Training, education and engineering professional activity in Spain

In this paper, we study the professional activity, training and instruction in engineering. Employing engineers may be enhanced if the private company knows the skills of these graduates. Engineering education must develop to meet the challenges of the XXI century. A teaching methodology that promotes teamwork facilitates the professional activity of these professionals. The decrease in the number of students enrolled in engineering degrees is continuous. The drop-out of the students is a result of poor initial training or a disagreement with his future career. Generally, the basic subjects are the first to be studied. Improving the quality of teaching can promote student persistence. It is proposed to use a metaphor of a tree to represent engineering education. Thus, the basic training would be the tree trunk. These provide the necessary skills for engineers to develop their professional activity in any field within its powers skills. Similarly, the trunk of a tree allows the development of the aerial part of a tree. If it is more convenient, an engineer can change professional field, just as it is possible to replace the aerial part of a tree.