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 1220	Technical WritingONLINE	4.5
ENGL 1240	Oral and Written ReportsONLINE	4.5

Humanities/social sciences

Humanities/social sciences

4.5

See Humanities/social sciences course options

Quantitative/numeracy skills

MATH 1240	Applied Mathematics	4.5
MATH 1310	Intermediate AlgebraONLINE	4.5

See Quantitative/numeracy skills options

MATH 1410 is required for the NEI option.

Other

HMRL 1010	Human Relations SkillsONLINEHYBRID	4.5
INFO 1001	Information Systems and LiteracyONLINEHYBRID	4.5

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

Courses

INCT 1000	Industrial Safety and Health	4.5
INCT 1302	Stationary Engineering I	3.0
INCT 2060	Mechanical Power Systems	4.0
INCT 2070	Hydraulics and Pneumatics	4.0
INCT 2302	Stationary Engineering II	4.0
PHYS 1010	Applied Physics	4.5
PROT 1100	Process Instrumentation and Control	4.5
PROT 1110	Reading and Understanding Process Diagrams	2.0
PROT 1250	Basic Electricity for Power and Process	6.0
WORK 1401	Employability 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)