1. Electrical Engineering WENDY FRANCO

2. Job Description  Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism

3. Required Training  Bachelor's degree in engineering is the first step towards professional certification  After completing a certified degree program the engineer must have work experience before getting certified  Once certified the engineer is designated the title of Professional Engineer

4. Skills & Characteristics  Pay attention to what customers are telling you  Understand the problems and solutions  Be a good speaker and listener  Always know what to do and be ready for anything

5. Wages EmploymentEmployment RSE Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage Wage RSE 174,5501.4%$46.05$95,7800.4%

6. Job Outlook  Employment of electrical and electronics engineers is supposed to grow 4% from 2012 to 2022.  Job growth is expected because of all the people wanting to and starting to get into electrical engineering.

7. Professional Association  American Society for Engineering Education (www.asee.org)www.asee.org  AT&T Labs Research (http://www.research.att.com/)http://www.research.att.com/  California Lighting Technology Center (http://cltc.ucdavis.edu/)http://cltc.ucdavis.edu/  Electric Power Research Institutes (http://www.spie.org/)http://www.spie.org/  IEEE Computer Society (http://www.computer.org/)http://www.computer.org/

8. Job Listing  Electrical engineering deals with the motion of electrons in metals  Work focused on: - large electrical systems - motors and generators - electrical circuits in buildings - power transmission systems - electrical generation plants