Consult literature conduct experiment analyse results organise and present in group meetings ensure health and safety standard present to people outside the team
Research and analysis role Day to day involved planning experiments carrying them out and analysing the samples in numerous ways ie electrochemical testing Responsibilities also included managing my sampled and stock taking Day to day also involve
I really enjoyed my placement and have gained so many useful skills and experiences The year was such a good insight into what an RD job would involve I worked on two different projects and so got to experience a wide variety of lab work I was made to
My year on placement has generally been very enjoyable Being my first professional role there was a great deal to learn about the role itself but also about office working life as well I was onboarded and trained sufficiently and within 2 months was c
The technologies I worked with were stateoftheart and had a lot of future potential The work ranged a bit so there was some variance to my daily routine In retrospect it was quite exciting to be involved in such cuttingedge industrial applications
Same with all jobs some days you just couldnt be bothered but most of the time once I was in the office it was fine and I enjoyed it