Personal Characteristics & Abilties

     To become successful in a career, you have to have certain qualities and strong points that make you not only the best person for that job, but also allow you to enjoy your job as well. It is important for anyone to realize their strengths and weaknesses in order to build and improve. For a chemical engineer one would need to:

Learn Continuously:
     With the ever changing world with new and innovative ideas coming your way, to be a chemical engineer you have to willing to learn and continuously grow, be able to assess personal strengths and weaknesses, and plan and achieve to reach your goals.

Think & Solve Problems:
     It is important that a person in this field can assess situations and indentify problems, be creative  and innovative in exploring new possible solutions, be ready to use all areas of knowledge to solve problems and make decisions, and be able to check to see if the solution works, and act on opportunities for improvement.

Be Adaptable:
     This person should also be able to work independently OR part of a team, carry out multiple tasks, be innovative and resourceful, be open and respond constructively to change and learn form mistakes.

Be Responsible:
     A responsible person can set goals and priorities; plan and manage resources to achieve goals; assess, weigh, and manage; and be responsible for actions of oneself and group.

Participate in Projects & Tasks:
    This person is able to plan, design, and carry out a project form start to finish with well defined objectives and outcomes; work to specific quality standards and specifications; and continuously monitor the success of a project and identify ways to improve.

     These are the top useful skills for a person in the chemical engineering field, and any other strengths or abilities can be helpful in being successful in your career.