• Question: what is your job like?

    Asked by amyloom to Charlie, Danielle, Henry, Nicola, Zoe on 16 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by athom, pippyfeather.
    • Photo: Danielle Epstein

      Danielle Epstein answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      Wow… this is a very broad question Amy… shall I try and sum it up in 3 words? Interesting, challenging, technical but also involving a lot of team work.

      Is there a particular aspect of the job you would like to know more about?

    • Photo: Charlie Atwell

      Charlie Atwell answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      I really enjoy my job as I do so many different things. Sometimes I will be doing experiments in a lab, other times doing project work or research on a computer at a desk or in the university. Sometimes I work out in the factory with the operators and other engineers to make sure that the beer and cider is being produced efficiently. Sometimes I go to conferences around the world and get to dress up in a suit and meet lots of other people who do the same thing for different companies. Some days I also go into schools to encourage students like yourself to go and study engineering and science and talk about the different, exciting careers available to you.

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      Nicola Gale answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      I will admit i do have dull days in my job, everyone does, but there are no two days that are the same.

      Today for instance I had to speak to other members if the company based in the factory to find out when machinery a customer had ordered would be ready as they needed it in time for harvest. I also had to use the AutoCAD computer design programme to ‘draw’ some machinery for a prospective customer based in New Zealand. He wanted to know the dimensions of the machine so he would know if it fit into the space he had.

      On other days I could be doing more general paperwork duties to keep up with my projects.

      There is no one day the same!

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      Zoe George answered on 17 Jun 2014:

      Hi Amy,

      Thanks for your question! So my job is pretty interesting because it combines science and engineering which is making me become pretty creative with ideas.

      Working in food research I have to do quite a lot of lab work but I do get to run different experiments everyday and sometimes I get to visit a food company and learn about the production of certain food products.

      Recently I have had to learn a lot about food flavour and how we taste food to help me with my project and that has been really fascinating ( we taste with all five senses :O) and I am learning things I never knew about eating food which is great.
      This keeps everything quite fun and interesting 🙂 Hope that answered your question 🙂

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