Occupation Atlaschemical engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ec21ce88-ce14-49b6-be0a-cc53cf5a3a67
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.
Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.27
- I Investigative5.75
- C Conventional4.54
- E Enterprising1.85
- A Artistic1.80
- S Social1.02
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Chemical Engineers (17-2041.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (18)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adjust engineering designs
- analytical chemistry
- apply health and safety standards
- approve engineering design
- assess environmental impact
- chemistry
- develop components separation processes
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- forecast organisational risks
- green chemistry
- materials engineering
- oxidation
- perform chemical experiments
- perform scientific research
- spectroscopy
- test chemical samples
- work with chemicals
Optional (88)
- advise on pollution prevention
- advise on waste management procedures
- analyse production processes for improvement
- analyse test data
- assess hydrogen production technologies
- assess the feasibility of implementing developments
- basic chemicals
- biological chemistry
- biology
- chemical preservation
- composite materials
- computer engineering
- conduct public presentations
- contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products
- create solutions to problems
- define quality standards
- design optical systems
- design pharmaceutical manufacturing systems
- design principles
- design prototypes
- develop chemical products
- develop material testing procedures
- develop pharmaceutical drugs
- draft design specifications
- drug administration regulations
- electrical engineering
- electrical instrumentation engineering
- electricity
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- establish collaborative relations
- evaluate pharmaceutical manufacturing process
- examine engineering principles
- examine samples in dermatology
- execute feasibility study on hydrogen
- explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients
- good manufacturing practices
- human physiology
- improve chemical processes
- industrial software
- integrate new products in manufacturing
- intellectual property law
- laboratory techniques
- manage chemical testing procedures
- manage pharmaceutical production facilities construction
- manufacturing processes
- material mechanics
- mechanical engineering
- mechanics
- microbiology-bacteriology
- monitor plant production
- nanotechnology
- optical engineering
- packaging engineering
- perform laboratory tests
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- pharmaceutical drug development
- pharmaceutical industry
- pharmaceutical legislation
- pharmaceutical manufacturing quality systems
- pharmaceutical technology
- pharmacology
- pharmacovigilance legislation
- physics
- pollution legislation
- properties of textile materials
- provide information on hydrogen
- provide technical expertise
- quality assurance methodologies
- quality standards
- record test data
- safety engineering
- semiconductors
- software architecture models
- supply chain management
- test materials
- test pharmaceutical process
- test production input materials
- thermoplastic materials
- toxicology
- types of metal
- types of packaging materials
- types of plastic
- use CAD software
- use chemical analysis equipment
- use technical drawing software
- write batch record documentation
- write technical reports
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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