- Advanced Diploma in Chemical Engineering Technology at Sheridan College is offered as a 3-year teaching program.
- This diploma program has a co-op work option.
- In order to be eligible to participate in a full-time Co-op Work Term, students must meet the GPA requirements.
- The student to faculty ratio is 18:1 which bridges the gap between faculty and students.
- Some of the main courses that students will study in this program are:
- Applied Chemistry
- Intermediate Mathematics for Chemical Sciences
- Microbiology
- Physics for Chemical Sciences
- Industrial Systems
- The program includes a work/study co-op option, offering valuable professional experience and contacts.
- In Sheridan's Chemical Engineering Technology advanced diploma program, students will acquire a broad range of fundamental skills that include: Instrumental analysis and analytical chemistry organic, inorganic and physical chemistry design and operation of chemical processes Environmental science Process control.
- Sheridan's Chemical Engineering Technology advanced diploma offers education in both lab and industry areas but stands out for its emphasis on true chemical engineering.
- Perform all work in compliance with relevant statutes, regulations, standards, practices and guidelines.
- Implement, co-ordinate and evaluate quality control and quality assurance procedures to meet organizational standards and requirements.
- Troubleshoot industrial or chemical processes and laboratory equipment.
- Solve complex problems and perform tasks by applying principles of mathematics, physics, chemistry and chemical engineering.
- Perform, co-ordinate, implement and validate laboratory procedures to conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses and tests.
- Prepare and purify compounds using standard synthesis and purification procedures.
- Maintain and control industrial or chemical processes and assist with their design using chemical engineering principles.
- Analyze and interpret data using statistical methods.
- Select and use current technologies in chemical engineering tasks and projects.
- Prepare, modify, interpret and present technical documents for chemical engineering applications.
- Apply best practices for sustainability.
- Develop strategies for ongoing personal and professional development to enhance work performance in a multi-disciplinar
- Students in this program may apply to the co-op program during their third academic semester. Enrolment in the co-op program is limited through an additional co-op application process that takes place during second year. Students in the co-op program are eligible to complete three co-op work terms prior to graduation.
- Career positions may include:
- Analytical chemist
- Energy manager
- Environmental engineer
- Manufacturing engineer
- Materials engineer
- Mining engineer, etc with an average salary .