Job Shadow Narrative
On March 24, 2016 I Job shadowed Rufino Gonzalez .At 1243(N) street.downtown Fresno. As a teen i always wanted to learn about engineering. Rufino Gonzalez does civil engineering the main job that he does is supervise dams and water system. And also Rufino Gonzalez was 2014 Mid-Pacific Region Engineer of the year.
In the being, I started off by me greeting my self and ask him some simple question.After that, we took off to where he works at and it was a 2 hour drive. Once we got there we check in, at the front desk. The first object I notice was a white board that had two quotes. One said “Success in not owned; it’s rented and rent is due everyday and the second one said “Success is measured by your happiness and how you help other people become successful”. These quotes got me to think about life and if i want to embrace success. I got to meet other workers and their position that they work at and workers greeted each other with respect.
After meet and know what people do as a civil engineering. Rufino teach me how a dam works. Which was interesting because he showed me powerpoints and videos about dams. Many people get confused about what's left and right of a dam you must look down the dam to know what left and right is. Rufino and his crew supervise 8 different dam. But the main one that he constantly keep talk about was the San Joaquin Friant Dam because it is one of the key structures of the initial central valley. It has two river that opposite way one goes to sacramento river and the other one goes through the delta-mendota. And Lindsay get its water from this dam.
After this job shadow i was thinking if i still want to become a civil engineer and to be honest it a lot of pressure. I will not like to become a civil engineer because I wouldn't like to handle all the pressure. Although I always want to become a engineer i learn many skill that will prepare me life just in case if i still wanted to become a engineer.
On March 24, 2016 I Job shadowed Rufino Gonzalez .At 1243(N) street.downtown Fresno. As a teen i always wanted to learn about engineering. Rufino Gonzalez does civil engineering the main job that he does is supervise dams and water system. And also Rufino Gonzalez was 2014 Mid-Pacific Region Engineer of the year.
In the being, I started off by me greeting my self and ask him some simple question.After that, we took off to where he works at and it was a 2 hour drive. Once we got there we check in, at the front desk. The first object I notice was a white board that had two quotes. One said “Success in not owned; it’s rented and rent is due everyday and the second one said “Success is measured by your happiness and how you help other people become successful”. These quotes got me to think about life and if i want to embrace success. I got to meet other workers and their position that they work at and workers greeted each other with respect.
After meet and know what people do as a civil engineering. Rufino teach me how a dam works. Which was interesting because he showed me powerpoints and videos about dams. Many people get confused about what's left and right of a dam you must look down the dam to know what left and right is. Rufino and his crew supervise 8 different dam. But the main one that he constantly keep talk about was the San Joaquin Friant Dam because it is one of the key structures of the initial central valley. It has two river that opposite way one goes to sacramento river and the other one goes through the delta-mendota. And Lindsay get its water from this dam.
After this job shadow i was thinking if i still want to become a civil engineer and to be honest it a lot of pressure. I will not like to become a civil engineer because I wouldn't like to handle all the pressure. Although I always want to become a engineer i learn many skill that will prepare me life just in case if i still wanted to become a engineer.