Profession Engineer in Sri Lanka got high recognition and it’s considered as one of the top profession in any society in any country. The average salary for engineers is also high compare with other professions. There are huge demand for engineers and engineering related profession in Sri Lanka as well as aboard.
To become professional engineers it is necessary to gain some professionally valid qualifications and some training to fulfill. In here I am much focused on to show the part to become a qualified engineer in Sri Lanka and make your dream job true in Sri Lanka engineering industry. Following are The opportunities which you got to become a professional engineer in sri lanka. These options are provide great pathway to become a qualified engineer in Sri Lanka.
Classification of Engineering Industry in Sri Lanka
If we consider about the engineering industry in Sri Lanka we can easily classified that in to several sectors such as.
• Electrical Engineering field
• Electronics and Communication Engineering field
• Mechanical Engineering field
• Civil Engineering field
Apart from these mention engineering fields there are other several minor engineering fields such as aviation engineering, marine engineering, chemical engineering etc. The tasks and duties which need to do in above filed engineers are sometimes completely different. The civil engineers jobs tasks and responsibilities are some times completely differ from electrical engineers. So before become engineer in general its vital to know in what area that you need to become major on.
Types of Engineering Related Professions in Sri Lanka
Before we go for the path to become engineer or getting a job in Sri Lanka engineering filed , we will check out what are the professions which are available in Sri Lanka under engineering field.
Following are several Engineering professions which established in Sri Lanka.
• Engineering Manager
• Chief Engineer
• Engineer
• Assistant Engineer
• Technical Officer
• Superintendent
There are so many other engineering related professions available in Sri Lanka. If you see several news papers such as Sunday observers or Sunday Times you can have a better idea about what are the jobs available on this Sri Lanka engineering industry.
Engineering Degrees offers at Government University of Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka engineering industry concept the student who does their studies on GCE Advanced level math’s stream is to become a professional engineer in reputed company.
This task cans achieve by getting higher scores for Advanced level and selecting engineering faculty in Sri Lanka (Moratuwa University, Peradeniya University and Ruhuna University).
Normally doing GCE Advanced Level in math’s stream is extremely difficult . Selecting for Sri Lanka engineering Universities is extremely difficult and challenging.
So only few people got the chance to become engineers in this scenario. Rest of the student who did not get enough marks to select engineering faculty got disappointed and give up their dream to become an engineer .
How to become Engineer in Sri Lanka even if you didnt select in to government university
But the truth is there are numerous way to become professionally qualified engineers even if you didn’t select engineering faculty in Sri Lanka.
Most of student don’t know the part and also doesn’t have any proper guidance to fulfill dream profession.
You need to fulfill some qualifications to become an engineer or to get a job in mentioned engineering field. What are these qualifications?
• Obtain a recognized Degree on reputed Engineering University or Institute
• Obtain a recognized Diploma on Reputed Institute
• Obtain a recognized membership from accredited membership institute
If you have one or more qualifications which I mentioned above with suitable training you are eligible to apply the job under engineering filed.
Engineering Diploma in Sri Lanka
To have an Engineering diploma wich recognised by Sri Lanka government is one best way to become a qualified engineer. Following are several education path to become incorporated engineer in Sri Lanka
- Higher National Diploma in Engineering (HNDE)
- National Diploma in Technology (NDT)
- National Diploma in Engineering Science (NDES)
- Diploma in Technology (DTec) at Open University
- City and Guilds Engineering Diploma
- Edexcel Higher National Diploma (HND) Diplomas
Engineering Degree Programs in Private universities of Sri Lanka
There are several highly recognised private education institute conduct three years and 4 years engineering degree programs. Most of these degree programs are conducted with affiliate with United Kingdom degrees. Following are several institutes conduct Engineering Degrees under multiple stream.
- Bachelor of Science (BSc.) Engineering Degrees at SAITM
- BEng and MEng Degree at Northshore College of Business and Technology (NCBT)
- BEng and MEng Degree at Colombo International Nautical & Engineering College (CINEC) Maritime Campus
- BSc Eng (Hons) Degrees at Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT)
- B.Sc(Hons) in Engineering Degree at ESOFT College of Engineering & Technology
- BEng(Hons) Engineering Degrees Offers At ICBT Sri Lanka
Fee leaving government institute conduct engineering Degrees
Open University and UNIVOTEC is also government funded education institute. Form this institute you can follow engineering degree programs and become a qualified engineer in Sri Lanka. To follow this degree program you need to pay reasonable course fees.
- Bachelor of Technology (BTec) in Open University Sri Lanka
- University of Vocational Technology (UNIVOTEC) Sri Lanka
- Engineering Degree at KDU (Sir Johan Kotalawala University )
Obtain Accredited Membership
In Sri Lanka to become a professional Engineer or to chartered engineer he or she must be a member of institute of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) or Institutes of Incorporated Engineer Sri lanka ( IIESL) .
- Graduate Diploma Level conducted by IESL College of Engineering offers the Associate Member of Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (AMIESL).
There are several other engineering membership institute in the world which recognised the private and loca degrees in engineering to become their member.
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Apart from obtaining degree under Government University you can get any above qualifications with proper guidance.
Some of the courses are completely free of charge and for other there are some fee to pay for completes the qualifications which you need.
Hope that this guide will help to become a professional engineer in Sri Lanka even if you didnt get the opportunity to select in to government university.