied, as they are
supplied with the essential requirements for completing the project related activities
(Eia.net.au, 2020). Workshop trainings are provided to the workers, so that they can handle
the projects effectively. The labour hire division is equipped with skilled and efficient
professionals who look after the recruitment and selection process.
Careers in the Engineering Industry
Engineering industry of Australia is a diversified one, which caters to the employment
needs of the aspiring youths. As a matter of specification, the careers are Industrial
Engineers, Productivity analyst, Senior Industrial Engineer and others. Among these, the
careers of the Accounts Executive and Sales Executive is selected for providing further
insight into the aspect.

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In case of Accounts Executive for water resource management, the nature of job is
temporary, where the candidates (only males) are required to join immediately (Seek.com.au,
2020). There is close proximity to the home in addition to the benefits of onsite parking. The
office location is in Western Sydney, which is advantageous for the employees. The roles and
responsibilities of the recruitment coordinator include:
 Preparing financial statements
 Maintain balance sheets
 Prepare monthly financial reports
 Passing the purchase bills
 Maintain effective coordination with the store manager
If the attention is turned towards the job of Sales Executive, then it reflects the
platform of creativity to which the candidates are exposed. The emphasis is placed on the
capability of the candidates (males) to display effective craftsmanship skills, so that the
industry attains an important position in the competitive ambience of the market through the
acquisition of productive pricing strategies (Seek.com.au, 2020). The main responsibilities
are:
 Cold calling
 Generate client communications
 Field surveys and visits to Corporate, Industrial Hub and project sectors
As a matter of specification, Sales executives for water resource management
companies get to interact directly with the leaders and owners, which is effective for
clarifying the doubts in the process of executing the operations. In this process, Brown et al.,
(2019) states that the candidates learn the importance of time management for averting delays
in completing the projects within the stipulated time.

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The candidates applying for the post of Accounts and Sales Executive are exposed to
a sociable and rewarding workplace environment like that of the engineering industry. On the
job training acts as a practical experience in terms of gaining mastery over the ways to
perform the operations according to the expectations. Mentoring programs are conducted,
where the candidates get the opportunities to interact with the experts and share their issues
and get it clarified (Holm & Haahr, 2018). Incentives are provided, which generates interest
among the candidates for performing better. Trainings, external courses and performance
based promotion plans are the components, which add values to the professionalism of the
candidates. Apart from this, health benefits are offered to the candidates along with the
benefits of flexible working hours and work from home options.
Skills required for successful career in the industry
In case of the post of Accounts Executive, the main requirements are:
 4-5 years of experience in the accounts department functions
 Sound knowledge of GST
 Competency in MS Office functions, Excel and Powerpoint
Prior experience in sales recruitment agencies is also crucial. Along with this, capability
to work in teams is also mandatory. The candidates with high spending power is considered
for increasing the sales revenue and profit margin. Specialist agencies are hired for catering
to the skills development of the candidates.
For the post of Sales Executive of the water resource management company, the essential
qualifications is that of the BSc degree and 0-3 years of experience in the discipline (Rees &
Smith, 2017). As a matter of specification, creative thinking skills are tested for recruiting the
candidates. Synthesizing the facts is also accounted for inducing relevant decisions regarding
shortlisting the candidates. Proficiency in MS Office operations is also tested for assessing

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the efficiency of the candidates. Problem solving skills and decision making skills are also
crucial in this context. Mention needs to be made of the interpersonal skills and the ability to
work in teams, which are considered for recruiting the candidates in the position. Along with
this, some of the other essential skills are:
 Proficiency in the communication skills
 Professional approach in making presentations
 High attentions in seminars and lectures
 Page up experience (Slavić, Bjekić & Berber, 2017)
Realistic career goal
In my graduation, I am undergoing training on the development of proficiency in the
skills of communication, problem solving, and decision-making. I am getting the training on
collecting essential data for the research and synthesizing the facts for deducing essential and
relevant conclusions. On the job trainings are being provided, which I think are effective for
gaining practical experience regarding performing the operations according to the
expectations. I have researched about the skills requirements of the engineering industry in
Australia, which revolves around these skills. Therefore, I am planning to be more conversant
for improving my communication skills. According to Rees and Smith, (2017), using
checklists and templates for evaluating the performance would be effective for stressing on
each and every parameter of the personal growth and development. Maintaining consistency
in evaluation would be effective for me to alter the standards and quality of the performance.

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References
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Holm, A. B., & Haahr, L. (2018). e-Recruitment and selection. In e-HRM (pp. 172-195).
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Rees, G., & Smith, P. (Eds.). (2017). Strategic human resource management: An
international perspective. Sage.
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Slavić, A., Bjekić, R., & Berber, N. (2017). The role of the internet and social networks in
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