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
- Baton Rouge Community College Baton Rouge, LA
- Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX
- ITI Technical College Baton Rouge, LA
- Kenai Peninsula College Soldotna, AK
- Lamar State College — Orange Orange, TX
- Lone Star College – Process Technology Center Houston, TX
- Nunez Community College Chalmette, LA
- 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
- 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
- Del Mar College Corpus Christi, TX
- Delgado Community College New Orleans, LA
- Houston Community College Houston Northeast Campus
- Kankakee Community College Kankakee, IL
- Kilgore College Kilgore, TX
- Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont, TX
- Lamar State College Port Arthur, TX
- Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey, IL
- Lincoln Trail College, Robinson, IL
- 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
- 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)