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Process Operations Technology (PROAS)

Award: Associate in applied science degree

Program location: Washington County Technology Center

This degree provides training for entry-level employees in a variety of continuous process operating plants. These would include ethanol and bio-diesel plants along with other bio-processing industries. A complete power plant operations option is also available. Graduates are trained to operate and maintain process plants and power generating plants. Contact an advisor or counselor for details about these learning opportunities.

Graduation Requirements

General education

31.5

Major requirements

41.0

Option requirements

24.0–35.5

Total credit hours required

96.5–108.0

General education requirements (31.5 credit hrs.)

Communications

ENGL 1220Technical WritingONLINE

4.5

ENGL 1240Oral and Written ReportsONLINE

4.5

Humanities/social sciences

Humanities/social sciences

4.5

Quantitative/numeracy skills

MATH 1240Applied Mathematics

4.5

MATH 1310Intermediate AlgebraONLINE

4.5

See Quantitative/numeracy skills options

MATH 1410 is required for the NEI option.

Other

HMRL 1010Human Relations SkillsONLINEHYBRID

4.5

INFO 1001Information Systems and LiteracyONLINEHYBRID

4.5

Major requirements for Process Operations Technology (41.0 credit hrs.)

Courses

INCT 1000Industrial Safety and Health

4.5

INCT 1302Stationary Engineering I

3.0

INCT 2060Mechanical Power Systems

4.0

INCT 2070Hydraulics and Pneumatics

4.0

INCT 2302Stationary Engineering II

4.0

PHYS 1010Applied Physics

4.5

PROT 1100Process Instrumentation and Control

4.5

PROT 1110Reading and Understanding Process Diagrams

2.0

PROT 1250Basic Electricity for Power and Process

6.0

WORK 1401Employability Skills for Process, Power, and Energy-Related Fields

4.5

Option requirements for Process Operations Technology (24.0-35.5 credit hrs.)

The Process Operations Technology degree options are available in the areas listed below. See the following pages for specific additional courses required to satisfy each option.

Bio-Processing (24.5 credit hrs.)

Process Operations Technology – Bio-Processing (PRBPO)

Nuclear Power Plant Non-Licensed Operator (35.5 credit hrs.)

Process Operations Technology – Nuclear Power Plant Non-Licensed Operator (PRPNO)

Power Plant (24.0 credit hrs.)

Process Operations Technology – Power Plant (PRPPO)