Job description (entire company, your department, etc.)
I am in charge of on-site maintenance work at the Hakodate Conversion Station of the Kitamoto DC Trunk Line (DC trunk line connecting Hokkaido and Honshu). I am mainly in charge of outdoor facilities, and I inspect outdoor equipment, plan renewal, and work to ensure that there are no interruptions to the stable supply of electric power.
How does your study at Shibaura Institute of Technology apply to your current profession?
Since I joined an electric power company, everything I learned about electrical engineering at that time and power systems engineering in the laboratory, from the basic content to the applied content I learned in the laboratory, has been useful to me. On the other hand, I can say that I have had to redo my studies in areas that I skipped in college. I often regretted that I should have done at least a minimum level of study even if I did not aim for good grades. One of my most memorable classes as a student was an electrical experiment I took in my third year of college. I think this class contained a lot of knowledge necessary for selecting equipment specifications and conducting various characteristic tests even after entering the workforce.
What are you actually doing as a cross-disciplinary approach in society, or what do you need to do to cross-disciplinary?
If you have any questions, ask people in your field as if you were a first grader in elementary school. In the past, I was in charge of seismic reinforcement work for a substation. The main work was done by the civil engineering department, but the substation itself was under the jurisdiction of the electrical department, so the electrical department was in charge of project management. At the beginning, I did not understand even a single terminology used in meetings, and despite this, I had to identify issues and supervise the entire process. Eventually, the project did not move forward, and I had a bitter experience of being asked for an explanation by the head of the electrical department, which caused me a lot of trouble. I think it is important not to get caught up in the idea that you are a member of a certain department.
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