About this Course
Join this course will make you an important digit in one of the key pillars in the Singapore economy – The Chemical and Biopharma Process Industry.
This course prepares you for a profession in the chemical or biopharma process field. You will acquire skills to operate, monitor and control continuous or batch processes, maintain safety, health & environmental standards, perform quality control and configure process instrument in the biologics, petrochemical or pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.
Acquire knowledge and skills which are highly relevant to the industry
- Maintain safety, health and environmental standards in the biologics, petrochemicals, phamaceuticals and process industries.
- Organise storage and logistics of materials.
- Handle, store and transport chemical materials.
- Prepare for manufacturing process.
- Operate, monitor and control continuous or batch processes.
- Operate process plant and equipment.
- Perform purification process.
- Maintain product quality.
- Perform documentation.
- Perform laboratory analysis.
- Control water and air pollution.
- Prevent contamination in processes.
- Perform cleaning and de-contamination of equipment.
- Perform sanitization of equipment and process room.
- Provide routine and preventive maintenance and services to processes, equipment and instrumentation in the biologics, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and process industries.
- Assist to perform startup and shutdown operation in biologics, petrochemicals, and Pharmaceuticals processes.
- Install and test a range of process instruments and control equipment.
- Monitor, troubleshoot and rectify instrumentation and control system faults.
- Calibrate and configure process instruments and control equipment.
- Perform basic loop check and wiring within cabinets and field devices.
Core Modules
- Applied Science Fundamentals
- Health, Safety, Security and Environment Management
- Process Instrumentation and Control I
- Process Equipment and Operation
- Process Fundamentals and Quality Assurance
- Plant Processes
- Industry Attachment
- GMP and Biologics Processes
- Equipment Maintenance and Utilities
- GMP and Pharmaceutical Processes
- Process Instrumentation and Control II
- Personal and Professional Development I & II
- Interdisciplinary Studies I & II
- Sport and Wellness I & II
- Applied Microbiology
- Distributed Control System
- Simulated Control Panel Operation
- Introduction to Process Gas Chromatography
- Good Manufacturing Practices
- Technical Mathematics
- Basic Pneumatics
- Mechanical Maintenance
- Laser Show Production
- Safety Audit and Risk Management
- Fundamentals of Industrial Automation
- Marketing and Promotions in Entrepreneurship
- Fashion Modeling
- Aquaculture Techniques
- Elementary Japanese
- Conversational Mandarin
- Introduction to Dance Performance
- Understanding Foreign Cultures
- Industry Attachment
- Overseas Experiential Programme
Progression Opportunities
Nitec in Chemical Process Technology with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.5 and above may apply for progression to the first year of a related diploma course at the Polytechnics. For more details on diploma courses for progression, please refer to the Joint Polytechnic Admissions website.
Nitec in Chemical Process Technology graduates with a GPA of 2.3 and above may also apply for progression to related Higher Nitec courses offered by ITE.
Career Prospects
Nitec in Chemical Process Technology graduates are employed by companies in the Biologics, Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Process Instrumentation industries. Some of the job titles held by graduates include Process Technician, Operation Technician, Plant Maintenance Technician, Process Instrument Technician, Instrumentation Technician and Engineering Assistant.
There are excellent opportunities for career advancement to supervisory positions and beyond. The challenge is for students to prepare themselves by upgrading their technical skills and knowledge by taking up higher-level courses.
Entry Requirements
To apply for the Nitec in Chemical Process Technology course, you need to have:
GCE ‘O’ level grades in Mathematics and Science
Or
GCE ‘N’ level passes in Mathematics, Science and one other subject
Note: Applicants must be free from colour-appreciation deficiency.
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Course Info
- Course Provider Institute of Technical Education
- Course Category Technology
- Course Price n/a
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