I plan on starting college next September to study electrical electronic engineering, it's three years in college then moving onto university. In college I would be B Tech qualified and the awarding body is EAL. Is B Tech qualification good ?What Qualifications will I get out of university ?What's the difference between BEng and MEng ? Could an Electrical Engineer work on oil rigs ?
I have no idea about B Tech. A university will give you either a BSc or BEng (Bachelors degree in Science or in Engineering), which doesn't actually matter much, it's a technical distinction that most employers will ignore. MEng is a masters in engineering, you normally get it from a university that offers a 4 year masters program as a way for students to get a Masters degree (which is normally a post-graduate qualification) while still getting the government funding level offered for undergraduate degrees. In theory these are as good as a true post-graduate degree, in practice they are considered somewhere between a Bachelors and a separate post-grad masters. There may be some small call for electrical engineering on an oil rig but very little, it certainly wouldn't be considered a mainstream source of employment for people with that qualification.
It all depends on what you mean by electrical engineer. Do you mean someone who is hands on and performs wiring, repairs and installation, etc. or someone who sits mainly at a desk and designs electrical systems. If you mean the latter the the MEng is the golden standard qualification to enter into this career. However systems designers would be office / lab based and would be unlikely to get offshore. If you mean the former then a vocational HNC, preferably done as part of a modern apprenticeship would be the way to go. With this kind of route you could eventually work offshore repairing / maintaining equipment, however you would need to start at the bottom in an onshore industry sector and build up skills and experience before you could work offshore.
