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[Bigmann]

My name is Derrick and I am working on school project for my Language Arts and Math class. I am currently in Korea and would like your assistance in responding to my questions on becoming a chemical engineer and your interest on why you became a chemical engineer. Thank You

Interviewed Person:
1. What do you do on a daily basis?
2. How do you contribute to your company?
3. What education levels were required?
4. What specific math courses does your job require?
5. What personality traits or characteristics does a person need to pursue with your career
to succeed?
6. Does this job career involve job internships during college?
7. What other educational experiences outside the classroom are required or recommended?
8. How did you become interested in your career?
9. Where did you attend school or training for this career?
10. How long have you been doing this career?
11. What parts of your career do you like or dislike?

[Allen]

This is not strictly the sort of question for this forum but I'm happy to offer my experience:

1. A very wide variety of activites - no two days are the same.
2. I'm not sure what you mean other than I contribute my time, knowledge and experience to complete tasks to the best standard I can.
3. A degree, post graduate diploma, chartered engineer status
4. My degree course was four years and we studiued maths throughout the course. We also studied statistics and computing.
5. Devotion, logical thinking, creativity, the ability to analyse, an excellent work ethic
6. In my case yes, four internships
7. Practical experience in a variety of areas - in my case design office, pilot plant, production plant, fabrication. getting your hands dirty is a must.
8. At school - I wanted something with more challenge than chemistry. Chemical Engineering ticked all the boxes
9. University
10. 36 years
11. I like everything I do. Every day is a challenge and has its own rewards.

[Bigmann]

Allen Where and what company do you work for? Again, thank you very much.

[Bigmann]

Allen,

Thank you very much for your help. Can you also provide the company name and where you work. Again thank you for making my project a success and helping me prepare to become a Chemical engineer it is most appreciated.

Derrick

[Allen]

I prefer not to give details of my employer. I can tell you that I now work in the safety sector and that I work in the UK.