Virtual work experience

Introducing virtual work experience with IChemE

Discover and explore what it’s like to be a chemical engineer working in different industries. Access our virtual work experience platform. For 14 to 18 years of age.

What’s covered in your interactive modules?

Bite-sized interactive modules about chemical engineering and its importance in energy, food and drink, water and healthcare​.

  • different career routes explained
  • skills you need to help employability
  • find out where chemical and process engineers work
  • quizzes and tasks
  • downloadable certificate to record your achievement​.

Engineering a sustainable world

IChemE's virtual work experience programme is full of engaging content to get you stuck into the various pathways in chemical engineering.

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Mini project

If you’ve completed the work experience programme, why not have a go at the sprint.

Set for you by an engineer, the sprint is a real-world task you can complete at any time. ​You will be guided through this mini-project by a real engineer working in the energy sector.

Skills you will practise:

  • problem-solving
  • mathematical skills
  • applying your existing knowledge in a new setting​
  • interpretation of an engineer’s process flow diagram​.

Make sure you download your certificate and workbook as a record of your completed task. Access the sprint below.