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mainly of minding a machine, especially now that more and more
processes are automated. However, some operators may have to
check components produced by their machines to ensure they are
accurate. They may require training in the use of instruments such
as micrometers, venires, or simple “go/no go” gauges.
Source: Adapted from S.Moss and A.S.Watts. Careers in
rd
Engineering, 3 edition.

Step 3

Combine answers with the others in your group. How many of the
jobs listed in Task 1 are mentioned in the whole text?

Step 4

Who would be employed to:

1. Test completed motors from a production line?
2. Find out why a new electronics assembly does not work?
3. Produce a mold for car body part?
4. See that the correct test equipment is available on a production
line?
5. Find a cheaper way of manufacturing a crankshaft?
6. Repair heating systems installed by their company?
7. See that a new product is safe to use?
8. Commission a turbine in a power station?

Reading Inferring from Samples

In Step 5 below and in Step 7, you are asked to infer from a
small sample of text information that is not clearly stated. Use the
clues in the piles and knowledge you have gained from the text
Jobs in Engineering.

Step 5

As a group, try to identify the jobs of the workers from their

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