• Question: Is your type of engineer job ever dangerous ?

    Asked by Emoji to Si, Julia, Krishnaa, Laura, Rebecca on 14 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by Hannah, Shonz_24.
    • Photo: Simon Willocks

      Simon Willocks answered on 14 Jun 2016:

      Hi Emoji…

      there are hazards (danger) in all Engineering activities, a critical part of an Engineers role is to identify and assess the hazards, eliminate (remove) them or mitigate (reduce the risk) to an acceptable level. We do this by performing Risk Assessments… so reducing the danger from the job…

      Hope that helps !

    • Photo: Rebecca Pullon

      Rebecca Pullon answered on 16 Jun 2016:

      Hi Emoji,

      My field is not dangerous. The most you could get is a little electric shock from a power source! Most of what I do is on the computer which isn’t dangerous. Although may be affecting my eyes…

      Rebecca

    • Photo: Krishnaa Mahbubani

      Krishnaa Mahbubani answered on 22 Jun 2016:

      Hey Emoji,
      The current research position I have involves me using lots of liquid nitrogen to freeze things, which can be a little dangerous if I am not careful.
      I used to work for a nuclear engineering company as a process engineer on site (this means I was where the nuclear power is generated) and that had some significant risks involved (and so it was a little dangerous). However, there are a lot of mitigating factors (risk reducing strategies) put in place to ensure that any danger is minimised. This is part of being an engineer — we design plants and processes that may require some dangerous equipment or chemicals to be as safe as possible.
      Hope this explains what you’re asking for.

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