Intermediate Organic Chemistry

In the past twenty-five years the products of organic chemistry have been increasingly encountered by the community at large. Polymers, plastics, pesticides and the wonder-drugs have all become part of everyday life. The products of organic chemistry are seen in objects as diverse as carpets, containers, drain-pipes and shoes.
Organic chemistry encompasses very many disciplines, e.g. biochemistry, food, rubber and textile chemistry. Its practice demands the cooperation of a variety of skills. The postgraduate research worker, the graduate development chemist, the skilled technician, the librarian, the plant-worker and many others all have The skilled technician plays a number of important roles, e.g.
the maintenance of analytical services, quality control, technical services, assistance with research, etc. The trainee technician usually starts an H.N.C. or H.N.D. course having already obtained two ‘A’ Level passes at school or an O.N.C. by part-time study. The Higher National course provides a general course of study for the field in which the technician is working. In many cases he will then complete his formal education (for the time being?) with a supplementary course in Analytical Techniques or another field. With a good H.N.C. he may leave the technician ranks by working for the Grad. R.I.C. examination.