Planning Engineering

What is Planning Engineering

What is Planning Engineering ?

The aspirant who pursues Planning Engineering and completes the degree is known as planning engineer. A planning engineer is an integral part of any infrastructure building project right from the beginning days. The main aim of planning engineers is to ensure that the project is finished within the deadline and budget. 

They are also responsible for bringing together three things that will make or break the entire task that is pipe-lined, and those three things are - getting the workers, organizing the equipment to be used and finalizing the procedure to be implemented for the completion of the project. 

The course planning engineering impart skills like coordination and synchronization of workers and materials, to and fro communication with stakeholders and more. Right from planning to designing and from monitoring to evaluating, planning engineers are the right-hand/wing-man of a project-manager.

A planning engineer should be well-versed or familiar with the five most important principles of any project management. Those five pointers are - 

• Maintaining a risk register/ management of risk

• Proper management of time

• Proper management of finances

• Ensuring top-notch quality

• Management of human resources during the entire integration of the concerned project 

Also, planning engineers can function in multiple fields like civil engineering, construction engineering, real estate, gas and oil. Other miscellaneous duties that a planning engineer might be asked to do are - data interpretation, a compilation of reports, do presentations if and when required.

Eligibility Criteria (UG & PG) of Planning Engineering

Eligibility criteria for Planning Engineering

For under-graduation degree in planning engineering, candidates who fulfil all these criteria can get the completion certificate of the degree -

• Must have completed the 10+2 high school degree from a recognized institution.

• Must have secured a minimum of fifty per cent in the senior secondary exam.

• Must have had opted for mathematics as one of the subjects in senior secondary years of school.

For post-graduate degree in planning engineering, candidates who fulfil all these criteria mentioned below will be able to apply for the degree - 

1.        Must have passed 10+2 exams.

2.        Must have completed graduation in the following related fields - B.Tech in civil engineering or B.Plan or architecture engineering.

3.        Must have had at least fifty-five per cent aggregate marks in under-graduation.

4.     There are a few universities that make exceptions for applying for the Master's degree for students from fields like geography, sociology, economics. 

Entrance Exams for Planning Engineering

For an under-graduation course in planning in engineering, applicants need to appear for entrance exams conducted in the field of B.Plan or Bachelors in Planning/B.Tech in civil engineering. The exams that are organized every year without fail are mentioned below - 

JEE Main - This exam was famous as AIEEE, that is, All India Engineering Entrance Examination. It is conducted by NTA, that is, National Testing Agency. It is a three hours exam that takes place through an online medium. To crack this exam, you must be fluent in all theories and questions printed in NCERT books. 

National Aptitude Test in Architecture- The organization that conducts this exam is CoA, that is, Council of Architecture. There are two phases to this exam. It is a three hours exam on subjects like - drawing, mathematics and general aptitude. This exam is conducted twice every year.  

Jagannath University Entrance Exam - This exam operates on a university level. It takes place a maximum of three times every year. This university has two campuses - one in Delhi and another one in Jaipur.

Uttar Pradesh State Entrance Exam - It is another entrance exam that operates on a state-level based selection. This exam is for applicants of both UG and PG level of degrees. The syllabus for each paper in UPSEE varies from one course to another. The maximum duration for the exam is three hours. Fortunately, there is no negative marking in this test.

To get placement or employment in the field of planning engineering, students must do M.Plan (Masters in planning) by appearing for these entrance exams - 

1.        JEE Main

2.        GATE

Required Skillset for Planning Engineering

Sharpened and honed skills are as important as non-experienced skills. Though non-experienced skills do not act as proof for your accurate competency, however, it will make you a prospective candidate for planning engineering who can be given a chance to show the skills in a hands-on experience. 

• Firstly, the skill of project management is essential.

• Secondly, the ability to handle, evaluate and direct the manpower required for the project is very important.

• Among soft skills, the most needed are - creative thinking and critical analysis.

• Capability to manage the baseline schedule.

• Capacity to handle the infrastructure project with finesse.