Identifying and quantifying industry perceptions of engineering drawing skills in novice malaysian engineers

Abstract

To be effective, engineering drawings need to communicate information precisely and must ensure that a manufacturer can correctly interpret the presented information simply and unambiguously. As such, the manufacturer requires competent engineering staff when producing and interpreting engineering drawings. This paper reports on a survey completed to investigate the technical competencies of novice (graduate) engineers from the perspective of the manufacturing industry sector. The survey sought the views of engineering managers about both the competencies of current novice engineers and their expected competency for effectiveness within their workplace. The survey quantified anecdotal inform..