Chemical
Engineering
Technical
Skills
01
Core
Chemical
Engineering
Fundamentals
02
Process
Simulation
&
Design
Software
03
Process
Safety
&
Risk
Management
Mass
&
energy
balances
Chemical
thermodynamics
&
phase
equilibria
(
VLE
,
LLE
,
EoS
)
Transport
phenomena
(
momentum
,
heat
,
mass
)
Reaction
kinetics
&
reactor
design
(
CSTR
,
PFR
,
batch
,
catalytic
)
Separation
processes
(
distillation
,
absorption
,
extraction
,
crystallization
,
membranes
)
Fluid
mechanics
&
pipe
network
hydraulics
Heat
transfer
&
heat
exchanger
network
design
Process
control
fundamentals
Unit
operations
&
equipment
sizing
Process
flow
diagram
(
PFD
)
development
Aspen
Plus
Aspen
HYSYS
Aspen
EDR
(
heat
exchanger
design
)
Aspen
Dynamics
AVEVA
PRO
/
II
ChemCAD
DWSIM
(
open
-
source
flowsheeting
)
gPROMS
Process
UniSim
Design
AFT
Fathom
/
AFT
Arrow
Pipe
-
Flo
Advantage
AutoCAD
Plant
3
D
SmartPlant
P
&
ID
Navisworks
& 3
D
model
review
Bluebeam
Revu
(
markups
&
walkdowns
)
HAZOP
facilitation
&
participation
LOPA
(
Layer
of
Protection
Analysis
)
What
-
If
,
checklist
&
FMEA
studies
Fault
tree
&
event
tree
analysis
SIL
determination
&
verification
(
IEC
61511)
Consequence
modelling
(
PHAST
,
ALOHA
,
FLACS
)
Dispersion
,
fire
&
explosion
modelling
Quantitative
risk
assessment
(
QRA
)
OSHA
PSM
(29
CFR
1910.119)
EPA
Risk
Management
Program
(
RMP
)
Management
of
Change
(
MOC
)
Pre
-
Startup
Safety
Review
(
PSSR
)
Relief
valve
&
flare
sizing
(
API
520/521)
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04
Instrumentation
&
Control
Systems
05
Piping
,
Mechanical
&
Equipment
Engineering
06
Laboratory
&
Analytical
Techniques
07
Modelling
,
Computation
&
Programming
P
&
ID
interpretation
&
mark
-
up
Control
valve
sizing
(
IEC
60534)
Flow
,
level
,
pressure
&
temperature
instrument
selection
DCS
configuration
and
troubleshooting
PLC
&
SCADA
fundamentals
PID
loop
tuning
Safety
Instrumented
Systems
(
SIS
)
Cause
&
effect
matrix
development
Alarm
rationalization
(
ISA
18.2,
EEMUA
191)
HMI
/
operator
graphics
review
Instrument
datasheets
&
IO
lists
ASME
B
31.3
process
piping
design
Pressure
vessel
design
(
ASME
BPVC
Section
VIII
)
TEMA
heat
exchanger
specification
Pump
&
compressor
selection
and
performance
curves
API
610, 617, 650
familiarity
Materials
selection
&
corrosion
assessment
(
NACE
MR
0175)
Welding
&
fabrication
standards
(
ASME
IX
)
Storage
tank
design
(
API
650 / 620)
Mechanical
integrity
&
inspection
(
API
510/570/653)
Piping
isometrics
&
line
lists
Gas
chromatography
(
GC
,
GC
-
MS
)
HPLC
ICP
-
OES
/
ICP
-
MS
FTIR
&
UV
-
Vis
spectroscopy
X
-
ray
diffraction
(
XRD
)
SEM
/
EDS
surface
analysis
TGA
&
DSC
thermal
analysis
BET
surface
area
&
porosity
Particle
size
analysis
(
laser
diffraction
)
Karl
Fischer
titration
Viscometry
&
rheology
Pilot
-
scale
reactor
&
distillation
rigs
MATLAB
&
Simulink
Python
(
NumPy
,
SciPy
,
pandas
,
matplotlib
)
Computational
fluid
dynamics
(
ANSYS
Fluent
,
OpenFOAM
,
STAR
-
CCM
+)
COMSOL
Multiphysics
Finite
element
analysis
fundamentals
gPROMS
ModelBuilder
Aspen
Custom
Modeler
Excel
VBA
automation
SQL
for
process
&
historian
data
Git
/
version
control
Linux
command
line
Jupyter
notebooks
for
engineering
analysis
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08
Data
Analysis
,
Statistics
&
Optimization
09
Process
Economics
&
Project
Engineering
10
Quality
,
Regulatory
&
Environmental
Compliance
11
Plant
Operations
&
Field
Engineering
Design
of
Experiments
(
DOE
)
Statistical
process
control
(
SPC
)
Regression
&
multivariate
analysis
(
PCA
,
PLS
)
Uncertainty
&
error
propagation
Minitab
/
JMP
Six
Sigma
(
DMAIC
)
methods
Linear
&
nonlinear
optimization
Pinch
analysis
&
energy
integration
Response
surface
methodology
Machine
learning
basics
for
process
data
Capital
cost
estimating
(
AACE
class
3–5)
Aspen
Capital
Cost
Estimator
Techno
-
economic
assessment
Utility
&
operating
cost
modelling
Discounted
cash
flow
,
NPV
&
IRR
analysis
Life
cycle
assessment
(
LCA
)
Front
-
End
Engineering
Design
(
FEED
)
Basic
Engineering
Design
packages
Scheduling
(
Primavera
P
6,
MS
Project
)
Vendor
evaluation
&
procurement
support
Turnaround
&
outage
planning
GMP
&
FDA
21
CFR
Part
211
ISO
9001
quality
management
ISO
14001 &
ISO
45001
ASTM
&
ISO
test
methods
REACH
&
TSCA
substance
regulations
Clean
Air
Act
permitting
(
Title
V
)
Clean
Water
Act
/
NPDES
permitting
Waste
characterization
&
disposal
Air
emission
calculations
&
stack
testing
Effluent
treatment
process
design
Scope
1–3
emissions
&
decarbonization
studies
Commissioning
&
startup
support
Shutdown
&
turnaround
execution
Troubleshooting
&
root
cause
analysis
(5
Whys
,
fishbone
)
Debottlenecking
studies
Heat
exchanger
performance
monitoring
Distillation
column
troubleshooting
&
tray
hydraulics
Field
sampling
&
data
collection
P
&
ID
field
walkdowns
Standard
operating
procedure
(
SOP
)
authoring
Operator
training
material
development
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12
Specialised
&
Emerging
Areas
Hydrogen
production
&
electrolysis
(
PEM
,
alkaline
)
Carbon
capture
(
amine
scrubbing
,
adsorption
,
membranes
)
Biofuels
&
biochemical
processing
Battery
materials
&
electrolyte
processing
Polymerization
&
polymer
processing
Desalination
(
RO
,
MED
,
MSF
)
Membrane
separation
design
Electrochemical
reactor
design
Catalysis
&
catalyst
development
Modular
&
skid
-
mounted
process
design
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