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Preeda - 
Process Control Technologist

Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

About the job

Main responsibilities

Review base layer control application.
Implement advanced process control.
Process control support for capital project.
Process control troubleshooting.

Typical day

Process control troubleshooting, project implementation and process improvement.

What do I enjoy about my job?

Unique, sophisticated and bringing a lot of benefit to the plant.

Challenging aspects

Risk of plant interruption/trip if the implemented application works in the violent way.

Why did this area of work appeal to me?

Dynamic, high tech and highly beneficial to customer.

Skills/qualifications I use in my job?

- chemical and process engineering;
- advanced process control (APC);
- signal processing.

Training I receive as part of my job

APC application


Career information

Brief history since leaving University

See in my LinkedIn

Where do I see myself in the future?

Subject Matter Expert (SME) on process control in Oil & Gas industry


Advice to students

My piece of advice to students

- be open to opportunity
- do not restrict yourself to only what you studied before
- take challenges first and worry about money later
- always add something more on your CV (computer software, application, technology, industry, economy, business skill, presentation, culture etc.)

Other comments

- Make yourself realistic
- Ready to learn
- Hard working



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Last updated: 06 Sep 2017