Hi,
I am currently studying my City & Guilds : Diploma in Automotive, but I was wondering, upon graduating, what job can I apply for in Malaysia

Anyone can suggest?

This post has been edited by SleeplessEyes: Oct 24 2008, 07:06 PM

Definitely YES!
C&G is such a famous & quality institute

Yes..thats why I took it..cause it's worldwide recognise and I have some dream plans to goto Australia for work, provided my dreams could materialise (VISA work permit)

But TGR, what work can I apply for using this Diploma? At first I thought of becoming mechanic in service centre and work my way up to service advisor etc, but it seems I can go other path.

It depends on your expertise. It likes your are going to study in mechanical field, in the future you can join in factory production line.

This post has been edited by work_tgr: Oct 23 2008, 06:05 PM

Erm...any other answers?

Automotive is a big field, not just mechanics and all.

This post has been edited by SleeplessEyes: Oct 24 2008, 02:54 PM

There are a lot of jobs you can apply.

First,you can join proton R&D or R3 R&D deparment

2nd, Perodua R&D

the best is finish off you degree first.

During your last year,choose the major field of yours in automotive engineering.

I meant working in mechanical field but not becoming a mechanic.

Oh...means become like Mechanical Engineer, etc?
A new field for me, but worth checking out..

Okay...
Erm..dont mean to ask you for spoon feeding, but what line or what job I can apply for in Mechnical field?

Really blur, but curious...

This post has been edited by SleeplessEyes: Oct 24 2008, 05:53 PM

I think (no sure) the course which you are going to take is more related with technical line. For mechanical engineers, they learn more about theories, calculations and designing. Mechanical covers very wide field such as machine, robot, structure, fluid etc. Can you list out the study subjects ?

I called up City and Guilds Malaysia previously to clarify about this name ,cause I didn'[t like the name sounding, and they said that this is truly an Automotive Engineering course, although the subjects and name sounds so technical.

For this course, my lecturer told me that a student can take 3 additional,optional items which is Maths,Electronics and Science (can't remember clearly) and it can lead to degree in either Business or Mechanical or any other Degree whichever university accepts it.

This post has been edited by SleeplessEyes: Oct 24 2008, 07:07 PM

The courses listed are under technical category. I am a local u graduate,so I only can give opinions from what I know. I suggest you to ask about the title of graduation that you will be honored. Do you take "Engineering Maths" and "Mechanical Engineering" ?

wah,this is for which car..european or japanese car?

My mechanic 28 years old without cert can close eys and do the above easily.

Even me and my friend can do this too.

Can you list out the whole course outline?

to be frank, i don't think an automotive engineering grad will be well-accepted in Malaysia. Malaysians are just too shallow-minded. 'mechanic' doesn't sound something worthy of respect in the eyes of the typical Malaysian. if you really want to expand, get a degree first, or work your way to the top. or, get yourself some contacts from renowned workshops, then work your way in. they might send you overseas to have training if you're good then have you work in their company when you come back.

whereas overseas, you have well respected members from the automotive world who work as pit crews for race tracks and such. not like here, our options are pretty limited.

my 2 cents based on my crappy knowledge from my conversations with someone, do correct me if i'm wrong.

It's quite good and of course this skill is also needed overseas but here if automotive depends lor..my bro also took this course. He worked before as a mechanic in BMW and now service advisor in Honda. Slowly climbing the ladder lor..then maybe switching to other automotive companies lor or can go other countries to work also eg. Australia

Firstly it's covered for any car.

RoxyGal, if u think this is too easy for you, wait until you sit for the exams set by Europeans for Asians. They dont make it easy as you think.

Course outline, sorry can't list here, there are like 500 over pages online:

http://www.cityandguilds.com/documents/ind...s_4101_v1-0.pdf

If you read the PDF file, please use the book mark function,
Go through the subjects V14,V15,V16,V17 and v27 of each subject.

Then browse under the section of "Outcome", it will explain what we will cover.

Work,
They do have Math and Science units (but it's optional) that can be used to apply for Degree in Mechanical Engineering, thats what my lecturer told us.

This post has been edited by SleeplessEyes: Oct 25 2008, 09:57 AM

sE_vIxEn,
Thanks for your support.I like your "crappy statement" actually.

It is true that many Malaysians look down at mechanic as those whom "failed their SPM and work as mechanics".


Xziled and sE_vIxEn,
It's true that mechanics in Western Countries such as US and Australia are much high regarded for their skills compared to Asian countries which pay cheap "labour" and "slavery" for the dirty work.

In Malaysia where mechanics and technicians (for service centres) are paid from RM 1000 onwards (and we dont have regulations on minimum wages)
Aussies pay (by the law of skilled labour) a minimum AUS 700 a week (thats about RM 2100 a week alone). IT Professionals there are even paid 3x higher than a normal Malaysian grad here.

I was just wondering if I could use my Diploma in Automotive to apply for Degree later...just like my lecturer he said that he used his Diploma (the same one that I am studying), to apply for his Business Degree.

This post has been edited by SleeplessEyes: Oct 25 2008, 09:51 AM

As what others said, your expertise is quite specific into automotive fixing/repair/maintenance/servicing. Those kind of jobs are usually done by mechanics. Since world develops so fast that today's mechanics are necessary to be educated. People like what RoxyGal said will be replaced by new educated batch soon.

A develop country like Malaysia needs a lot of resources in its production and servicing line. The career opportunity for automotive is available but not much. For nowadays Malaysia market, knowledge in machine maintenance is still among the most popular technical job requirement. You can try to take extra study into hydraulic and pneumatic system because many machines run by them.

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Added on October 25, 2008, 10:03 amI have to remind you one thing here. If you are good in technical work, you better stick with it. Mechanical engineering is suitable for people who are good in Physics and Maths calculation and basically it is more to think how to design and problem solving. The study will involve difficult Maths calculations.

Sadly in Malaysia today, most engineers can't be specific in what they had learned. When they (mechanical engineers) work, their jobs are related to management and executive. In fact, this happens to other field of engineers (chemistry, civil and E&E)

In your case, if you can master both technical and engineering knowledge by getting a degree later, you will definitely have more advantages than other graduates, to get high paid salary job.

This post has been edited by work_tgr: Oct 25 2008, 10:11 AM

hi there. glad my comment didn't have you offended, some people can't take it! and i personally see people who are genuinely into the subject as people worthy of everyone's respect.

may i know what college are you studying in? afaik TOC in PJ offers bridging to UNITEC New Zealand and several other options. i dunno about others though.

a local Aussie guy told me mechanics are highly sought after in big cities in Australia now, hint hint.

I find my own strenght is in technical aspect, but kinda suck at Maths let alone Physics.

This post has been edited by SleeplessEyes: Oct 26 2008, 11:17 AM

Good. Keep on effort in technical aspect and you will definitely do well.