Improving the Quality of Undergraduate and Company Interactions in Process Safety

Abstract

There are many different elements an undergraduate student needs to learn to become an engineer. These range from basic chemistry to fundamental engineering principles and process safety. But a key aspect of the education is interaction with facilities and future employers. This interaction can be achieved via a number of ways, with the most intensive being intern employment ranging to the least intensive consisting of facility tours. As part of a project to improve the overall process safety education for engineering undergraduates, the IChemE Safety Centre has been exploring specific guidance to help focus the interactions regarding process safety to achieve greater value from them. This includes aspects like establishing a criteria for what students should be seeking information on as well as what companies should be seeking to provide. This paper will explore this criteria and challenge companies and academics to apply this with students.