This document summarizes Damien Hardy's pre-work experience assessment for his chemistry course. Simon Turega, a lecturer in organic chemistry, assessed Damien's communication, teamwork, self-improvement, problem-solving, IT, numeracy, practical work, and professional skills. For most areas, both Damien and Simon gave scores of 6 out of 10, reflecting that Damien was new to project work and certain lab techniques and equipment. In his comments, Damien reflected that the assessment evaluated his skills during training for porphyrin synthesis, where he was learning to use new instrumentation like the biotage and Schlenk line. He found the new synthesis daunting at first and was getting used to

1. PSP3: Pre- and Post-Work Experience Assessment Non-Sandwich Route
Student Name: Damien Hardy
Course: Bsc Chemistry
Assessor Name: Simon Turega
Assessor Position: lecturer in organic chemistry
1st
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Assessment
Date:21/2/22
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SKILL AREA Student Assessor
Examples / comments Examples / comments
A. COMMUNICATION
e.g. clear, effective speech .
- expressiveness New project student
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explanatory ability
writing skills
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.
.
Score
0-10
Score
0-10
- communicating with people at different
levels
6 6
B. WORKING WITH OTHERS
e.g. co-operating .
- getting on with people New team
- contributing to teamwork .
- working under supervision
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supervising
working with people at different levels
Score
0-10
Score
0-10
6 6
C. IMPROVING OWN PERFORMANCE
e.g. enthusiasm, commitment .
- willingness to learn
- initiative, resourcefulness . New to project lab
taking responsibility
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maturity
attendance, punctuality
. Score
0-10
Score
0-10
- personal organisation/work planning 6 6

2. SKILL AREA Student Assessor
Examples / comments Examples / comments
D. PROBLEM SOLVING
e.g
- prioritising tasks New to project work
- defining problems .
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taking action
grasping main points
Score
0-10
Score
0-10
- locating information 6
6
E. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
e.g
- using word processing package New to project work
- using other p.c. packages
using databases
Score
0-10
Score
0-10
- using company specific IT 6
6
F. APPLICATION OF NUMBERS
e.g .
- calculating / evaluating New to this type of work
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checking results / accuracy
estimating
s. Score
0-10
Score
0-10
- recording / presenting data 6
6

3. SKILL AREA Student Assessor
Examples / comments Examples / comments
G. WORKING PRACTICE
(i) Knowledge
e.g
- function / principles of equipment
- safety regulations / procedures
- knowing reasons for particular work
practices
Score
0-10
7
Score
0-10
- background / theoretical knowledge
(ii) Work Skills
e.g careful and safe working practice
- manual dexterity
- correct use of equipment / methodology Score
0-10
Score
0-10
- follow methods / protocols 7
- competent in a range of activities
(iii) Quality of work
e.g accuracy
- reliability of service
- attention to detail
- level of service
- efficiency Score
0-10
Score
0-10
- meets deadlines 7
- resilience under pressure

4. SKILL AREA Student Assessor
Examples / comments Examples / comments
H. PROFESSIONAL / ORGANISATIONAL
AWARENESS
e.g general presentation
- personnel issues
- professional ethics
- confidentiality
- company structure Score
0-10
Score
0-10
- departmental structure/responsibilities 8
- function of company
Overall Student Mark /100 Overall Assessor Mark /100
TO BE COMPLETED BY THE STUDENT
COMMENTS / PROPOSALS:

5. Briefly reflect upon the
assessment, including ideas to
improve your employability skills
This assessed my skills during
the training sessions for porphyrin
synthesis. At this point I was very
new to some instrumentation and
equipment. This included the
biotage which was used for liquid
chromatography and the Schlenk
line which was used to provide a
nitrogen environment for certain
steps of the synthesis. I was very
new to this synthesis and found it
daunting at first. I was also
getting used to proper conduct in
the lab.