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Asked by gars1chef to Tim C on 11 Apr 2024.
Question: what qualifacations do you need for your job
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Tim Chapman answered on 11 Apr 2024:
So, this is an interesting question, the obvious ones are Maths and English as we are regularly writing emails, documentation, designs, and so these need to be well written. For IT related roles, Computer Science is never going to be a bad thing but we’ve had graduates join us who studies History at University, so it’s not essential. I did a degree in Business Information Technology which gave me a good grounding in both business aspects and computing but in an Apprenticeship, you can work and do your degree at the same time and is a really good option if you don’t fancy full time university. Outside of that any technical qualifications can be provided by your employer, we work closely with a lot of Cyber providers and I have loads of certification in the technologies we use.
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Tom commented on :
Great question!
To get my job, I needed to have a qualification at university in engineering, but there are lots of skills that are used from different types of engineering, so you could study one type and still have a job in a slightly different area!
To do an engineering qualification at university, I needed to do Maths & one type of science (Physics was best but not the only option), but I also did unrelated subjects like French which I use almost every day talking to companies in France and French people I work with!
I’d say learning almost any subjects teaches you stuff you can use in any career – sometimes the exact subject is not as important as skills like problem solving, communication skills etc
mohammedfaraazullah commented on :
To be a process engineer, you would need a degree in chemical engineering although some people I know got into the process engineering with a mechanical or general engineering degree.
To be inducted in learning chemical engineering there’s various qualifications you can have. The most common is having A-levels in Maths and science, but there will be a preference depending on the type of chemical engineering content you will specialise in i.e. if your degree in petrochemical based they’ll be a chemistry preference. If the degree is bioengineering based they’ll be a preference in biology. Most universities expect you to have a GCSE in English, maths and science, but the acceptance will be heavily based on your A-levels.
As well as qualifications, experience plays a massive factor in getting a job. Qualification is only one side of the coin.