I want to change my career to design; could you advise me on where to start?
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Hello everyone, I’m a newcomer; please give me some guidance. I have been working in chemical and pharmaceutical production management for nearly a decade, and I’ve found that this role is both exhausting and offers little prospects for career advancement. I want to switch to chemical engineering design, but since I’m no longer a recent graduate, I’m not sure whether design firms would be willing to hire someone like me. In fact, I’m willing to learn from scratch; my university major was chemical engineering processes, so I should be able to get up to speed quickly. I would appreciate some advice on the best way to make this career change.
If you can resolve all the issues on site and know CAD, you can probably start with the construction work. Going straight into working on the manufacturing process is quite challenging. First, one needs to understand the regulations and standards, and simulation is also necessary; all these things require time to learn and apply in order to combine practical experience with theoretical knowledge. But once you do that, you should become quite skilled. . . . Actually, I also want to work in design.
Haha! Actually, design isn’t that scary. You have spent several years in a chemical plant; surely you are very familiar with the production processes, as well as knowing how to operate the equipment and handle accidents. If you want to go to a design institute. From now on, I will study the relevant standards as well as books on design, such as the \"Chemical Process Design Handbook\" and the \"Piping Design Handbook\", among others. \"Principles of Chemical Engineering\" is the most fundamental.
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By humbly learning from a master at a design firm for two or three years, you’ll become an expert