Master the Art of Process Control.
Our Process Technology program prepares students for careers in plant operations, focusing on equipment, instrumentation, and safety protocols. Students gain hands-on experience in state-of-the-art facilities, simulating real-world environments. Graduates are equipped with the skills needed to enter industries such as chemical plants, refineries, and wastewater treatment facilities.
Career Opportunities and Income
Visit sanjac.edu for information regarding career opportunities and potential earnings in the Greater Houston region.
Learning & Career Pathway
This is an Enhanced Skills Certificate that builds on your prior learning experiences. This award requires having previously earned a Process Technology Associate of Applied Science degree.
Learning Outcomes and Career Skills
A student completing the last award in the pathway will be able to:
- Exhibit safe work practices and procedures.
- Use industrial process equipment.
- Apply physics and chemistry involved in common industrial processes.
- Troubleshoot process problems.
- Operate pilot plant, HOT Unit, Glass Lab, start-up and shutdown.
- Apply quality control methods.
- Interpret piping and instrumentation diagrams.
External Learning Experiences
This program includes external learning experiences outside of the classroom, e.g., an internship, externship, clinical, practicum, or cooperative learning experience. Those experiences are typically on-site at a business or organization.
All students participating in external learning experiences are required to comply with the immunization requirements and policies of the external learning sites. Some learning sites outside the college have their own vaccination requirements. These rules come from those facilities and are not mandated by the college. Failure to meet those immunization requirements may limit a student’s ability to complete the program and/or may delay the student’s graduation date. San Jacinto College does not process exemptions, and students should address potential vaccination exemptions directly with the external learning site.
Locations
College Admission
San Jacinto College is an open admission institution. All students are welcome to apply and will be admitted to the College. You may begin the process on the College’s “How to Apply” webpage.
Program Admission
The Process Technology Enhanced Skills Certificate does not have a selective admissions process that requires additional application information; however, you must have already earned the Associate of Applied Science in Process Technology.
Plan of Study
EPROT-CT
Students may see the Process Technology, Associate of Applied Science (AAS) page for more information.
| First Term | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| CHEM 1311 & CHEM 1111 | General Chemistry I (lecture) and General Chemistry I (lab) | 4 |
| CHEM 2323 & CHEM 2123 | Organic Chemistry I (lecture) and Organic Chemistry I (lab) | 4 |
| CHEM 1312 & CHEM 1112 | General Chemistry II (lecture) and General Chemistry II (lab) | 4 |
| Credits | 12 | |
| Total Credits | 12 | |