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Profession chemical engineer

Chemical engineers design and develop large-scale chemical and physical production processes and are involved in the entire industrial process required for transforming raw materials into products.

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Personality Type

• Investigative / Realistic

Knowledge

• Engineering processes

  The systematic approach to the development and maintenance of engineering systems.

• Chemistry

  The composition, structure, and properties of substances and the processes and transformations that they undergo; the uses of different chemicals and their interactions, production techniques, risk factors, and disposal methods.

• Engineering principles

  The engineering elements like functionality, replicability, and costs in relation to the design and how they are applied in the completion of engineering projects.

• Analytical chemistry

  Instruments and methods used to separate, identify and quanitfy matter - the chemical components of natural and artificial materials and solutions.

Skills

• Approve engineering design

  Give consent to the finished engineering design to go over to the actual manufacturing and assembly of the product.

• Perform scientific research

  Gain, correct or improve knowledge about phenomena by using scientific methods and techniques, based on empirical or measurable observations.

• Perform chemical experiments

  Perform chemical experiments with the aim of testing various products and substances in order to draw conclusions in terms of product viability and replicability.

• Forecast organisational risks

  Analyse the operations and actions of a company in order to assess their repercussions, possible risks for the company, and to develop suitable strategies to address these.

• Assess environmental impact

  Monitor environmental impacts and carry out assessments in order to identify and to reduce the organisation's environmental risks while taking costs into account.

• Test chemical samples

  Perform the testing procedures on the already prepared chemical samples, by using the necessary equipment and materials. Chemical sample testing involves operations such as pipetting or diluting schemes.

• Adjust engineering designs

  Adjust designs of products or parts of products so that they meet requirements.

• Apply health and safety standards

  Adhere to standards of hygiene and safety established by respective authorities.

• Work with chemicals

  Handle chemicals and select specific ones for certain processes. Be aware of the reactions which arise from combining them.

Optional knowledge and skills

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