Chemical technician

Do you want to manufacture complex chemical products and have the entire production process under control? Control and monitor modern systems and optimize processes to make innovations possible – join the Fraunhofer UMSICHT team!

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Tasks

Produce chemical products from organic and inorganic raw materials. Start up and heat production plants. Cool or distill raw materials and monitor processes.

Requirements

Interest in chemical processes, practical concrete activities such as operating or assembling machines and testing activities, dealing with data, figures, measuring, control and documentation systems.

Know-how

Chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics and English

Duration of the training

3.5 years

Training finished – what’s next?

Chemical technicians usually work in companies in the chemical industry, e.g. manufacturers of fertilizers, adhesives, pesticides and disinfectants, producers of cosmetics, in the paints and coatings industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the plastics processing industry or in mineral oil processing companies.