The Process Technology program provides classroom instruction and practical experience to prepare students for employment in a variety of process related jobs. The material prepares individuals to monitor, operate, and maintain equipment used in the processing of raw material into marketable chemical/petrochemical products. This includes instruction in materials handling, extraction, distillation, evaporation, drying, absorption, heat transfer, and reaction processes. It also includes chemical and fire safety, codes and standards, and general plant operations. The program emphasizes safe and efficient work practices, basic occupational skills and employability skills. The content is organized into competency-based courses of instruction which specify occupational competencies which the student must successfully complete.
NAPTA Member Schools
Endorsed Schools
- Alvin Community College Alvin, TX
- Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX
- Del Mar College Corpus Christi, TX
- Houston Community College Houston Northeast Campus
- ITI Technical College Baton Rouge, LA
- Kenai Peninsula College Soldotna, AK
- Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont, TX
- Lamar State College — Orange Orange, TX
- Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey, IL
- River Parishes Community College – Gonzales Campus Gonzales, LA
- River Parishes Community College – Reserve Campus Reserve, LA
- San Jacinto College – Central Pasadena, TX
- Sowela Technical Community College Lake Charles, LA
Associated Schools
- Baton Rouge Community College Baton Rouge, LA
- Bellingham Technical College Bellingham, WA
- Bishop State Community College Mobile, AL
- Bismarck State College Bismarck, ND
- Bossier Parish Community College Bossier City, LA
- BridgeValley Community and Technical College, South Charleston, WV
- Calhoun Community College Decatur, AL
- College of the Mainland Texas City, TX
- Community College of Beaver County Monaca, PA
- Delgado Community College New Orleans, LA
- Kankakee Community College Kankakee, IL
- Kilgore College Kilgore, TX
- Lamar State College Port Arthur, TX
- Lincoln Trail College, Robinson, IL
- Lone Star College – Process Technology Center Houston, TX
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College Los Angeles, CA
- Los Medanos College Pittsburg, CA
- Middlesex County College Edison, NJ
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Gautier, MS
- Northern Oklahoma College Tonkowa, OK
- Nunez Community College Chalmette, LA
- South Arkansas Community College El Dorado, AR
- Southern University-Shreveport Louisiana Baton Rouge, LA
- Texas State Technical College Marshall, TX
- University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK
- University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
- Victoria College Victoria, TX
- Wharton County Jr. College Bay City, TX
High Schools
- Career & Technical Education Alief ISD Houston, (Texas)
- Blanson Career and Technical Education High School Houston, (Texas)
- Central High School Pollok, TX
- East Baton Rouge (EBR) Career and Technical Center Baton Rouge, (Louisiana)
- Elizabeth High School: Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy Elizabeth Public Schools, (New Jersey)
- Humble Career & Technical Education Center Humble ISD, (Texas)
- Longview High School Longview, (Texas)
- Milby High School Houston ISD, (Texas)
- Satellite Center St. Charles Parish Public Schools, (Louisiana)