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Minimum Requirements for Industrial Process Operator A.A.S.: 60 credits

Students must earn a C grade or better in each program-required course. 

Students must earn a C- grade or better in all other courses.

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Learning Outcomes are measurable statements that describe knowledge or skills achieved by students upon completion of the program.

Students graduating from this program will be able to:

• Understand the importance of maintaining a safe workplace. In addition, the graduate will understand that a process must be operated in compliance with regulatory requirements and within engineering limits. Upon completion of the program, they will be able to create or follow safe operating procedures for basic process units.
• Demonstrate an ability to start up process equipment, shut down process equipment, monitor process equipment, and identify and correct abnormal operating conditions.
• Maintain accurate and meaningful records of process events. They will be able to interpret event records to determine any changes required for safe operation of a process.
• Read and correctly interpret P&ID drawings for basic processes.
• Demonstrate knowledge of process equipment such as piping, valves, vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, pumps, compressors, and boilers and heaters.