From materials engineer to chemical engineer
14 of the 18 essential skills of a chemical engineer are already essential for a materials engineer — about 78% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 14
- skills carry over
- 4
- would be new
- 78%
- of the target job covered
- 18
- essential skills of a chemical engineer
What a chemical engineer does
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.
What carries over
14 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- adjust engineering designs
- analytical chemistry
- apply health and safety standards
- approve engineering design
- assess environmental impact
- chemistry
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- forecast organisational risks
- materials engineering
- perform chemical experiments
- perform scientific research
- test chemical samples
- work with chemicals
What would be new
4 skillsEssential for a chemical engineer and not for a materials engineer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from materials engineer
2 roles- nanoengineer14 skills in common
- pharmaceutical engineer11 skills in common
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How far are you from being a chemical engineer?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.