Job prospects for chemical engineering (1 Viewer)

[Hardworking Knt]

how enployable is a chemical engineer these days? ill probably study it even if it isnt that good but still curious.
Thanks

 

[Squar3root]

plenty

 

[Amundies]

There are a number of jobs for chem engineers. I wouldn't be too worried about that.

 

[engineering]

Read some of the last few years gradstats - http://www.graduatecareers.com.au/research/researchreports/gradstats/ - gives employment rates of lots of different professions for students just out of uni.

 

[such_such]

I heard there are jobs but your actual job would not be a "chemical engineer".

 

[anomalousdecay]

I heard there are jobs but your actual job would not be a "chemical engineer".

This. If you look at GradStats, unsurprisingly Chemical Engineering job availabilities are just a bit larger than Aeronautical Engineering job availabilities.

 

[sirable1]

I heard there are jobs but your actual job would not be a "chemical engineer".

Yeah I've heard this too. Apparently, its Industrial Chemistry Engineering if you want to become a Chemical Engineer. Am I right?

Gee I don't even know my stuff... hahah

 

[sirable1]

Read some of the last few years gradstats - http://www.graduatecareers.com.au/research/researchreports/gradstats/ - gives employment rates of lots of different professions for students just out of uni.

Wow, looking about 13 years back can make a lot of difference. 84.3 in 2001 and 61.6 in 2014 for Chemical Engineering in full time employment.

 

[anomalousdecay]

Nah usually Process Engineering and Industrial Chemistry are the roles many Chemical Engineers obtain later on.

 

[anomalousdecay]

Wow, looking about 13 years back can make a lot of difference. 84.3 in 2001 and 61.6 in 2014 for Chemical Engineering in full time employment.

Just look one year back. Everything dropped by about 10% for full time employment this year for Engineering. Around 5% more have gone into part time or casual work (understandable because training an Engineer costs a company a lot of money) and around 5% more have just been unable to find any work at all :/

 

[Amundies]

Nah usually Process Engineering and Industrial Chemistry are the roles many Chemical Engineers obtain later on.

Nope, I know a chem engineer and he got a job as a process engineer straight after grad (or like a year after grad).

 

[anomalousdecay]

Nope, I know a chem engineer and he got a job as a process engineer straight after grad (or like a year after grad).

I originally phrased it badly. By later on I meant as in rather than a Chemical Engineering role they go into Process Engineering or Industrial Chemistry most of the time.

 

[Hardworking Knt]

Thanks for the responses, i thought that as a chemical engineer u can work in industrial engineering roles but not the other way around?

 

[anomalousdecay]

Thanks for the responses, i thought that as a chemical engineer u can work in industrial engineering roles but not the other way around?

Generally, yes. However it depends on what is completed in the Industrial Engineering program (there are various programs for this) as it might have transferable knowledge.

 

[Hardworking Knt]

On gradstats it shows pharmacy with very high employment rates but peolle tell me its hard to find employment in pharmacy

 

[photastic]

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