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Civil Eng Lvl 8 Degree Part Time

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  • 05-04-2017 3:34pm
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    Ushm
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    Hi, I'm currently in second year of a 5 year (ugh) part time Lvl 7 Civil Engineering degree in DIT, the BEng Tech they call it. As I'm sure everyone can agree, a level 7 degree is worth sweet F*** all these days so I'm at nothing if I don't get the level 8 and therein lies a huge problem. I've done a fair bit of research and only one college in the country seems to offer a part-time level 8 Civil Engineering degree and that's DKIT. It's a 2 year part time degree but there's a catch... it's a Bsc and not a BE. My question is, can anyone tell me what the difference is between the two in terms of practicable knowledge and job opportunities? So far I've fielded this question to a few people in the field, including a representative from Engineers Ireland, but they've all responded with fairly vague answers. Any help in this matter would be HUGELY appreciated.
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    Gumbo
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    Ushm wrote: »
    Hi, I'm currently in second year of a 5 year (ugh) part time Lvl 7 Civil Engineering degree in DIT, the BEng Tech they call it. As I'm sure everyone can agree, a level 7 degree is worth sweet F*** all these days so I'm at nothing if I don't get the level 8 and therein lies a huge problem. I've done a fair bit of research and only one college in the country seems to offer a part-time level 8 Civil Engineering degree and that's DKIT. It's a 2 year part time degree but there's a catch... it's a Bsc and not a BE. My question is, can anyone tell me what the difference is between the two in terms of practicable knowledge and job opportunities? So far I've fielded this question to a few people in the field, including a representative from Engineers Ireland, but they've all responded with fairly vague answers. Any help in this matter would be HUGELY appreciated.

    I completed the Level 7 from DIT Bolton Street (BEng Tech) in 2007 after starting in 2002 part time while working as a technician in a consulting engineering firm.

    I bunced from that to the BER assessors course in 2008 and then to a Post Grad Dip in Fire Safety in TCD.

    I mainly worked in the design or buildings and spaces, surveying, delapidation surveys, domestic and commercial engineering oversight and site inspections and building and planning regulation compliance.

    I am a chartered Building Engineer through CABE (not as highly regarded as IEI in fairness) and also a Registered Building Surveyor through the SCSI and an assigned certifier if required.

    The point to this story is that the level 7 is by no means a piece of crap. It depends on what area you want to concentrate in.

    Do you want to get into the structural design ?
    When I came out, the only option was Jordanstown up north once a week for 2-3 years. Back before the proper M1 so a 2.5 hour drive at least!

    What would you like to do at the end of all this? I suppose that question could dictate what route you take. Bearing in mind that there are new requirements to been chartered through the IEI now.


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