WHAT is the Manufacturing/Chemical Processing Technology program?

Manufacturing/Chemical Processing Technology is a fast-paced and challenging program designed to prepare high school students for employment and advanced training in the chemical manufacturing industry.  Students will learn to use proper operating procedures, understand basic and complex chemical reactions, interpret laboratory test results, and correlate data gathered from manufacturing processes.  Students will develop skills to operate a manufacturing process in on on-site laboratory as well as on the job.

WHY should I take Manufacturing/Chemical Processing Technology?

Classes at the Saginaw Career Complex are different than those offered at your home high school. You learn by doing—not just reading, listening, and memorizing. And you learn out in the real world, on-the-job, with real people.

Designed to meet the rigorous standard established by our partners from Dow Corning and The Dow Chemical Company, the Manufacturing/Chemical Processing Technology program will prepare you for employment and advanced training in the chemical manufacturing industry.  Students who successfully complete this program will be several steps ahead of other high school students who hope to have careers in chemical processing technology.

You will also earn a competency certificate in Manufacturing/Chemical Processing Technology from the Saginaw Career Complex, which says you've learned actual job skills at high standards set by business and industry. Your parents will love it. So will colleges and employers.

WHAT will I learn in Manufacturing/Chemical Processing Technology?

You will learn:
• To recognize career opportunities in the chemical manufacturing industry
• To control equipment and systems that process chemical substances into industrial or consumer products
• To operate distillation columns, batch and continuous reactors, mixing and blending tanks and kettles, filtration processes, complex instruments to control processes, and laboratory test equipment
• To understand basic and complex chemical reactions
• How to maintain safety, health, and environmental standards
• How to apply skills in chemistry, physics, communication, and technology to solve practical problems
• How to be a productive member of a team
• Professionalism, goal setting, work ethics, conflict resolution, and coping with change
• To correlate process equipment data gathered from process instrumentation
• How to interpret laboratory test results

You will learn these skills in a clean, well-equipped, up-to-date chemical-processing laboratory. You will also learn and practice skills in real work environments.

For more specific areas of study click here to see more about the curriculum

WHAT are my job prospects?

Excellent! The chemical manufacturing industry needs qualified candidates to fill openings spurred by growth in the industry as well as vacancies left by people retiring or leaving the occupation.

WHERE can I go after completing the program?

Your training in the Manufacturing/Chemical Processing Technology program gives you several exciting options:

• Entry-level employment -Students might begin exciting careers in chemical manufacturing, power generation, water treatment, food processing, and pulp and paper plants.
• Continued Education -The Chemical Processing Technology program is a great springboard to post-secondary education. The knowledge that students gain in this program will give them a head start on a great career. In addition, students are also ready to enter industry/employer-sponsored training programs.

WHO is the teacher?

Due to the reassignment of teaching staff, this information is currently unavailable.

WHAT are the admission requirements?

Students admitted to the Manufacturing/Chemical Processing Technology program at the Saginaw Career Complex must:

• Have an interest in a career in chemical manufacturing or a related industry
• Be a high school junior or senior
• Be on track for high school graduation
• Have good attendance habits
• Be willing to attend the Saginaw Career Complex for half the school day and participate in work-based learning experiences
• Take chemistry at the same time or prior to enrolling in this program

WHAT does it cost?

Nothing! Eligible high school students may attend free of charge.

HOW do I enroll?

You can enroll by completing just a few easy steps. Click here to get started:

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