Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB)

Designation of occupation

Chemical technician
Recognized by ordinance of 27 February 2001 (BGBl. I. p. 350)

Duration of traineeship

3,5 years
The venues for training are company and part-time vocational school (Berufsschule)

Field of activity

Chemical technicians work process-oriented and in teams, especially in the chemical industry and related industries (e.g. rubber, plastics and mineral oil processing, active substance production, waste management). They are responsible for the production, treatment and processing of chemical substances and preparations. The range of tasks includes operation and monitoring of production installations by means of process measuring and automatic control engineering systems, servicing and preventive maintenance of equipment and installations as well as chemical and technical work and the process-integrated determination of substance parameters and properties.

Occupational skills

Chemical technicians have acquired a broad range of skills and knowledge in the fields of processing, process control and plant engineering, which enable them to work in interdisciplinary teams along the process chain. In the final training stage, chemical technicians have acquired specialized skills and knowledge as well as international competence, depending on the most important operations of the company providing training.

Chemical technicians

• plan, check and document the steps necessary for the production and processing of different products;
• monitor, control and document production flow and processing steps;
• ensure with their team a largely trouble-free production process;
• cooperate with other qualified staff in servicing, troubleshooting and preventive maintenance;
• determine substance parameters and properties in process;
• use computers and process control systems for machine and plant control, data retrieval and processing as well as for documentation purposes, for obtaining information and for logistical and organizational purposes;
• take regulations concerning health and environment protection, work safety, plant safety and quality assurance into account in their work, in the framework of "responsible care";
• ensure environmentally compatible disposal and recycling of waste.
  

Last modified on: July 30, 2007