Student Workbooks

Student Workbooks

The Center for the Advancement of Process Technology (CAPT) currently offers several workbooks that provide students with supplementary materials that accompany each of the classroom-based instructor manuals.

Each student workbook contains:

The following is a list of all the student workbooks currently available through CAPT.

To order these materials, please use either the Industry Order Form or Education Order Form

TITLE: Introduction to Process Technology
NUMBER OF SESSIONS: 32 (2 hour) sessions
RELEASE DATE: 1999
DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this program is to provide an overview or introduction into the field of process operations within the process industry. Within this program, you will be introduced to the roles and responsibilities of process technicians, the environment in which they work, and the equipment and systems in which they operate.

TITLE: Safety, Health and Environment
NUMBER OF SESSIONS: 32 (2 hour) sessions
RELEASE DATE: 1999
DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this course is to provide an overview or introduction into the field of Safety, Health & Environment within the process industry. Within this course, you will be introduced to various types of plant hazards, safety and environmental systems and equipment, and regulations under which plants are governed.

TITLE: Quality
NUMBER OF SESSIONS: 16 (3 hour) sessions
RELEASE DATE: 2000
DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of or introduction to the field of Quality within the process industry. Within this course students will be introduced to many process industry-related quality concepts including operating consistency, continuous improvement, plant economics, team skills and statistical process control (SPC).

TITLE: Process Technology I: Equipment
NUMBER OF SESSIONS: 32 (2 hour) sessions
RELEASE DATE: 2000
DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this course is to provide an overview or introduction into the field of equipment within the process industry. Within this course, students will be introduced to many process industry-related equipment concepts including purpose, components, operation, and the process technician's role for operating and troubleshooting the equipment.

TITLE: Process Technology II: Systems
NUMBER OF SESSIONS: 32 (3 hour) sessions
RELEASE DATE: 2001
DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this course is to study the interrelation of process equipment and process systems. Specifically, students will be able to arrange process equipment into basic systems; describe the purpose and function of specific process systems; explain how factors affecting process systems are controlled under normal conditions; and recognize abnormal process conditions. In addition, students are also introduced to the concept of system and plant economics.

TITLE: Process Technology III: Operations
NUMBER OF SESSIONS: 32 (3 hour) sessions
RELEASE DATE: 2000
DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this course is to provide an overview or introduction into the field of operations within the process industry. Within this course, students will use existing knowledge of equipment, systems, and instrumentation to understand the operation of an entire unit. Students study concepts related to commissioning, normal startup, normal operations, normal shutdown, turnarounds, and abnormal situations, as well as the process technician's role in performing the tasks associated with these concepts within an operating unit.