Royal Decree 797/1995 of 19 May, establishing guidelines on certificates of professionalism and the corresponding minimum contents of occupational vocational training, has instituted and demarcated the framework of the to which the certificates of professionalism must conform by reference to their formal and material characteristics, to the par which has defined their essential nature, their meaning, their scope and territorial validity, and, inter alia, forecasts, the paths for obtaining them.

The establishment of certain rules of law finds its reason to be in the need to guarantee, in respect of all occupations that are capable of certification, the objectives that are demanded of the certificates of professional. In substance, these objectives could be considered as referring to the implementation of an effective active employment policy, in support of the placement and satisfaction of the demand for qualifications by enterprises, as a support to the planning and management of human resources in any productive field, as a means of ensuring a level of acceptable and uniform quality of occupational vocational training, consistent with the situation and requirements of the market In order to ensure the best coordination and integration between the teaching and the knowledge acquired through regulated vocational training, vocational training and employment practice.

Royal Decree 797/1995 also conceives the standard of creating the certificate of professionalism as an act of Government of the Nation and resulting from its regulatory authority, in accordance with its national scope and validity, and, respecting the division of competences, allows the minimum training contents to be adapted to the socio-productive reality of each Autonomous Community competent in occupational vocational training, without prejudice, in any case, to the unit of the the system in relation to professional qualifications and state competence in the field of emanation of the certificates of professionalism.

This Royal Decree regulates the certificate of professionalism corresponding to the occupation of the Operator of Chemical Plant belonging to the professional family of Chemical Industries and contains the terms that are occupation, such as the units of competence that make up their professional profile, and the minimum training contents suitable for the acquisition of the professional competence of the same occupation, together with the specifications necessary for the development of the formative action; all according to the Royal Decree 797/1995, several times cited.

By virtue of Article 1 (2) of Royal Decree 797/1995 of 19 May 1995, following a report by the Autonomous Communities which have received the transfer of the management of occupational and occupational training General of Vocational Training, on a proposal from the Minister for Labour and Social Security, and after deliberation by the Council of Ministers at its meeting on 4 August 1995,

D I S P O N G O:

Article 1. Establishment.

The certificate of professionalism corresponding to the occupation of Operator of Chemical Plant, of the professional family of Chemical Industries, will be established, which will have official character and validity in all the national territory.

Article 2. Specifications of the certificate of professionalism.

1. The general data of the occupation and its professional profile are set out in Annex I.

2. The training itinerary, its duration and the relationship of the modules that make up the route, as well as the fundamental characteristics of each of the modules are set out in Annex II, paragraphs 1 and 2.

3. The requirements of the teacher and the access requirements of the students to the modules of the training itinerary are set out in Annex II, paragraph 3.

4. The specific requirements for installations, equipment and machinery, tools and tools, consumer material and verification and control equipment are set out in Annex II, paragraph 4.

Single transient arrangement. Time limit for the adequacy of centres.

The approved or accredited centres for the provision of occupational vocational training through the National Plan of Vocational Training and Insertion, regulated by Royal Decree 631/1993 of 3 May, and of the programmes of Schools Workshop and Houses of Office, regulated by the Order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of 3 August 1994, and to dispense the theoretical training of the apprenticeship contract according to the Order of the Ministry of Labour and Security Social policy of 19 September 1994, must bring about the delivery of training courses approved for the requirements of installations, materials and equipment listed in Annex II, paragraph 4, within one year, immediately communicating it to the competent authority.

Single end disposition. Entry into force.

This Royal Decree shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the "Official Gazette of the State".

Given in Palma de Mallorca to August 4, 1995.

JOHN CARLOS R.

The Minister of Labour and Social Security,

JOSE ANTONIO GRINAN MARTINEZ

ANNEX I

Occupational Reference

1. Occupation data:

1.1 Naming: Chemical Plant Operator.

1.2 Professional Family: Chemical Industries.

2. Occupational Profile of Occupation:

2.1 General Competition: The chemical plant operator executes the own works of operation and control of equipment, equipment or installations for the various chemical processes and phases of manufacture of products, following the orders or instructions from the chemical plant technician and in accordance with the specifications laid down in the relevant technical documents and in compliance with the standards, both for safety and those relating to the quality of the product and the effectiveness of the process.

2.2 Competition Units: denomination.

1. "Prepare and test chemical materials".

2. "Prepare facilities and operate ancillary services for the chemical process."

3. "Perform chemical processing operations".

4. "Control the chemical process".

5. "Act under the right manufacturing of safety and environmental standards."

2.3 Professional realizations and execution criteria.

Competition Unit 1: Preparing and testing chemical materials

EXECUTION CRITERIA

1.1 Receiving, and/or storing raw materials/chemicals and conditioning material under the specified conditions and with the required security. /1.1.1 Checking that the received materials are the ones corresponding to the order previously made, both in quantity and in quality.

1.1.2 Storing the materials in containers, places and conditions that set the internal rules.

1.1.3 properly identifying materials according to internal rules.

1.1.4 Performing all operations in accordance with safety, hygiene and environmental standards.

1.2 Take samples for quality control in quantity, under specified conditions and with the appropriate instrument. /1.2.1 Performing the sampling in accordance with standards and periodicity, established in the light of the raw material concerned and the tests to be carried out on it.

1.2.2 Identifying the sample according to established codes.

1.2.3 Realizing relevant quality primary trials.

1.2.4 Sending the sample to quality control when it requires sophisticated instruments.

1.2.5 Performing all operations in accordance with safety, hygiene and environmental standards.

1.3 Perform simple analysis in time, form, and security. /1.3.1 Performing the primary quality tests:

a) Identifying the characteristics of the test and the corresponding instrument.

b) Using the instruments, reagents and test material with dexterity and care.

c) Optimizing the use of reagents and test material.

d) Optimizing work times, in established test procedures.

e) Checking that the measurements, test results, and calculations performed are correct.

1.3.2 Performing all operations in accordance with safety, hygiene and environmental standards.

1.4 Record data from the results of your work and report the results of your work. /1.4.1 Registering all the data corresponding to the reception, storage and packaging in the recording media and with the established procedures.

1.4.2 Notifying significant deviations that reveal the data, and thus initiate the necessary procedures for its correction.

Competition Unit 2: Preparing facilities and operating ancillary services for the chemical process

EXECUTION CRITERIA

2.1 Supply thermal conditions fixed in the process, operating on generators, exchangers, and cold units. /2.1.1 Checking that the furnaces or circuits remain in operating conditions after having followed the sequence of operations established for their putting into service, which must be produced synchronised with the other equipment in the area work.

2.1.2 Maintaining temperature conditions, in furnaces or cold circuits, required by the production process, by means of manual operations on the regulators and/or process control means.

2.1.3 Leaving the ovens or cold circuits out of service, following the sequence of operations established at the stopping times.

2.1.4 Keeping the temperature of input and output of heat exchange equipment under control according to the needs of the process by means of manual operations and/or by means of the automatic control system processes.

2.1.5 Controlling the state of the equipment at all times to determine its maintenance needs.

2.1.6 Communicating unforeseen situations in the process, taking the necessary corrective measures.

2.1.7 Performing all operations in accordance with safety, hygiene and environmental standards.

2.2 Get water vapor in conditions for the process, operating steam boilers. /2.2.1 Comproving that the boilers remain in operating conditions after having followed the established sequence of operations, at the time of commissioning.

2.2.2 Maintaining at all times the pressure conditions required by the process, by means of manual operations on the boiler and/or by means of automatic process control.

2.2.3 Leaving boilers off-duty, following the sequence of operations established at the stopping times.

2.2.4 Communicating unforeseen situations in the process, taking the necessary corrective actions.

2.2.5 Performing all operations in accordance with safety, hygiene and environmental standards.

2.3 Get deionized, demineralized, and degassed water for steam boilers. /2.3.1 Checking that the cationic anionic exchange resins are active for the removal of dures.

2.3.2 Checking that the degassing and deoxygenator equipment as well as the reagents are in operating conditions.

2.3.3 Performing all operations in accordance with safety, hygiene and environmental standards.

2.4 Supply air or other gases to the process under the required conditions. /2.4.1 Comproving that the conditioning systems remain in operating conditions, after having followed the sequence of established operations, at the time of commissioning.

2.4.2 Maintaining conditioning conditions during the process.

2.4.3 Leaving the conditioning systems out of service after the operations sequenced set for its stop has been followed.

2.4.4 Performing all operations in accordance with safety, hygiene and environmental standards.

Competition Unit 3: Perform chemical processing operations

EXECUTION CRITERIA

3.1 Keep equipment and area of your responsibility clean and available. /3.1.1 Realizing or collaborating in the cleaning of the waste materials, possible spills of products or waste from their area of responsibility.

3.1.2 Maintaining tools and auxiliary elements (sample containers, fire equipment, protective elements and others), ordered in the places intended for this purpose.

3.1.3 Performing all operations in accordance with safety, hygiene and environmental standards.

3.2 Perform first-level maintenance and prepare/follow other machine and facility maintenance work in your area according to the maintenance tab and with the established procedure. /3.2.1 Performing preventive maintenance operations included in the technical documents.

3.2.2 Checking that the execution of the work is carried out under the conditions and with the requirements established.

3.2.3 Detecting the incorrect operation of machines and installations and informing their superiors of these facts.

3.2.4 Leaving equipment and facilities in the specified conditions for the performance of maintenance work, following the established plan.

3.2.5 Performing all operations in accordance with safety and hygiene and environmental standards.

3.3 Distribute materials to the process by means of transport operations of solids and/or fluids under the required conditions. /3.3.1 Checking that the valves and pumps or compressors have been arranged so that the fluid has been transported from the origin to the predetermined destination.

3.3.2 Controlling the fluid flow rate according to the needs of the pumping process or program.

3.3.3 Distributing solids through established transportation systems, according to circuit and program.

3.3.4 Performing all operations in accordance with safety and hygiene and environmental standards.

3.4 Prepare mixtures and solutions according to established procedures for the process. /3.4.1 Realizing the calculations necessary for the preparation of mixtures from the given formulation.

3.4.2 Preparing mixtures/solutions according to the specified composition/concentrations.

3.4.3 Controlling mixing/dissolution equipment and operating time.

3.4.4 Performing all operations in accordance with safety and hygiene and environmental standards.

3.5 Obtain solid and/or fluid components of a mixture by means of operations suitable for mechanical separation or difusion and with the required characteristics. /3.5.1 By selecting the separation system according to the characteristics of the substances to be separated and the destination of the substances, according to the established rules.

3.5.2 Putting the separation equipment into operation and in optimal conditions, according to established operating sequences.

3.5.3 Controlling the equipment throughout the operation, keeping the products separate within specifications.

3.5.4 Leaving the equipment out of service according to the established operations sequences.

3.5.5 Communicating unforeseen situations, and taking the necessary corrective actions.

3.5.6 Performing all operations in accordance with safety and hygiene and environmental standards.

3.6 Get prescribed chemicals through the established process chemical reactions, operating the reaction equipment. /3.6.1 Putting the reaction equipment in operation and in optimal conditions according to established operations sequences.

3.6.2 Controlling the reaction process at all times, keeping the values of the variables in the set ranges.

3.6.3 Registering process variable data according to established procedures.

3.6.4 Leaving the equipment out of service according to the established operations sequences.

3.6.5 Communicating the unforeseen situations that have occurred in the process, and taking the necessary corrective actions.

3.6.6 Performing all operations in accordance with safety and hygiene and environmental standards.

3.7 Turn off chemicals with the prescribed conditioning material and accepted for quality control. /3.7.1 Preparing all necessary materials and packaging for the packaging line.

3.7.2 Realizing the handling of the packaging line according to established procedures.

3.7.3 Realizing the packaging operations correctly, being labeled and arranged for storage and expedition.

3.7.4 Performing all operations in accordance with safety and hygiene and environmental standards.

Competition Unit 4: Control the chemical process

EXECUTION CRITERIA

4.1 Participate in the commissioning and stopping of processes under established procedures and with synchronization of operations. /4.1.1 Preparing the equipment for the process, according to the instructions for commissioning and stopping.

4.1.2 Checking the proper functioning of the control and measurement instruments.

4.1.3 Performing all operations in accordance with safety and hygiene and environmental standards.

4.2 Act on the process by means of control instruments to achieve the operating system. /4.2.1 Checking that during the start-up and at the stops the control system has been supplied to the control system according to the sequence of operations established.

4.2.2 By supplying the control system with the control points according to the established production plans, once the operating system has been reached.

4.2.3 Correcting the watchpoints according to the alterations of the process, in order to keep the values of the controlled variables stable.

4.2.4 Operating on non-integrated elements in the automated control system, according to instructions.

4.2.5 Putting the equipment out of service by following the sequence of established operations.

4.2.6 Communicating unforeseen situations in the process and taking the necessary corrective actions.

4.2.7 Performing all operations in accordance with established safety and hygiene and environmental standards.

4.3 Measure process variables with established instruments and periodicity. /4.3.1 Maintaining the continuous measurement of the variables integrated in the control system.

4.3.2 Realizing periodic measurements of variables not integrated in the automated control system.

4.3.3 Using the appropriate instrumentation for the measurement and control of the process variables, with the periodicity established.

4.3.4 Checking that the measurements obtained correspond to the situation of the process, and detecting the maintenance needs of the instrumentation of the control system.

4.3.5 Performing all operations in accordance with established safety and hygiene and environmental standards.

4.4 Control the process according to the production plan. /4.4.1 Monitoring the progress and variations of the production process on the control panel, taking the necessary corrective measures.

4.4.2 Interpreting the data issued by the controlling elements correctly.

4.4.3 Contrasting the value of the process variables, with those set in the production plan.

4.4.4 Acting on the controllers according to the alterations produced in the process, to maintain at all times the parameters set out in the production plan.

4.4.5 Communicating the deviations between the controlled variables and the production plan.

4.4.6 Performing all operations in accordance with established safety and hygiene and environmental standards.

4.5 Register measurement or control data according to established procedures, periods, and sequences. /4.5.1 Registering the data of the evolution of the process variables according to the established procedures, periods and sequences, in the appropriate supports

4.5.2 By performing a first assessment of the data prior to your registration.

Competition Unit 5: Act under correct safety and environmental manufacturing standards

EXECUTION CRITERIA

5.1 Operate equipment and facilities in areas, complying with internal and environmental safety standards. /5.1.1 By performing all the work under security conditions according to the internal rules.

5.1.2 Communicating anomalous or unforeseen situations, and taking the necessary corrective action.

5.2 Apply the security measures related to the prevention of risks arising from the manipulation of chemical substances. /5.2.1 Maniulating the chemical substances according to their potential of danger, following the established norms.

5.3 Prevent personal risk by using protective equipment. /5.3.1 By selecting and using the personal protective equipment correctly, when the work has required it and leaving them in good state of use.

5.4 Respond in emergency conditions in time and form. /5.4.1 Acting in an emergency with the means available for its control.

5.4.2 Communicating that the emergency has been controlled and taking the necessary corrective measures to cancel the risk of its repetition.

5.4.3 Giving the alarm for emergency plans to come into operation, when it has not been able to be controlled.

5.4.4 Acting in accordance with the operation of emergency plans.

5.5 Coordinate effectively in the relay and with other departments. /5.5.1 Reporting to the relay to know the status of the equipment and the process, as well as the ongoing maintenance work within the area of responsibility, through the established support.

5.5.2 Transmitting the necessary information to the rest of the organic units, when it has required their work, within their level of responsibility.

5.5.3 Notify your superiors of the information needed to communicate with other units.

5.6 To monitor the process of chemical production and/or purification while respecting environmental protection measures. /5.6.1 Controlling the quantity, composition and concentration of solid, liquid and gaseous substances eliminated from the production and/or purification equipment.

5.6.2 Checking the operating state of the production, debugging, or dispersion equipment of the removed substances.

5.6.3 Taking samples and conducting tests on them to control the environment.

5.6.4 Registering the results and comparing them with the environmental requirements described in the procedures.

5.6.5 Communicating any failures that exceed your responsibility to your superiors.

ANNEX II

Formative referent

1. Training itinerary.

(OMITTED BOX)

1.1 Duration: 600 hours.

Practical knowledge: 360 hours.

Theoretical knowledge: 210 hours.

Evaluations: 30 hours.

1.2 Modules that compose it:

a) Preparation and treatment of raw materials and chemicals.

b) Identification and control of chemical materials.

c) Chemical processing auxiliary services.

d) Chemical plant processing operations.

e) Instrumentation and control.

f) Compliance with safety and hygiene and environmental standards.

2. Training modules.

2.1.1 Denomination of Module 1.

Preparation and treatment of raw materials and chemicals. (Associated with the competition unit number 1: "Prepare and test chemical materials").

2.2.1 Module general objective.

Successfully perform reception, raw material storage, chemicals, and conditioning material operations and record the data in the preset form.

2.3.1 Duration: 80 hours.

2.4.1 Theoretical content.

1. Basic concepts of chemistry: concept of atom and atomic models. Atomic mass and molecular mass. Laws of perfect gases. Concept of mol. Periodic system. The chemical link. Link types.

2. º Terminology and technical vocabulary. Rules of the I.U.P.A.C.

3. Technical and basic measuring instruments of various physical parameters.

4. Raw materials and conditioning materials.

5. Systems of sorting, sorting and storage of chemicals: techniques, equipment and documentation.

6. Legislation and storage regulations.

7. Identification and stock control systems.

8. Safety Systems and Equipment for Packaging and Storage.

9. ° Codes and symbols for pressure vessels, flammable or toxic.

10. Documentation, supports and registration of the reception and storage of chemical materials.

11. Name formulas and chemical symbols.

12. Interpret codes and symbols for pressure vessels, flammable or toxic.

13. Control a filling and emptying equipment of liquids in a tank.

14. Control a filling and discharge equipment in a tank.

15. Identify and classify different substances according to their characteristic physical properties, according to established standards.

16. Recognize the different types of containers for storage of solids, liquids and gases.

17. Choose the appropriate storage equipment, depending on the physical state for different substances.

18. Complete the documentation of receipt and storage of raw materials and products.

2.5.1 Specific objectives and evaluation criteria.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES/EVALUATION CRITERIA

1. Identify, receive and classify raw materials and chemicals for later use. /1.1 Identify materials received with the help of container marking systems, or with technical documents.

1.2 Formulate different chemical compounds, applying the international rules of formulation.

1.3 Classify different substances, taking into account the functional group to which they belong and the physical state.

1.4 Identify different substances by the measurement of various physical parameters, using the appropriate material, instruments and apparatus.

1.5 Fill in the receipt and sorting documents for raw materials and products, checking that they are in line with the order parts.

2. Store raw materials and products. /2.1 Choose the storage equipment based on the physical state and the product to be stored.

2.2 Relating the building materials of the storage equipment with the characteristics of the product to be stored.

2.3 Know how to use the prescribed safety equipment to reduce risks in handling.

2.4 Meet the storage documents for raw materials and products.

2.5 Identify the rules of procedure concerning the storage of raw materials and products.

2.6 Know the safety and hygiene and environmental standards applied to the treatment of raw materials.

2.1.2 Denomination of Module 2.

Identification and control of chemical materials. (Associated with the competition unit number 1: "Prepare and test chemical materials.")

2.2.2 General objective of the module

Successfully perform identification and sampling, as well as simple analysis, in the preset form.

2.3.2 Duration: 40 hours.

2.4.2 Theoretical content.

1. Quality Manual. Quality Systems

2. Sample Take: Methods, Equipment and Sampling Procedures.

3. A measure of mass and volume of matter. Techniques used and experimental procedures.

4. Disolutions. Ways to express and calculate the concentration of solutions. Procedures for the preparation and standardisation of reagents. Standard solutions.

5. Physical chemical properties that identify matter (density, melting temperature, boiling temperature, specific heat). Instruments, apparatus, equipment.

6. Descriptive Statistics: basic concepts.

7. Safety and environmental standards, which should be applied in the quality control of chemicals.

8. Perform a sampling and determine which samples should be sent to the quality control department.

9. Interpret the established procedures for the sample to be representative. Identify the sample using the appropriate means.

10. Record the information obtained in the sampling on the appropriate supports.

11. Inspect different products, extracting a statistical sample and carrying out a control test on it.

12. Control inspection, measurement and testing equipment.

13. Extract a sample from a manufacturing result sheet and calculate its typical mean and deviation.

14. Compare means obtained from two different samples

15. Fill in the printed quality certificates of different products.

2.5.2 Specific objectives and evaluation criteria.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES/EVALUATION CRITERIA

1. To know how a quality system works. /1.1 To know how the quality system is organized in the company.

1.2 List the general sections of a quality manual.

2. Correctly perform the sampling for quality control of the production process. /2.1 Take samples for submission to the quality control department using the different sampling methods.

2.2 Determine which samples should be sent to quality control according to the instrument needed for analysis.

2.3 Mark the sample using the appropriate means to distinguish it from patterns and other samples.

2.4 Know the safety and environmental standards to be applied in the quality control of chemicals

3. To determine at which stages of the production process it is necessary to carry out inspections and tests. /3.1 Carry out quality tests with the form and periodicity of the internal standards.

4. Use the appropriate statistical techniques for sampling. /4.1 Apply the necessary statistical techniques for sampling in the form and periodicity established.

4.2 Register the information obtained in sampling, on the appropriate media.

2.1.3 Denomination of Module 3.

Chemical processing auxiliary services. (Associated with the competition unit number 2: "Prepare facilities and operate ancillary services".)

2.2.3 General objective of the module.

Prepare and install facilities and operate ancillary services by keeping them in the right conditions of operation.

2.3.3 Duration: 100 hours.

2.4.3 Theoretical content.

1. The drawing rules applied to the Chemical Industry. Colour code and symbology, applied to chemical installations.

2. Auxiliary Equipment: constituent types and elements. Operating conditions. Preventive maintenance.

3. The intervention of auxiliary equipment in the phases of different production processes.

4. Operating variables in auxiliary equipment, determination of the values for their operation.

5. Concept and units of heat and temperature. Measuring instruments and their use.

6. º Pressure: measurement and units. Relationship between pressure, volume and temperature. Measuring instruments and their use.

7. Status Changes.

8. ° Transmission of heat: conduction, convection and radiation.

9. Conventional and alternative thermal energy sources.

10. The combustion process. Types of fuels and comborentes. Burners.

11. Heat generators, heat exchangers and steam boilers.

12. Types and uses of water vapor, according to the composition and quality.

13. Raw water treatment procedures for boilers, refrigeration and process.

14. Water purification techniques. Physical, chemical and microbiological treatments.

15. Composition, characteristics and treatment of air and other industrial gases.

16. Facilities for the treatment, transportation and distribution of air and other gases for auxiliary services and instrumentation.

17. Final air treatments: drying, filtering, etc.

18. Recognize the conditions of facilities and equipment and prepare reports on their status.

19. Set operation variables in facilities and equipment and prepare reports on their status.

20. Perform preventive maintenance operations on different auxiliary equipment, according to technical documents, and fill in the corresponding parts.

21. Check the parameters of facilities and auxiliary equipment in the different phases of a production process by recording them.

22. Detect failures and malfunction of equipment indicating possible solutions.

23. Recognition of substances used in filtration. Operation and control of a total demineralization station.

24. Unmount and clean, adjust and mount pumps and closing valves. Change packing and sealing joints.

25. To handle thermal conductance tables and heat transmission coefficients of the most used materials.

26. Recognize the essential parts of a fuel-oil and gas burner. Management and control.

27. Ignition and operation of the most used furnaces.

28. Handling and controlling a heat exchanger

29. Recognize the essential parts of a steam boiler. Management and control of the same.

30. Observe and recognize in samples of different raw waters particles in suspension, substances dyes, salts, hydroxides and acids.

31. Handling of cooling towers.

32. Management of air treatment and liquefaction facilities.

33. Safety and Hygiene regulations.

2.5.3 Specific objectives and evaluation criteria.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES/EVALUATION CRITERIA

1. Prepare and set up facilities and auxiliary equipment to supply the conditions required by the process. /1.1 To know the methods and techniques of cleaning the work area, tools and auxiliary elements.

1.2 Identify the constituent elements of the facilities used in the chemical processes.

1.3 Set the appropriate operating variables to each computer or installation depending on the product characteristics to be obtained.

1.4 Check that the conditions of the facilities and auxiliary equipment are suitable for their proper operation.

2. Operate on auxiliary equipment and facilities. /2.1 To classify the different types of heat generation and transmission equipment used according to working conditions and application to industrial chemical processes.

2.2 Distinguished the main parts of a boiler, indicating the function of each part, according to a given scheme. 2.3 Check that the water required for the operation of a boiler meets the requirements of the standards.

2.4 Determine water uses and treatments in a chemical process of industrial chemical production or purification.

2.5 Relating the production and treatment of air and other industrial gases according to the characteristics of the product to be manipulated.

2.6 Perform disassembly, cleaning, and assembly operations according to established standards.

2.7 Examine whether the procedures for commissioning, operating and stopping auxiliary equipment are carried out during the process under the required conditions.

3. Carry out basic maintenance operations of auxiliary equipment and facilities, following at all times the information sheet or maintenance plan and the procedures established. /3.1 To know the procedure to be followed to verify if the equipment and auxiliary facilities are maintained under the conditions specified in the maintenance tab.

3.2 Perform preventive maintenance operations included in the technical documents.

3.3 Detect the incorrect operation of machines and installations, indicating possible solutions.

3.4 Determine the safety and hygiene and environmental standards applied to basic maintenance operations.

2.1.4 Denomination of Module 4.

Process operations in chemical plant. (Associated with the competition unit number 3: "Perform chemical processing operations".)

2.2.4 General objective of the module.

Perform correctly the preparation and maintenance of equipment and equipment involved in the chemical process and the conduction thereof, according to the specifications established, recording the data of its evolution.

2.3.4 Duration: 200 hours.

2.4.4 Theoretical-practical content.

1. Chemical processes, facilities and equipment. Symbolization and interpretation of process diagrams.

2. The chemical process as a combination of basic operations and manufacturing reactions.

3. º Knowledge of the most frequent types of industrial reactions. Continuous and discontinuous reactors.

4. The parameters of operation and control of the conditions of reaction, refrigeration, agitation, heat supply and catalysts.

5. Physical applied: mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic elements.

6. Basic Electricity: continuous and alternating current. Power. Push buttons.

7. The drawing rules: normalization. Symbology. Interpretation of plans and schemes.

8. Transportation and distribution operations of solids and fluids. Characteristics and particularities for the different product types. Teams.

9. º Systems and types of transport. Characteristics and particularities for the different product types.

10. Stoichiometric calculations.

11. Operations of mixing and processing of chemicals. Teams.

12. Breakdown and classification operations of solids. Grinding and sifting.

13. Mechanical separation operations. Sedimentation, decantation, filtration and centrifugation. Teams.

14. Difusion separation operations of mixtures. Distillation and rectification. Evaporation. Crystallization. Extraction. Absorption. Adsorption. Lyophilisation. Teams. Types.

15. Parameters of operation and/or control of the conditions of reaction, refrigeration, agitation, heat supply and catalysts.

16. Safety systems and equipment for packaging, storage and dispatch.

17. Perform basic maintenance operations. Cleaning, grease, etc.

18. Handle all kinds of electric machine government control boxes. Determination of the load level of the machines through the observation of their instruments. The code of signals generated by the teams in a process.

19. Identify various mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic elements installed in the process equipment.

20. Reading process diagrams for the different teams that make up an installation.

21. Adjust the different operating parameters (temperature, pressure, speed and processing time) and control of each process through the panel indicators.

22. Identify pipes according to diameter, materials or color code.

23. Carry out the transport of chemicals, taking into account their nature.

24. Recognize the different types of sifting. Commissioning and operation of plant-based sieves.

25. Carry out sedimentation tests in the separation of materials. Develop the curve of sedimentation evolution over time.

26. Drive a cyclone-type centrifugal separator.

27. Recognize the different types of industrial mixers.

28. Reading of results from chromatographers and plant analyzers.

29. Putting into service and regulation of the crystallizers used in plant. Get crystals from your solutions.

30. Recognize and identify the basic elements of an industrial distiller. Drive a plant industrial distillation facility.

31. Recognize the basic elements of an industrial adsorption installation.

32. Driving a gas absorption column.

33. Conduction of liquid-liquid and solid-liquid extraction columns.

34. Reactor handling.

35. Label and seal containers for the transport and storage of chemicals.

36. Safety and hygiene regulations.

2.5.4 Specific objectives and evaluation criteria.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES/EVALUATION CRITERIA

1. To know the characteristics of the production processes of industrial chemicals. /1.1 List the most common manufacturing processes in the basic chemical industry.

1.2 Interpreting, making use of process diagrams, the various equipment that make up the installation, and determining which ones will be suitable for carrying out a particular process.

1.3 Interpreting chemical processes as combinations of basic operations and manufacturing processes.

1.4 Relating the signals and/or information generated by the equipment during the process with the manufacturing instructions.

2. Carry out the necessary operations for the preparation of machines and equipment for the chemical process, following at all times the information sheet or maintenance plan. /2.1 Identify the methods, techniques of cleaning and maintenance of the work area, tools and auxiliary elements.

2.2 Successfully perform preventive maintenance operations included in the technical documents.

2.3 Determine the procedure to be followed to verify if the machines and equipment are maintained under the conditions specified in the maintenance tab.

2.4 Detect the incorrect operation of machines and installations.

2.5 Know the Safety and Hygiene standards applied to maintenance operations.

3. Distribute materials to the process. /3.1 Describe the operation of the most widely used transport equipment.

3.2 Identify the elements that make up the different transport equipment.

3.3 Choose the appropriate transport equipment according to the physical condition and the nature of the product to be transported.

3.4 Fulfill product transport documents to the production line.

3.5 List the rules of procedure concerning the transport of products.

4. Drive the production process. /4.1 To make the necessary calculations for the preparation of mixtures and solutions, in the quantity and composition specified.

4.2 Know the operations of mixing and transforming chemicals.

4.3 Know the mixing/dissolution equipment, and the processing time of each.

4.4 Establish the procedure for conducting the mechanical separation and difusion operations of chemical mixtures.

4.5 Describe the different mechanical separation and difusion equipment, determining their main and control elements.

4.6 Register the information obtained, on the appropriate media.

4.7 To know the safety and hygiene and environmental standards, based on the process involved.

5. Packaging chemicals and products. /5.1 Explain the various forms of packaging chemicals according to their nature.

5.2 List the various packaging procedures and packaging labelling for identification.

5.3 To know the packaging rules according to their dangerousness and/or toxicity.

2.1.5 Denomination of Module 5.

Instrumentation and control. (Associated with the competition unit number 4: "Control the chemical process".)

2.2.5 Module General Objective

Know the elements of a control circuit, controlling and regulating the instruments and devices of the plant, manually or by means of control panels.

2.3.5 Duration: 140 hours.

2.4.5 Theoretical-practical content.

1. General aspects of instrumentation: measurement field, scope, error, tolerance, accuracy, accuracy, reliability, repeatability and calibration.

2. º Factors affecting the accuracy of a measuring instrument and the accuracy of measurements.

3. º preventive maintenance of measuring instruments and equipment.

4. º Pressure: concept and units

5. Units. Status changes. Sensitive heat and latent heat.

6. ° Temperature: thermometric scales.

7. Units. Spending.

8. Viscosity. Concept and units

9. Density. Concept and units.

10. Electricity: basic knowledge. Electrical quantities. Units.

11. Pressure gauges: different types of gauges.

12. Level meters: probes, rods, myrillas, floats, displacement meters, hydrostatic pressure meters: their types, and conductive meters.

13. Temperature meters: thermometers, thermocouples and pyrometers.

14. Flow meters. Its types: speed, differential pressure, variable area, electromagnetic and positive displacement.

15. Viscosity meters: capillaries, downfield and others.

16. Moisture meters: hair, dry/wet bulb, thermal conductivity, dew point and chemicals. Hygroscopic substances.

17. Density meters. Their guys. Measurements in solids, in liquids and in gases. The influence of temperature.

18. PH meters. Types.

19. Use and reading of the various meters, depending on each case to be considered.

20. Control systems: detectors, transmitter-converter, controller and final control valve.

21. Centralized control and manual control.

22. Control ties: open and closed ties.

23. Standards, graphical symbology, flowcharts. Identification of instruments.

24. Computers. The computerized control. Analog and digital devices.

25. Treatment of electronic signals. Signal converters.

26. The distributed control.

27. Dashboards: keyboard and screen representation.

28. Data entry.

29. Configuration of parameters.

30. Alarm systems and functions.

31. Safety and Hygiene and Environmental Standards.

32. Identify in a block diagram the instruments, apparatus, lines, etc., used in the control processes.

33. Identify the main variables to be controlled in a given chemical process.

34. Describe the main elements of a control system.

35. Build and recognize some closed loop measurement systems: 1. Pressure. 2. Level 3. Flow rate. 4. Temperature. 5. pH.

36. Develop a computerized control scheme in a production process.

37. Commissioning and stopping of auxiliary equipment and specific facilities from the panel and control room.

2.5.5 Specific objectives and evaluation criteria.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES/EVALUATION CRITERIA

1. Know how to operate in the commissioning and stop of the equipment. /1.1 To know the control equipment and instruments involved in the process.

1.2 Know the sequence of operations established for commissioning and stopping of equipment.

1.3 Assess possible contamination risks during commissioning and stopping.

1.4 Know the precise security measures during the operation.

2. Recognize the control parameters of an industrial chemical process. /2.1 Define the parameters necessary for the correct operation of the process.

2.2 List the various process parameters.

3. Choose the measurement equipment based on the parameters to be controlled. /3.1 Describe the principle of the operation of measuring instruments and equipment.

3.2 Know how to make direct measurements of the different parameters in the precise units and with the appropriate equipment.

3.3 Collect the data obtained from the control instruments by registering them in the appropriate media.

3.4 Mounting and dismounting appropriate measuring instruments for installation and/or verification.

4. Describe the regulatory techniques used in the process considered. /4.1 Define and use the nomenclature used in instrumentation and control.

4.2 Use the graphical symbology of instrumentation and control of the process and auxiliary equipment.

4.3 Relating the technique to apply with the variable you want to control.

4.4 Know the procedure to adjust the regulators to the production values.

4.5 Know the controls to be carried out in the different production phases.

4.6 Know how to use regulatory equipment by modifying watchpoints and other parameters.

4.7 Know the Safety, Hygiene and Environmental standards.

5. Regulate the production process by means of a control system distributed from the control panel. /5.1 Enter data correctly via the control panel keyboard.

5.2 Configure the parameters of the distributed control according to the process specifications.

2.1.6 Name of module 6.

Compliance with safety and environmental standards. (Associated with the number 5 competition unit: "Act under correct safety and environmental manufacturing standards.")

2.2.6 General objective of the module.

Comply with safety and hygiene and environmental standards in the chemical industries.

2.3.6 Duration: 40 hours.

2.4.6 Theoretical-practical content.

1. Common risks in the chemical industry: mechanical, electrical, chemical.

2. Security Elements of machines and installations.

3. Manipulation of chemicals: reactivity, storage. Protective systems. Chemical risks in materials.

4. Principles of fire safety. Fire prevention. Means of extinction.

5. Safety in the chemical industry. Safety signage: risk areas, pictograms, color code. Alarm systems and protection systems.

6. First aid. Occupational diseases and their prevention.

7. Personal and collective protective equipment.

8. Action according to the emergency plan. More common accidents.

9. Major pollutants in the working environment: physical (noise, vibration ...) chemicals (gas leakage, toxic, flammable or explosive chemicals), biological (microbiological).

10. Procedures for measuring and removing contaminants in industrial chemical production or purification processes.

11. Rules for action in situations of environmental risk.

12. Relay books.

13. Identification of security symbology in a chemical plant.

14. Distinguish chemical products according to their degree of danger.

15. Identify risks, classify hazards, detail equipment and systems for protection by working areas.

16. Perform a simulation of an emergency plan.

17. Check the operation of the protective equipment.

2.5.6 Specific objectives and evaluation criteria.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES/EVALUATION CRITERIA

1. To know and apply security measures relating to the prevention of risks arising from the handling of chemical substances. /1.1 To know the security symbology associated with the chemicals.

1.2 Identify chemicals according to their potential for danger.

1.3 Know the risks associated with the manipulation of chemical substances.

1.4 Know how to apply security measures regarding the use of different chemical substances.

2. To know and apply the safety measures relating to the procedures and methods of work in the chemical industry. /2.1 Identify the most common types of risks associated with equipment and facilities as well as chemical activity.

2.2 Knowing the handling of appropriate individual protective equipment, depending on the risk factors.

2.3 Know the order and cleaning rules in your work area.

2.4 Know how to use the equipment to protect the facilities, taking into account the rules of order and cleanliness in your area of work.

2.5 Recognize security signaling by linking it to risk factors.

2.6 Know the rules of action under the emergency plan.

2.7 Interpret the relay book data.

3. To know and apply environmental protection measures. /3.1 Know the parameters of possible environmental impact.

3.2 Use detection and measurement devices for contaminants.

3.3 Apply the most common means of surveillance of tributaries and effluents of the chemical processes of production and purification.

3.4 Know and use the techniques for the removal of pollutants, to avoid personal contamination or due to the product being manipulated.

4. Apply immediate basic sanitary measures in the event of an accident. /4.1 To know the measures to be applied according to the existing injuries.

4.2 Know how to run health techniques according to the established protocol.

3. Personal requirements.

3.1 Teacher requirements.

Academic level: university degree (preferably Chemical or Industrial Technical Engineer, specialty in industrial chemistry) or, failing this, equivalent training in the occupation related to the course.

Professional experience: you must have three years of experience in the occupation.

Pedagogical level: methodological training or teaching experience will be required.

3.2 Students ' access requirements.

Academic level: certificate of education.

Professional experience: no prior professional experience required.

Physical conditions: Do not suffer physical defects that prevent normal course development.

4. Material requirements.

4.1. Installations:

Theoretical class classroom:

-Surface: 2 square meters per pupil.

-Furniture: the usual type of teacher for 15 places in addition to the auxiliary elements of waxing, table and chair of teacher, and audiovisual media.

Practices for practices:

-A chemical plant with a processing line, with the specific machinery and the auxiliary plant, shall be available.

-The electrical conditioning must comply with the low voltage standards, and be prepared in such a way as to permit the performance of the practices.

-Lighting: natural or artificial, according to current and natural lighting regulations.

-Environmental conditions: around 20ºC.

-Ventilation: normal with adequate room temperature.

Other installations:

-A ventilated and conditioned room for raw materials, as well as a laboratory for physical, chemical and quality analysis.

-Sanitary toilets in number suitable to the capacity of the centre.

The centers must meet the hygienic, acoustic, habitability and safety conditions required by the legislation in force, and have a municipal opening license as a training center.

4.2 Equipment and machinery.

-Storage and storage pallet equipment for raw materials.

-Carretillas.

-Tamices.

-Cyclone type cyclone separator.

-Feeder.

-Orsats.

-Purgers.

-Mechanical valves.

-Piping and accessories.

-Quemators. Atomizers and dispersers.

-Tanks.

-Cristalizer.

-Absorption industrial destimator.

-Continuous/Discontinuous Reactor.

-Preheat bath system, with its auxiliary mixing devices.

-Internal mixer, with its auxiliary elements

-Crude product cord.

-Cooling pool.

-Sedimenter.

-Air compressor equipment.

-Steam heating system, using vacuum valves.

-Water tower cooling system.

-Liquid-liquid extraction installation

-Solid-liquid extraction installation.

-Water debugger system.

-Stoves.

-Bombs of different types

-Aspirator.

-Laboratory equipment for analysis of materials.

-Full Botiquin for workshop.

-Full Camilla, with her harnesses.

-Safety patterns: flame retardants, bacteriological, workshop, etc.; and other accessories (glasses, gas masks, gloves, etc.).

-Extintors of each type: dust, CO, dry foam, etc.

-Water jet extinction system, connected to a centralized system.

-Set of fire detection elements, springers, etc.

-5-meter scale with its safety harness.

-Security lock, anti-panic type and anti-docking, with your electrical connection.

-Personal computers and printers.