Few decades back, South Korea wasn’t the country that it is today. In fact it was relegated to the class of poorest economies in the world. Then something happened that over the following years transformed the face of this country. That thing was industrialization. The rapid advancement of industrial sector has been a crucial factor in the economic growth of the country.

Production and export of a wide range of commodities drove the country’s economy from rags to riches.

And even today, South Korea’s economy is heavily dependent on manufacturing and export of products like automobiles, textiles, electronic items, ships, steel, etc. Recently the scope of engineering has expanded further to include cutting-edge technology sectors like aerospace, bioengineering, microelectronics and fine chemicals. The country also invests a great deal when it comes to research and development activities in engineering sectors.

For those who want to do something concrete about making a promising career in engineering, South Korea is a paradise. With such diversity in engineering industries, you can easily find an industry that you want to specialize in.

Past AIP Engineering interns have been involved and worked on the following projects:

• Utilizing AutoCAD to develop facility layout drawings of production and support areas.
• Conducting studies and propositions for improvements to the overall process flow and spatial utilization based on lean manufacturing principles.
• Testing prototypes and machinery, while writing reports to document the results.
• Assisting and shadowing engineering managers with development of engineering schedules, budgets, projects, and quality assurance.
• Assisting with the development and maintenance of parts catalogs, owner’s manuals, and operational instruction manuals for assigned products.

Note that all AIP interns are given a personal supervisor who will train, monitor and guide you throughout your international internship experience.

Internship tasks will vary from company to company, as well as intern to intern. These are only examples of tasks that were carried out from previous interns.

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