• August 01, 2023

1. What is the name of your profession (position)? My profession is simply called laboratory assistant. 2. What is your job and what are your responsibilities? I work in the laboratory of a concrete plant at a construction site, my responsibilities include testing product samples (concrete), testing materials (crushed stone, sand, water, additives), processing results and experiments, document flow in the laboratory - I make sure that all tests are made on time, correctly framed and pinned in the right folder. 3. What education is required to get your position? Better, of course, higher, but it is possible with an average. 4. Describe your working day. Measure the temperature of materials before mixing them, prepare samples of finished products for testing (measure and weigh concrete cubes), test them (crash test in a special apparatus, where the cubes are pressed by a press and count the load), enter data into the system, process them and make a report on corresponding batch of concrete. 5. How comfortable are your working conditions (all day outside, or in the office with a cup of coffee)? Most of the day in the lab, sometimes outside. 6. What do you like most about your job? Most of all I liked working with the system, analyzing data and compiling reports. It is very important work, I think, because the strength of the entire building depends on the strength of concrete. And we have the opportunity, having analyzed all the initial data (temperature and composition of the material, the density of the raw concrete mix), to draw preliminary conclusions about the strength of the finished concrete. 7. What do you dislike most about your job? Testing on the street - I'm afraid of the cold 8. If it's not a secret, what is your salary level (is it enough to write satisfied or not)? The pay is high, of course. But the conditions are quite difficult - the working day is from 8 in the morning and sometimes until late in the evening, sometimes work outside in the cold. 9. Describe your team, what kind of people work with you? The team at the construction site mainly consists of men, so the attitude towards us, girls, is very loyal and adequate. Protect us! 10. What human qualities do you think are most important in your business? Attention and accuracy. Responsibility. 11. Work gives me additional opportunities (everything that work gives you except money, from self-expression and communication with interesting people to the opportunity to visit different countries). Construction is often invested by foreign partners, which means the periodic presence of their representatives. So it turns out that on duty you have to communicate with people from different countries. I improved my English and gained experience of communicating not only with Americans and British, but also with Malaysians and Filipinos. 12. Do you have the opportunity to evaluate your work on a five-point scale, what grade would you give? 5 points 13. Why did you choose this job? At first, of course, the main factor was high pay and the opportunity to practice in English, and then the possibility of a quick careerfoot growth. 14. What do you think we did not include in the plan and what else would you like to share with us? Construction is an area in which you can make a good career, so there is no need to be afraid of difficulties. 0