I am a recent undergraduate graduate; I would appreciate some guidance from those with more experience. Thank you

Since it’s a design position, you might as well learn the following things and pick those that are useful. Serial Number. Software Name Main Functions 1 PRO-II Simulation of steady-state process flows (material balance, unit analysis, etc.) Aspen Plus 2 Aspen Polymer Plus Simulation of polymer process flows 3 Aspen Dynamics & Custom Modeler Simulation and modeling of dynamic process flows 4 Aspen Properties Software for calculating properties of pure components and oils 5 Aspen HX-NET Optimization of heat exchange networks 6 FRI Design and verification calculations for towers (packed towers, tray towers, cross-flow towers, etc.) 7 HTRI Simulation, design, and verification calculations for heat exchangers HTFS 8 INPLANT Hydraulical calculations for pipelines 9 Visual Flow Simulation and design of pressure relief systems 10 HEXTRAN Simulation calculations for heat exchange networks 11 CFX Fluid dynamics simulation 12 Aspen Zyqad Database management for process design (PFDs, equipment lists, data tables, etc.)

Based on your description, it seems that your job is more like that in a R&D department of a manufacturing plant rather than in a design firm. If you want to learn design, it might not be very useful here.

Let’s first figure out the factory’s production processes first

Are you in charge of production or design? Now that we know what area it relates to, let’s look for information on that topic.

The leader just doesn’t know what you can actually do, so you don’t know what tasks will be assigned to you. Normally, college students have to go to the workshops in factories to get familiar with the production processes and train there for several months, but you go straight to the R&D department. It shows that you have great power; your boss doesn’t dare to offend you, so they have to keep you happy for now……

Don’t think about what projects to work on right from the start, unless there are so many projects that you’re overwhelmed. Let’s practice the internal skills first

This post was last edited by Qingchengjun on 2015-8-21 at 15:04. The supervisor gave you a few tools and asked you to study them first. You don’t know what these tools are for, what their functions are, or what needs to be studied, so you’re at a loss when it comes to them, with no idea what to do and a uncertain future ahead. Including the sofas and those tools you were mentioned, you don’t know what they are for or what use they serve; surely you won’t be interested in them either. You need to first understand what industry is, what the industrial process entails, what kind of production process your company uses, including the technological processes, the equipment involved, and production control. Once you understand this, you’ll be able to identify any problems that need to be solved or areas where things are not being done in accordance with standards. That’s when the reference materials provided by management become useful. What exactly is ammonium oxalate? If a person working in manufacturing doesn’t know what the products produced by their factory are, then there’s nothing more to say

Haha, congratulations on having such a comfortable position!； But don’t waste time – take a look at the materials sent to you, see what your colleagues are doing, communicate more with them, and you might as well do some odd jobs for them; it will be beneficial for you. As long as one is willing to learn, achievements are possible. Also, is your company a design firm, a manufacturing firm, or one that does both? Be sure not to muddle along; you can learn simple things like drawing, for example. The first job after graduation is very important, as college graduates are highly malleable at that stage, and this plays a key role in the development of the industry in which they will work later on. Since such good opportunities are available, it’s worth making the most of them; young people have passion and creativity ； Unlike us, whose skeletons are already old and unable to do anything, we now envy those college graduates who have just left school; it’s a pity that time cannot be reversed. In addition to learning from them*, one should also learn how to conduct oneself at work. I hope what has been mentioned above will be helpful to you!

As a recent graduate too, I have been working for over a month now. I spent 4 months looking for a job, which made me realize how difficult it is to find work and how important studying is; currently I work at a design firm, and all I do every day is read, read, read. . Whether you work in a design or production facility, don’t think that the books your supervisor gives you to read are useless. If you feel like you’re doing nothing, ask yourself whether you really understand the guidelines and other relevant materials provided. Try to communicate more with those who have more experience, and follow in their footsteps. Before graduating. I’ve also worked in production units; they gave me two manuals on the operating procedures so that I could understand the manufacturing process, but it was too simple for me. Then I went down to the workshop with the workers to check the equipment, valves, instruments, piping, and so on. If you don’t know something, ask and learn more about it. Ask more, learn more*. It is precisely because of this experience at the chemical plant. Now, I find it really easy to read PID diagrams and piping diagrams; my instructor also says that my learning ability is much stronger than his was back then.

By the way, since you mentioned that the position is in process design, the three fundamental books in the field of process engineering – the so-called \"three key books on petrochemicals\" – must be studied carefully*