1. Engineering Main branches within Engineering CHEMICAL CIVIL ELECTRICAL
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Main branches within Engineering
CHEMICAL
CIVIL
ELECTRICAL
MECHANICAL
Some Sub branches (which may overlap with each other and those branches above):
Acoustical
Aerospace
Automotive
Architectural
Agricultural
Biomedical
Computer
Control
Electronic
Energy
Environmental
Genetic
Material
Mining
Nano
Naval
Nuclear
Optical
Production
Systems

2. Engineering Typical Departments within Engineering Companies Marketing
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Typical Departments within Engineering Companies
Marketing
Sales
Research & Development
Design
Manufacturing
Assembly
Test
Delivery
Maintenance
Disposal
Finance, Health & Safety and Environment, Human Resources,
Logistics, Planning, Quality & Technical Services
The Departments have been grouped here for simplicity. They may or may not be grouped like this in Companies especially those in the yellow box which generally are separate Departments but have been shown grouped here to show that they in particular provide support to all the other Departments.

3. Engineering Department information
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Department information
Marketing The promotion of products or services the Company produces to help create sales
Sales The selling of products or services the Company produces and formalisation of same into a contract.
Research and Development
The refinement of an idea or creation into a product or service through analysis and testing to ensure safe, reliable and does that expected (design definition).
Design
The formal defining of a product (including details of all sub parts) or service parameters into a design specification to then enable manufacture or delivery.
Manufacturing
The process of producing products (and sub parts) to the design specification.
Assembly
The process of putting sub parts together to produce larger sub parts or products.
Test
The process of testing sub parts or products to verify they meet the design specification.

4. Engineering Department information
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Department information
Delivery The process of dispatching the product or service to the Customer and seeking and securing payment for same.
Maintenance The process to assist if required the Customer supporting the product or service when in use, to ensure the expected performance is achieved in line with the sales contract.
Disposal
The removal from society of the product in an environmentally correct way.
Finance
The monetary controls employed to support Engineering activities with the aim of producing a profit.
Health & Safety and Environment
The processes , procedures and work ethics used to ensure all undertaken is done so safety for staff, surrounding people and the environment.
Human Resources
The process of ensuring staff members are hired, administered and trained to fulfil their responsibilities.
Logistics
The process of purchasing resource (material, people, equipment etc) and delivering finished product or service.

5. Engineering Department information
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Department information
Planning The process of converting a design specification into a means whereby efficient manufacturing can take place, or
The process of defining maintenance activities (with Design support) to ensure product integrity when in use.
Quality The process to ensure all aspects of Engineering are consistently delivering that expected to meet the contact and Company objectives.
Technical Services
The process of supporting manufacturing and/or in service product use to ensure efficiency or for example, when issues arise that need a deviation to the design specification and/or maintenance requirements by acting as the link between various Engineering Departments, especially with Design.