§ 02 — Become Process operator
Overview
As a process operator you maintain and control the systems that manufacture everything from food and medicine to chemistry and energy. You ensure production runs stably safely and in the right quality. It is a trade for those who like technology overview and having responsibility for large machinery and systems.
What do you do in everyday life?
A typical day involves monitoring systems from a control room and screens adjusting temperature, pressure and flow and keeping an eye on that production meets requirements. You take samples troubleshoot when something deviates and work with colleagues to keep the system running around the clock.
- 01You learn to operate and monitor automated production systems.
- 02You learn to control processes such as temperature, pressure, and flow.
- 03You learn to take samples and ensure the right quality.
- 04You learn to troubleshoot and respond quickly when something is wrong.
- 05You learn to work according to strict safety and hygiene requirements.
How do you get started?
You start with a basic course at a vocational school and then find an apprenticeship at a company with process production. You get apprentice wages throughout the course and alternate between school and practice so you learn both the theory behind the processes and take responsibility in real production.
The way forward
As a fully trained process operator you can work in pharmaceutical food chemistry and energy industries. You can specialise in certain types of systems become a team leader or further education towards for example process technologist and get responsibility for even larger parts of production.
“When the system runs perfectly it is because someone knows exactly what they are doing – it is you.”
Specialisations & levels
- 01Process worker (level 1)
- 02Process operator (level 2)
- 03Process operator with specialty in pharma and food ingredient (level 2)
- 04Process operator with specialty in green energy and production (level 2)
Schools here that offer it
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Where can you read it?
§ — Where can you read about Process operator?
Process operator is offered at 6 places in the country. The list is informational — always check the latest and complete offering on the Education Guide's vocational education map.
Hovedstaden
02- NEXT Uddannelse København — København
- U/NORD — Hillerød
Sjælland
01- ZBC (Zealand Business College) — Næstved
Syddanmark
01- EUC Lillebælt — Fredericia
Nordjylland
02- AMU Nordjylland — Aalborg
- EUC Nord — Hjørring
Mentioned in the programme overview
Names taken from the programme's own overview. We do not yet have all of them as schools here, so those appear without a map or link — always check the individual school for current classes, admission and entry requirements.
- AMU Nordjylland, Aalborg
- EUC Lillebælt, Fredericia
- EUC Nord, Frederikshavn
- NEG (Nordvestsjællands Erhvervs- og Gymnasieuddannelser) Kalundborg
- NEXT Training Copenhagen Copenhagen
- U/NORD, Hillerød
- ZBC, Roskilde
- m.fl.