Chemists
Military experience defining research problems, selecting experimental methods, interpreting data, and publishing results transfers directly to civilian chemistry research.
How to prepare: Prepare a releasable research work sample showing your method selection, experimental work, data interpretation, and documented findings.
What the civilian work involves
- Develop, improve, or customize products, equipment, formulas, processes, or analytical methods.
- Analyze organic or inorganic compounds to determine chemical or physical properties, composition, structure, relationships, or reactions, using chromatography, spectroscopy, or spectrophotometry techniques.
- Write technical papers or reports or prepare standards and specifications for processes, facilities, products, or tests.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Microsoft Excel