An Engineer's Most Important Skill - Communication Techniques

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You may think that technical engineering skills are your most important, while they are important it is not your most important skill, it is your ability to communicate. Communication Techniques aren't something that is taught at university, you learn to write technical reports and may be present to engineers, however, in the workforce you need to communicate to a broad range of audiences with varied skill sets. as an engineer, your communication skills need to be able to break down technical knowledge to someone that has no engineering ability.
Communication is what we really produce, whether that be in meetings, in the drawings we produce or the reports we write, if you cannot communicate your engineering ability is pointless.
Also, communication is just about output, to effectively communicate you also need to be able to listen and understand the issues. As communication is a two what street, and if you are able to understand the issues you can more effectively pass your knowledge on, and make the projects better.
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Комментарии : 23

@malikdaniyel146 2 года назад

You are so correct when it comes to some engineers communication skills with others. I spent numerous time with my boss and mentor attending meetings, Presentations and document writing. It's truly a skill that is not learnt in college but on the job with practice. In addition, the way you categorized written and verbal skills with building consultants and clients determines when you should apply technical or simple methods. Stay safe. Malik.

@BrendanHasty 2 года назад

Hi Malik, thanks for you ongoing support. Glad that you agree, it is also the skill that engineers should work on if they want to get a promotion. Good communication can also keep new projects in the door.

@tribby3d 2 года назад

Great video! Completely agree that communication is key in engineering projects. I would also add that written communication adds persistence to information. I always try to write things down whenever there has been a verbal agreement.

@BrendanHasty 2 года назад

Hi Tribby, notes should always be taken at meeting, these notes should be passed out at the end of the meeting so if people have different understanding they can be address swiftly.

@tribby3d 2 года назад

@@BrendanHasty Agree!

@DeepakKrishna11 2 года назад

Exactly, effective communication and active listening are essential skills.

@BrendanHasty 2 года назад

thanks Deepak, it is also something commenly overlooked.

@dykodesigns 2 года назад

Also, let’s not forget telephone communication. It’s something that’s still very common. It can be an annoying interruption if you’re deep into solving an issue but it can also be helpful to converse about a solution with the client or probe what the client wants. One of my coworkers hangs one the phone half the day which can be annoying for me if want to ask him something. The worst is when you’re discussing something at the desk and then the coworkers gets called by a client and finds the phone conversation more important. In my case, I’m the draftsmen and the coworker is the engineer / project manager.

@BrendanHasty 2 года назад

Hi DYKO, thanks for the ongoing support. aggree also you dont want to be on the phone all day, communication should be concise, it can be annoying when someone just enjoys talking, tho at times it can be good to build relationships. also when you are talking to someone at your desk, phone calls can wait. sounds like valueing people times should also be key to good communication.

@mandakhg6568 2 года назад

6:20 yep that is why lot of engineering students decide to switch to construction management path. Money "talks"

@yekutielbenheshel354 Год назад

According to the famous adage, in real estate the three most important things are: location, location, location. When dealing with people, the three most important things are communication, communication, and communication.

@BrendanHasty Год назад

Glad that you are enjoying many of my videos this helps soo much thanks for the support it is greatly appreciated

@yekutielbenheshel354 Год назад

@@BrendanHasty Your videos are great... but your marketing is poor. You are very unlikely to significantly monetize this channel from high view counts and/or Patreon donations. Instead, you need to use this channel to market yourself to CEOs and CFOs who desperately need an expert, outside (unbiased), structural engineer to give them the information they need to push back against the misinformation and outright lies they are often fed.

@beniaminbalint3711 2 года назад

That's why i always provide simple video construction sequencing for the structural elements. I find it more effective than answering 100 follow up phonecalls

@syedabdulhannan 2 года назад

Sir need a video on self straining loads on steel structure and steel connections

@BrendanHasty 2 года назад

Hi Syed, this varies alot depending on contry. typically in Australia there are factored loads of 1.2[Dead load]+1.5[live] or 1.35[dead]. but you need to check your local region.

@syedabdulhannan 2 года назад

@@BrendanHasty Thanks for the reply sir, the issue is the unrealistic output(normal forces) due to temperature loads Those forces are next to impossible to design a simple shear and moment connections.

@larrytinnin3357 Год назад

What is the difference between verbal and spoken?

@BrendanHasty Год назад

Hi Larry, they would be the same thing, if I think of both tho Verbal is more convsational while Spoken would be presentations.

@gigglesaregood Год назад

Acronyms drive me insane. There is an assumption by the producing engineer that all the future readers throughout time will just know what these mean. I have seen methods, such as a lookup table in the document so that acronyms can be used throughout, I think these are terrible as well. Just write out the words. If there is a need for so many acronyms in a document that it become illegible, just reduce the number of acronym in your work.

@GregNow 2 года назад

"10kN" great video like always.

@BrendanHasty 2 года назад

thanks Grzogorz, and congruatlions to picking up the correction.

@zian.2493 2 года назад

Sir can u recommend some site for learning structural designs. community/forums, paid/ free videos like this youtube.students today prefer much on technology/gadgets to learn than books on hand.or both