Chemical Process Operator Certificate
Chemical Process Operator
Certificate (S)
Delaware Tech's Chemical Process Operator program prepares highly skilled and knowledgeable students for employment as process operators in the chemical, pharmaceutical, polymer, and petroleum refining industries. These important industries throughout the Delaware River Valley area have a great need for trained process technicians to operate equipment for the production of industrial and consumer products. Graduates are readily employed by these local plants at competitive salaries. The program provides a practical education in the various aspects of plant operations including safe startup, shutdown, troubleshooting procedures, regulatory compliance, and basic preventive maintenance. And our laboratory facilities include high tech mechanical equipment, modern instrument trainers, computer process simulators, and six pilot plant units.
The Chemical Process Operator Technology Program has three options. Certificate, diploma, and associate degree programs are offered so that students can build their educational credentials as they work in the field.
Program Graduate Competencies
The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.
- Maintain safety, health, and environmental standards in a chemical plant.
- Handle, store, and transport chemical materials according to all applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
- Describe chemical process systems and operations.
- Operate, monitor, and control batch and continuous chemical processes.
- Apply mathematical and statistical concepts and principles to chemical process operations.
- Use computers and computerized equipment for communications and chemical process control.
Graduation Requirements
Program/Major Courses
| CPO 106 | Statistical Process Control Overview | 1 |
| CPO 125 | Safety, Health & Environment | 3 |
| CPO 135 | Chem Proc Tech-Equipment | 3 |
| CPO 151 | Chemical Process Tech I-Systems | 4 |
Program/Major Support Courses
Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)
Semester 1
| CPO 135 | Chem Proc Tech-Equipment | 3 |
| CIS 107 | Introduction to Computers/Application | 3 |
Semester 2
Semester 3
| CPO 125 | Safety, Health & Environment | 3 |
| CPO 151 | Chemical Process Tech I-Systems | 4 |
To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 20 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).
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