Get the 411 on PTEC right here, like what your career options are with a PTEC Degree, how to get a PTEC Degree and how to pay for a PTEC Degree. You'll also find out what real people and real students have to say about PTEC. And for the ladies, hear what a female process operator says and find out how you can get involved in the Just for Girls Summer Camp.


In Louisiana, a PTEC degree can land you a job as a process operator in the chemical industry. A PTEC degree can also prepare you to work in the oil refinery and pharmaceutical industries as well as for other heavy industrial manufacturers. Once you get a PTEC degree and become a process operator, your career options are open. You can become a laboratory technician or a safety technician or work in ordering and shipping, training or quality control. Most companies will pay for your education if you want to continue with college. Many of the credits you'll earn with a PTEC degree are transferable to four-year-institutions.


In Louisiana, you can earn PTEC degree at seven different colleges. 

Chemical companies need qualified workers. Chemical plants will lose nearly half of all their operators to retirement in the next ten years. That’s why chemical companies are willing to invest in local people by providing PTEC scholarships.

Click on your area below to see what scholarships are available:
Ascension Parish
East Baton Rouge Parish
Iberville Parish
St. Charles Parish
St. Helena Parish
St James Parish
St. John Parish
West Baton Rouge Parish

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Think process technology and PTEC is just for guys? Think again. Listen to what one woman has to say about PTEC and being a process operator. 


  Just for Girls Summer Camp is a free, week-long camp for upcoming junior and senior girls interested in learning more about process technology and PTEC, the two-year associate of applied science degree. During this fun camp, girls from the Greater Baton Rouge area, the River Parishes area and the Lake Charles area will get a first-hand look into process technology by working on real-world projects with PTEC instructors, touring plants and talking to female process operators and managers. After the camp is over, these young women will have a better understanding of the skills and knowledge needed for a career in process technology.