Chemical Plant Technician

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Areas Of Interest:   Resource Processing
Certificate Level:  Certificate IV
Certificate Name:  Certificate IV in Process Plant Technology
Certificate Description:  Employees work as plant technicians or senior plant operators in the chemical sector of the industry. They run the entire plant or a major section of a larger plant and are responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the plant, the development of other plant operators and the improvement of the plant/process.
Code:  PMA40116
Work Type:  Analytic & Scientific Practical & Manual

Skills & Knowledge you will learn

Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
Apply workplace context to own job
Communicate in the workplace
Follow emergency response procedures
Work safely
Respond to abnormal process situations
Operate complex control systems
Coordinate permit process
Operate panel during an emergency
Issue work permits
Conduct hazard analysis
Operate process control systems
Operate reactors and reaction equipment
Transfer bulk fluids into/out of storage facility
Operate fluid flow equipment
Operate fluid mixing equipment
Operate chemical separation equipment
Operate heat exchangers
Select and use utilities and services
Monitor chemical reactions in the process
Interpret process plant schematics
Undertake first response to non-fire incidents
Provide first aid
Apply quality standards
Use structured problem solving tools