Program Description
Every time something is built, created or made in a mill or factory, a chemical process is used that someone needs to manage. In the Chemical Technology program, you will provide technical assistance, modify techniques and procedures in laboratory and plant operations, install and maintain complex equipment and conduct chemical analyses.
You’ll also specialize in chemical research, pilot-plant operations, quality control and process industries.
Admission Requirements
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- High School Diploma or Adult High School Diploma or GED Diploma of High School Equivalency
- Geometry and Applications in Mathematics 112 and Functions and Relations 112
- One (1) additional science from the following:
- Biology 112 or 122
- Chemistry 112 or 122 (Recommended)
- Physics 112 or 122
Career Possibilities
As a graduate of this program, you may be employed as a laboratory technologist, quality assurance specialist or an engineering technologist in industries involved in pulp and paper, petroleum and plastic products, foods, fertilizers, metals, minerals, and pharmaceuticals. You may also find employment in government institutions concerned with pollution control or weights and measures. Some employment opportunities exist in educational institutions, primarily in laboratories. Advancement to supervisory positions is possible when you have acquired experience and/ or supplemented your initial training with additional specialized courses.
NOC Codes
2211 - Chemical Technologists and Technicians
Specific Considerations
Many universities give credit for courses completed in this program; however, assessment is normally completed on an individual basis.
Upon acceptance into this program, you may be eligible for financial awards offered through the J.D. Irving Limited Training Incentives Program.
Though this is offered as a co-op program, there are limited seats available with this option. Co-op seats will be determined at the beginning of second year. The co-op option is only available at NBCC Saint John Campus.
Accreditations
Chemical Technology (Co-op) is accredited as follows:
| Organization: | The Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists (CCTT) |
| Accreditation Period: | 2011 |
| Information: | The Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists (CCTT) nationally accredits this program at the technologist level |
Articulations
Chemical Technology (Co-op) has developed articulation arrangements with other institutions as follows:
| Institution: | Cape Breton University |
| Articulation Period: | 2009-2014 |
| Information: | Graduates receive up to three years full credit toward a Bachelor of Engineering Technology degree or a Bachelor of Technology degree depending on the engineering diploma they hold from NBCC and the engineering/technology option they wish to pursue at Cape Breton University (CBU). |
External Certifications
Chemical Technology (Co-op) graduates may have an opportunity to aquire the following external certifications upon meeting the external agencies certification requirements and paying any required fees to the external agency:
| Information: | Certification by the NBSCETT with two years of acceptable work experience, and admitted as Certified Chemical Technologists by the Chemical Institute of Canada (C.I.C.). Further approved experience allows graduates to apply for professional membership in the Chemical Institute of Canada. |