What's the job opportunities and prospects for Chemical Engineering? (1 Viewer)

[arjungamer123]

I know it's in demand, but how high of a demand?

Employment opportunities/salaries?

 

[drewbrow1]

http://www.apesma.asn.au/surveys/graduates/2008_graduate_engineer_report.pdf

Sample is slightly biased, people with higher salaries and jobs are more likely to respond. This survey is, of course, quite meaningless without comparing to other industries.

 

[jb_nc]

I know it's in demand, but how high of a demand?

Employment opportunities/salaries?

"How high of a demand" is a nonsensical question like "how blue is the sky".

There are plenty of opportunities and salaries are highest among engineers. Long term prospects are good because of biotechnology and things like that.

 

[nimrod_dookie]

Chemical Engineering has many job opportunities and is quite a well paying profession. Of course you aren't going to immediately skyrocket to $100K a year but such salaries (often larger) are common for Chemical Engineers given some relevant industry experience.

SOME of the Industries/Jobs you can work in:
-Process Engeering
-Pharmaceuticals
-Bio and Nano technology
-Petroleum and Petrochemicals
-Materials/Mining
-Environmental Quality (Ecology and Water Testing i.e for pathogens etc)
-Any plant/reactor work (Desalination, was told by a teacher Nuclear but not 100% sure about that myself)
-Medical Science type stuff


That's just off the top of my head. Pretty much a Chemical Engineer looks at a small process (i.e in a testtube)and determines how they will make it larger (or industrial) sized. Word of warning though, the name Chemical Engineering can be slightly misleading, many people think it will be all Chemistry but in fact it is predominantely maths and physics. One of my friends did Chemical Engineering because he loved Chemistry and Biology but found it wasn't what he was expecting in terms of Chemistry (he said Industrial Engineering would be a more appropriate degree name) and switched to Mining Engineering. That's not to deter you or anything, just giving an idea of what to expect.

Hope this helps. Best bet is to get on uni websites, read course descriptions (preferably the one's given to students for enrolment-usually can be found as a PDF file) and see whether it all links together for you.

Best of luck.

 

[arjungamer123]

`Thanks Nimrod. I love Maths, Physics and Chemsitry, so I guess Im set!