TAPT-100: Introduction to Process Technology Practices
School
Business, Entrepreneurship, and Professional Development
Division
Trade & Apprentice Education
Department
Skilled Trade & Apprenticeship
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Course Subject
TAE - Process Tech. Practices
Course Number
100
Course Title
Introduction to Process Technology Practices
Credit Hours
3.00
Instructor Contact Hours Per Semester
47.00 (for 15-week classes)
Student Contact Hours Per Semester
47.00 (for 15-week classes)
Grading Method
A-E
Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
None
Catalog Course Description
Provides an overview of process-based manufacturing industries with a focus on process technology operations using a systems perspective. Includes concepts of safety, process instruments, environmental standards, and continuous process improvement.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
Core Course Topics
Course overview
History of the process industries
Your career as a process technician
Working on teams
Basic physics
Basic chemistry
Safety, health, and the environment
Principles of quality
Piping and valves
Tanks, drums, and vessels
Pumps
Compressors
Stream turbines
Electricity and motors
Heat exchangers
Cooling towers and fin fans
Furnaces
Boilers
Distillation
Process instrumentation control
Process utilities
Process auxiliaries
Process print reading
Core Course Learning Objectives (Separated)
Explain the growth and development of the process industry.
Report the impact of the process industry on American society.
Identify industry responses to current issues and trends.
Explain and describe the responsibility of the various regulatory agencies as they relate to the process industry.*
Describe the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of the process technician.*
Describe the differences between work groups and teams.
Describe the different types of teams encountered in the process industry.*
Define the application of physics in the process industry.
Define the application of chemistry in the process industry.
Discuss the safety, health, and environmental hazards found in the process industries.*
Identify responses in the process industry to quality issues.*
Describe the purpose and function of piping and valves in the process industries.
Describe the purpose or function of tanks, drums, and vessels in the process industries.
Describe the purpose or function of pumps, compressors, and steam turbines in the process industries.
Explain the difference between AC and DC current.*
Describe the purpose or function of heat exchangers, furnaces, boilers, cooling towers, and distillation towers in the process industries.
Describe the purpose or function of process control instrumentation in the process industries.
Discuss the different types of process utilities and their applications.*
Describe the purpose or function of the different process auxiliary systems and their applications.
Describe the purpose or function of process systems drawings.
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment of Academic Achievement
Students will be required to complete Chapter Reviews as assigned. Each Chapter Review will have an assigned point value.
Students will be administered four online Module Exams. Module Exams will cover specific course material as assigned.
Students will be required to participate in a minimum of four online discussions of select topics using an online Discussion Board.
Students will be administered an online comprehensive Final Exam.
Students will be required to maintain a student spreadsheet - recording attendance, Chapter Review scores, Discussion Board scores, Module Exam scores, and Final Exam score. Completed spreadsheet will be turned in and will be used as part of the calculation of the final grade.
The scores of the scheduled Chapter Reviews, Module Exams, Discussion Boards, Final Exam, and Student Spreadsheet will be used to calculate the semester grade.
Texts
Texts, handouts, and/or workbooks will be determined by the TAE Department.