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City & Guilds Part 1, Plant Process Operations

Details of Modules




Plant Services & Fluid Transport

• Plant Services
  
• Pipes, Valves and Pumps
  
• Safety Hazards
  
• Background Details for Other Fluids & Solids Modules
  
  

  Fluids Processing

• Equipment for Processing & Storage
  
• Distillation
  
• Absorption
  
• Liquid/liquid Extraction
  
• Safety Hazards
  
  

  Solids Processing

• Equipment for Processing & Storage
  
• Size Reduction and Classification
  
• Evaporation
  
• Crystallisation
  
• Separation of Insoluble Solids from Liquids
  
• Leaching (solvent extraction)
  
• Drying
  
• Safety hazards
  
  

  Instrumentation & Control

• Measurement of pressure, flow and level, temperature, humidity, viscosity and density
  
• Instruments & Automatic control systems
  
• Basis of Computer control
  
  

  Industrial Studies

• Growth of the Chemicals Industry
  
• Commercial Concepts
  
• Organisation, Structure and Personnel
  
• Health & Safety at Work
  
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
  
• Hazards at Work
  
• Current Health & Safety Legislation
  
• Accident Reporting & First Aid
  
• Communicating Safe Working Practices
  
• Methods of Communication
  
• Business Letters
  
• Summary Writing and Using the Telephone
  
• Committees and Committee Meetings
  
• Chemical Pollution and Heavy Metals
  
• Atmosphere, Wastes Asbestos and the Law
  
• Production and Disposal of Chemicals & Drugs
  
  

  Science & Calculations

  Module 1 :- Calculations
  
  • Metric units and the SI system
    
  • Electronic calculators
    
  • Fractions and decimals
    
  • Averages, percentages, ratio and proportion
    
  • Pictorial representation of information
    
  • Graphical representation
    
  • Formulae and mathematical transformations
    
  • Areas and volumes
    
    Module 2 :- Physics
    
  • Electrical principles
    
  • Electric circuits - resistors
    
  • Types of electricity and their effect
    
  • Properties and states of matter
    
  • Heat & energy changes and temperature expansion
    
  • Heat and the gas laws
    
  • Heat transfer
    
  • Energy, work and power
    
  • Basic principles of pressure and flow
    
  • Humidity, density and viscosity
    
    Module 3 :- Chemistry
    
  • Physical and chemical changes
    
  • Elements, compounds and mixtures
    
  • Symbols and chemical formulae
    
  • Valency
    
  • Atomic and formula masses
    
  • Chemical reaction and equations
    
  • Solutions and removing impurities in water
    
  • Acids, bases, alkalis and salts
    
  • Introduction to organic chemistry
    
  
  

  Special Module

• Written project of the student's own choosing
  
• Based on some aspect the operator's job and the business of the company
  
• Guidance on content available from Course Tutor
  
• Approximately 2500 words required.
  

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