A process operator technician monitors, adjusts, operates, and maintains processing units and equipment in industrial plants. Working in Qatar’s energy sector, a process operator diagnoses and solves problems related to systems operations in petroleum, natural gas processing, petrochemical, industrial, agricultural, specialty chemical, and pharmaceutical companies. The Technician Certificate - Process Operations (T. Cert. Proc.Op) prepares graduates for entry into a career as technicians in the process operations field within Qatar’s Energy sector. The program is competency-based, with two workplace-learning components completed within the trainees’ sponsoring company: a 4-week workplace orientation in the first half of the program, and a 24-week work site practicum at the end of Year 2. While on campus, students train in a simulated work environment in workshops and College of Engineering and Technology pilot plants, using modern industrial class equipment. Trainees receive workplace safety training at the beginning of the program, with safety principles reinforced throughout every course and technical task in the program.
The Process Operations program uses a block-training schedule within three 15-week semesters and one 7-week semester.