The ability to plan their work and meet deadlines. Successful progress through the course depends on your ability to do this. The ability to communicate fluently orally and in writing. The work you do in your practicals and problems classes will develop this. The ability to work effectively as part of a team.
Teamwork is an essential part of practical work.
The ability to abstract information and deliver reports of high standard. We shall ask you to write concise laboratory reports and expect that they will be comprehensible to others.