Engineer specialized in applications associated with dependence.

This professional focuses his/her career to design, develop and/or adjust technology (software/hardware and another devices, Internet) in order to make it accessible, thereby promoting inclusion and reducing the social exclusion of people who cannot access to this technology in a conventional way. His/her work is closely linked to research.

Among the most common advances in accessibility we find the following adaptations: high contrast typefaces or with larger font sizes, screen magnifiers, screen readers, voice recognition software, adapted keyboards, and other input or recording devices. For the Web content, The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has developed the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to ensure and improve websites accessibility.

• Analyze the ergonomics and functionality of devices (machines/hardware) that enable better communication between computer and user:
  Detect new sources of supply (especially on a technological level)
  Study the different types of deficiencies to conceive the most suitable technology to satisfy needs.
  Analyze how to apply technology to delete the barriers causing these disabilities.
• Study the user-friendliness and improvement of current systems.
• Combine and integrate existing systems to adapt them to people with dependences.
• Design and/or develop technologies (hardware and software) to simplify use by people with these disabilities:
• Plan and coordinate the inclusion of accessibility criteria in the development of hardware/software.
• Design peripherals accessible to people with dependences.
• Plan and coordinate the inclusion of accessibility in the development of human/machine interfaces.
• Define the accessibility needs of new website projects and user graphic interfaces.
• Advise organizations on how to adapt the workplace to people with disabilities.

Regulated training and graduates

• Grau: Enginyeria de sistemes audiovisuals
• Grau: Enginyeria de sistemes TIC
• Grau: Enginyeria informàtica
• Grau: Multimèdia
• Grau: Enginyeria multimèdia
• Grau: Enginyeria informàtica de gestió i sistemes d'informació
• Grau: Informàtica i serveis

Complementary training

Other specific skills

Analytical thought: Level 3

Conceptual thought: Level 2

Initiative: Level 2

Creativity: Level 2

Learning and use of knowledge: Level 2

New technologies

People who show an interest in this field are motivated by the development and advanced use of new technologies in any of their applications (software, hardware, telecommunications) from an innovative perspective and in accordance with the continuous updates of technologies, programmes and equipment that appear on the market. The design, installation, management and maintenance of computer systems and new technologies are activities specific to this field.

Technician

People who show an interest in the technical field find fulfilment in carrying out activities related to the design and manufacture of objects, machines, vehicles and/or infrastructures. These activities require the application of scientific and technical knowledge (laws of physics, calculations and mathematical formulas, properties of the materials, etc). Creativity is also necessary when coming up with optimal solutions for the functional requirements of the products to be designed. Therefore, the pragmatic application of scientific knowledge in order to develop solutions for the benefit of human beings is the main function of occupations in the technical field.

Software Developer

Web programmer

Programmer

Mobile application programmer

E-learning tools designer

• Salary

  Salary range: between 24.127 and 34.900 euros annum gross. Median: 29.018 euros annum gross.
  
  Source: Report "Observatory of Jobs and Salaries of the Labour Market. Barcelona Activa", elaborated by ICSA Grupo. April 2015.

• Professional category

  Technician