Glass and Polymer Process Control Technologist 2021-2023

About this course

The Glass and Polymers Production Process Control Technologist oversees the production process of products made of glass and synthetic materials, intervening in the stages of design, planning, production and quality control.

Learning objectives

You will acquire knowledge and skills to:

• use design, prototyping and industrialisation techniques (design for manufacturing);
• choose processing technologies and related machines on the basis of the required technical-economic specifications;
• programming industrial automation systems;
• manage production flows in their planning, control and cost-effectiveness;
• autonomously manage production processes for the part they are responsible for;
• employ routine and predictive maintenance techniques for production and plant control;
• analysing, monitoring and controlling, to the extent of their competence, production processes in order to formulate proposals for improving process efficiency;
• analysing, monitoring and controlling the energy efficiency of the process with a view to environmental sustainability;
• use technical English to communicate effectively in the contexts in which you operate.

Key activities

You will acquire a broad spectrum of knowledge and skills to:

• assisting those responsible for the various stages of production, from design to quality control;
• manage production scheduling and control;
• manage quality control steps throughout the entire production process through data acquisition and analysis;
• carry out maintenance work in automation;
• perform mechanical, electrical and automation installation, testing and assembly work;
• carry out design and product planning activities;
• perform mould and tooling design;
• perform management, organisational, technical and maintenance activities, with roles of responsibility and management of assigned personnel.