GRADUATE PROFILE
The Higher Technology Course in Chemical Processes is a course in the Chemistry area focused on training professionals to work in chemical production processes. This course aims to provide industries and service companies with a professional qualified to identify and analyze production processes, proposing viable solutions from a technical and economic point of view, as well as participating in the study, construction and assembly of industrial chemical process systems. It also focuses on providing an interface between the professional in the chemical area and the production process, seeking to promote the development of clean technologies.
The graduate profile of the Higher Technology Course in Chemical Processes, in accordance with CNE/CP Resolution No. 1 of January 5, 2021, which defines the General National Curriculum Guidelines for Professional and Technological Education, must encompass the following characteristics:
- I – have a holistic and humanist vision, be critical, reflective, creative, cooperative and ethical and with strong technical training;
- II – be able to act in the application, development, applied research and technological innovation and the dissemination of technologies;
- III – manage processes for the production of goods and services;
- IV – be able to recognize users' needs, formulate, analyze and creatively solve problems related to the area of chemical processes;
- V – adopt inter-, multi- and transdisciplinary perspectives in their practice;
- VI – consider global, political, economic, social, environmental, cultural and occupational health and safety aspects;
- VII – act with impartiality and commitment to social responsibility and sustainable development;
- VIII – operationalize processes in the chemical industry;
- IX – optimize analytical processes within the scope of quality control of raw materials, reagents and products of industrial chemical processes;
- X – plan, manage and conduct laboratory tests and analyses, as well as interpret the results;
- XI – select and adapt methods and techniques for conducting industrial processes;
- XII – inspect, evaluate and issue technical opinions according to the field of activity in the area of chemical processes.
The professional trained by the course, Technologist in Chemical Processes, will be qualified to work in various industrial and technological sectors. They may work in chemical process industries in areas such as petrochemicals, agrochemicals, electrochemicals, food and beverages, paper and pulp, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, textiles, pigments and paints, plastics, cement, metallurgy, steelmaking, among others; water and effluent treatment stations; physical-chemical and microbiological analysis laboratories; institutes, centers and research and development companies; and also in educational institutions, provided the training required by current legislation is met.