Job prospects after a solar/photovoltaic degree (1 Viewer)

[poisonives]

Hi, how easy/difficult is it to get a job in Australia after graduating in solar & photovoltaic or renewable engineering. How about overseas?

Thanks in advance.

 

[doink]

I heard Wollies offers lots of jobs to people with that degree. After 4 years of engineering your shelf stacking ability would be rather good.

 

[ianc]

i think it would be difficult to get a job as a "renewable energy engineer". please correct me if i'm wrong. i think you'd be better off doing a civil or electrical engineering degree, then specialising further down the track after having worked for a few years - either through a masters degree, or just through steering yourself in that direction job-wise.

the photovoltaic engineering degree is structured well at UNSW though, because you choose a strand such as mathematics, physics or electrical engineering (since there aren't all that many pv-specific subjects) - which means that if you can't get a job as a pv engineer (which i think would be almost impossible), then you could at least scrape a job as something else and have a bit of knowledge behind you

but i am sure there are people out there with a wide variety of experiences with these smaller environmental engineering degrees, so if you are truly passionate about renewable energy or pv then don't let me talk you out of it

 

[poisonives]

i think it would be difficult to get a job as a "renewable energy engineer". please correct me if i'm wrong. i think you'd be better off doing a civil or electrical engineering degree, then specialising further down the track after having worked for a few years - either through a masters degree, or just through steering yourself in that direction job-wise.

the photovoltaic engineering degree is structured well at UNSW though, because you choose a strand such as mathematics, physics or electrical engineering (since there aren't all that many pv-specific subjects) - which means that if you can't get a job as a pv engineer (which i think would be almost impossible), then you could at least scrape a job as something else and have a bit of knowledge behind you

but i am sure there are people out there with a wide variety of experiences with these smaller environmental engineering degrees, so if you are truly passionate about renewable energy or pv then don't let me talk you out of it

wait, so are u saying that its almost impossible TO get a job ?
i'm confused...
but thanks for the post

 

[xoa]

Australia is becoming a banana republic. A few weeks ago, Australia's biggest solar cell factory announced it would close.

You might be able to get a job as an environmental officer for a BHP or Rio Tinto, but otherwise you'll need to go overseas where the real science and innovation is.