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I interviewed my supervisor, a Ceramic and Materials Engineer at the Tile Council of North America (TCNA) about the types of communication and writing that he has to do for his job. He said that most of the communication he has to do is through writing, and that all of the engineers who work at TCNA are expected to prepare written reports of experiments, as well as articles to be published in scholarly journals. The verbal communication within his job includes conversation between employees, and occasionally verbal reports that serve the same purpose as the written reports of experiments. Overall, the written communication is more important and more commonly used, although verbal communication is important in the day-to-day functioning of the laboratory.