If you want to go into industry, QC technician jobs can be a good place to start.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 23:07, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I've put in an application for a general placement
(IASTE, at this stage, it will be some placement, in a vaguely science/engineering related career, somewhere in the world) next summer, will see where that leads (and may call in a small favour from my dad on that, since they "consider your application more favourably" if you can organise a place somewhere in the UK that they can send someone).

QC could be a good place to start, I have some work experience I could pass off as relevant (worked in a company making fuel cell components, testing how the properties of one of their materials changed under certain conditions, QC won't be too dissimilar, just the emphasis will be different (checking against expected values, vs finding out what happens with no prior knowledge))
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 23:12, Reply)

Plus you can get a good general view of how things work, which could be very handy in the future.
Another thing, be prepared to work shifts rather than 9-5 if you end up working somewhere that's got a high turnover.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 23:19, Reply)

Shifts are no problem
I tend to keep odd hours anyway, so can wake up whenever, and sleep when needed (or, in the case of this week, through lectures due to forgetting my alarm >.< )
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 23:24, Reply)