Plastics Technology - Terra State Community College

Plastics Technology from Terra State Community College is a Campus Associate Engineering General degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. Look around your house, car, and workplace-you will see many products made out of plastic. Those products need to be made somewhere. Many of them, or their components, are made right here in Ohio. Ohio is the second largest plastic producing state in the US, which indicates that there are many employment opportunities within the state. Terra's Plastics Technology program provides students with a broad background starting in resin manufacturing and continuing through the many processing methods needed to produce finished plastic articles. Practical hands-on plastic processing and testing experience is gained in Terra's state-of-the-art, industry supported laboratory. A unique feature of Terra's program is that it gives the student a firm foundation in the use of colorants and additives in the Plastics industry. It is the country's only college-level program that teaches the coloring of plastics . Terra's program is supported by the Color and Appearance Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers, the pre-eminent coloring of plastics technical organization in the country. Graduates of this program have been employed all over the USA. Students in this program should enjoy courses in science, mathematics, and art. Students will find this program as a way to apply their abilities to a field that pays well and has significant employment opportunities. The faculty has identified the following Learning Outcomes for all graduates: Safely and efficiently start-up, shut down, operate, troubleshoot, and optimize the operation of common plastic processing machines. Properly perform standard tests, common in the plastics industry, to identify unknown plastic materials and determine their important physical properties using ASTM test methods. Identify the various safety hazards associated with the handling of materials used in the processing of plastic materials. Select, weigh, and combine colorants with natural plastic to produce color samples on an injection molding machine. Use a standard light booth, spectrophotometer, and color software to make and evaluate the quality of a color match. Potential Occupations: Plastic Process Technician Quality Control Technician Technical Service and Development Technician Color Laboratory Technician Plastic Color Matcher View more details on Terra State Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Engineering General courses.