Individual Post #2 - Interview

For this post I interviewed my supervisor from TCNA. He said that the most important kind of writing in his profession is writing reports. He said that it is very important that he and his co-workers be able to clearly and concisely describe experiments and their results. Reporting data is almost the only type of writing that he has to do, other than writing e-mails.

He said that a person starting out in his line of work (ceramics testing) needed to have good laboratory technique, which could best be learned in college and/or high schools laboratories. In addition, they needed to be prepared for writing reports about experiments and their results. He said that the best preparations for working in his laboratory were college classes and hands-on experience (including internships).