Water and Wastewater Treatment
Water and Wastewater Treatment - Certificate
If you’d like a high-paying career upon graduating from BTC, then you should consider Water and Wastewater treatment certificate in the Process Technology program. This program will prepare you for a position as a technician or operator for local employers in the water and waste water treatment industry. Primary employers are any municipality that has a water treatment system and private contractors that operate and maintain private water treatment systems.
You’ll learn how to monitor and control processing equipment, troubleshoot and solve equipment problems, test water quality, and implement safety standards and procedures. The Process Technology program provides the technical and academic knowledge you need, along with valuable communication and interpersonal skills that employers want.
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Entry Information
What are the Minimum Entry Requirements?
Admissions application and assessment testing in Reading, Math and Writing is required. Your score on the test and/or your previous transcripts will determine where you begin your course sequence. Contact Admissions at 360.752.8345 or at admissions@btc.edu for assistance with academic planning.
What are My Next Steps?
Classes
Total Program Credits: 50
Quarter 1
PTEC 101 Introduction to Process Technology 5 CR PTEC 102 Process Technology Equipment 5 CR AMATH 111 Applied Technical Math 5 CR Quarter 2
PTEC 103 Safety, Health & Environment I 5 CR PTEC 104 Process Drawings 2 CR PTEC 109 Intro to WWT 5 CR AENGL 100 Applied English 5 CR Quarter 3
PTEC 110 Process Instrumentation 5 CR BIOL& 160 General Biology with Lab 5 CR PTEC 224 WWT Test Preparation 3 CR CMST& 210 Interpersonal Communications 5 CR
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Self-SupportProgram Outcomes
- Graduates will demonstrate a knowledge of the typical hazards found in process plants, basic PPE, and requirements of regulating bodies regarding safety, health, and environmental issues (OSHA, DOT, EPA). Example: Worker-Right-to-Know, PSM, RMP, RCRA, and Clean Air Act).
- Graduates will be able to apply mathematics, physics, and chemistry in the Process Technology field. Graduates will obtain the ability to link their knowledge to applications such as the nature of heat, chemical reactions, boiling points, vapor pressure, and electrical currents.
- Graduates will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of the typical organizational structures, economics and quality controls; fundamentals of refining and power generation processes.
- Graduates will be able to perform core functions and principles of operation of typical process industry equipment such as pumps, compressors, filters and dryers, lubricating systems, valves and piping systems, and process plant instrumentation systems (from an operations viewpoint).
- Graduates will know the principles and typical operation of electronic control systems (DCS).
- Graduates will have the ability to operate simulated DCS process control systems Effectively.
Employment Outlook
Future retirement data indicates that over the next 10 years there will be a great need for trained water and wastewater treatment operators in the industry, both locally and nationally. The average annual wage in this field is $62,046, with an earning potential of $73,986 per year.
Criminal convictions may restrict or prevent student participation with internships and employment in this industry.
