Job in Automobile for Colour-Blind?

[ashir]

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As long as you're not going to be a pantone assessment engineer I can't see any reason why it would be a problem.


I know a couple of colour blind people working for large car manufacturers (chassis, powertrain and vehicle testing). I only know because they're friends or because it randomly came up in conversation. I wouldn't know otherwise.

There is no reason at all for it to be a set back in 99% of automotive engineering jobs. Certainly in the UK.

[marked1]

You'll be fine for the majority of stuff.

[elanfan]

In the UK is probably the point here - you probably would not be allowed to discriminate. India is almost certainly a different matter.

[mike9009]

Would vehicle electrics and electrical systems be an issue?

In the UK, it would not be an issue. Where in India are you based?

[Vaud]

How are your IT skills? Plenty of India based IT companies service the automotive industry (TCS, Wipro, Accenture, etc)?

[Pit Pony]

Being colour blind would not stop you taking 99.9% of MECHANICAL engineering jobs in ENGINEERING (Automotive, Aerospace, Space, Defence, etc)

[anonymous-user]

My friend is a well known car spray painter locally and paints/repairs many top end cars.

He is also colourblind

I think that puts things in perspective.

It leads to funny conversations though:

"can you pull that Green Porsche into the paint booth for me?"
"Erm, Steve, it's Blue...."

Edited by NinjaPower on Tuesday 2nd September 22:26

[Jader1973]

Have you tried General Motors?

They tend to apply the same rules globally, so if they can't reject you because you are colour blind in the USA (which they can't because it is against the law) then they won't be able to in India either.

They don't have an Engineering centre (i.e. development) in India, but I'm fairly certain they do CAD and simulation type work.