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Table 4 Coding scheme used to describe the nature of work of drawn engineers

From: The impact of country of schooling and gender on secondary school students’ conceptions of and interest in becoming an engineer in Ireland, Kenya and Sweden

Field of work codes

Conception of engineer codes

Not mentioned

Designer

Aeronautics and Astronautics

Design/Create single

Agricultural and Biological

Driver

Civil

Factory/Make quantity

Chemical

Laborer/Builder

Computer

Mechanic

Construction

Object/Engine

Electrical

Technician

Environmental

Tradesman

Industrial

Other/None

Land Surveying and Geomatics

Other professions*

Materials

Archaeologist

Mechanical

Businessman

Educational

Doctor

Policy

Fast food server

Blank

Fireman

 

Mathematician

 

Politician

 

Researcher

 

Salesperson

 

Scientist

 

Site manager

 

Student

 

Teacher

  1. Note: *For this study, the “Other professions” code within the “conceptions of engineer codes” was not used in the analysis. Instead, drawings which this code was applied to were further inductively coded. This process revealed 13 specific professions, listed below the “Other professions” code in the table. These were used in the analysis