Human resources for new chemical enterprises

The number of graduates required depends on the quality of the students themselves, as well as on whether the technology in question is mature A ratio of 3 to 2 is generally good, but the technical workers must have solid skills rather than just talking skills.

It is necessary to use recent graduates, as development is required as well as support. It would be good to have experienced workers for new factories, but are there that many available? Graduates should also be given more opportunities for growth, though the proportion should not be too high

It should be determined based on the complexity of the process. If the process is simple, it’s acceptable to use a higher proportion of fresh graduates; however, for new processes that are complex, it’s better to employ workers with extensive experience, as this is a safer approach. Once experience has been gained and proficiency has been achieved, then more fresh graduates can be trained. It’s important not to adopt a one-size-fits-all approach. Although using fresh graduates can help meet certain objectives, safety must remain the top priority. After all, what graduates know about chemical plants and the operational skills they possess are based only on theoretical knowledge from textbooks.

Some tasks in technical positions require proficient and advanced skills and techniques, which necessitate the guidance of experienced workers. The specific ratio depends on the nature of the position as well as the qualifications of the fresh graduates

I think it’s better to have experienced workers work alongside fresh graduates; ideally, one person should supervise three of them. This way, competition is inadvertently created among the fresh graduates, and since they are the main force, it’s important to focus on developing their ability to solve practical problems:D

Those who study human resource management in this field should be quite aware of this: current university graduates have limited practical skills, and generally they need 2 to 3 years of work experience before they can work independently and take on more responsibilities. Only then can the theoretical advantages of college students be utilized. In this sense, when recruiting recent college graduates, more emphasis is placed on their future development.

Those in the dry chemical industry become experts; those with an associate’s or bachelor’s degree take 2-3 years to reach that level, while it takes 4-5 years for those with a lower education level. If they work in process engineering, it takes even longer – 8-10 years. The ratio of experienced users to beginners should be such that there are more experienced users than beginners, with a ratio of over 3:2.

In my opinion, from an economic perspective, among fresh graduates and experienced female workers, experienced women are generally the better choice, as they don’t face issues related to maternity leave or postpartum problems, and they have a stronger sense of safety; basically no training is required for them. Nowadays, most new factories hire young and attractive women in order to balance the gender ratio with that of men. In my view, this represents a deficiency in terms of human resources for the companies – do you agree?

The reasonable allocation of operators in newly established chemical enterprises should consist of three age groups: senior, middle-aged, and young employees, with a ratio of generally 1:3:6. Senior employees are those who have worked in chemical enterprises for over 10 years, are highly familiar with chemical production processes and operations, possess extensive experience, and are able to handle most abnormal safety issues that may arise during production； The second tier consists of key employees – those who have worked for 4 or 5 years or more and are capable of carrying out production operations independently, or recent college or vocational school graduates with outstanding theoretical and practical skills, who usually serve as team leaders. There is no need to hire fresh graduates as ordinary operators, because those with a college degree or above cannot be promoted in such companies and are unable to stay in production positions for long; it is better to recruit skilled technical workers and fresh high school graduates from vocational and technical schools.

Yeah, at the beginning, the proportion of fresh graduates shouldn’t be too high

For the original poster’s reference: before our team started working, the ratio of experienced workers to newcomers was 1:2, and things ran quite well. I think this ratio is acceptable as long as the training is adequate.

I think in chemical production, the jobs are basically technical in nature; chemistry involves risks, and if things go wrong, serious problems can arise. Ideally, having half skilled workers on hand when operating a newly built chemical plant is sufficient; talent reserves must be built on the premise of safe production, otherwise the losses incurred will be irreparable. In Huaihua, there is a steam power plant; there were too many beginners, and due to operational errors, direct economic losses amounted to 1 million. The indirect losses came from the shutdown of the entire system for several months. Fortunately, no casualties were reported.