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Irregularities
in the age distribution of some disciplines may have an impact
on the future supply of engineers in those disciplines.
A large majority
of professional engineers work for large organizations. Firms
or organizations with more than 500 employees employ 48.3% of
all professional engineers, while 22% of engineers work for firms
which employ between 51 and 500 people.
The service
sector employs a higher percentage of the women engineering population.
The majority
of licensed professional engineers work within the service industries
(53.5%), followed by manufacturing industries (28.3%).
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Women comprised
5.5% of the total number of registered professional engineers
in 1997.
The proportion
of women to men is greater in the younger age categories.
The top 10
job functions reported by professional engineers, i.e., those
requiring 25% or more of their time included:
- project
management: 41%
- design:
32.5%
- management/administration:
18.8%
- project
planning: 17.4%
- engineering/technology
support services: 16.1%
- operations
and production: 12.3%
- research
and development: 9.4%
- specification/technical
writing: 7.9%
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