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Course for Higher Technician for the quality system of products and processes based on biotechnology

City: Palermo

Department: Area “Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology

Language of the course: Italian

Link to the course:  https:///www.itsvoltapalermo.it/tecnico-superiore-per-il-sistema-di-qualita-di-prod-acti-e-processi-a-base-biotech/

The Higher Technician for the Biotechnological Based Product and Process Quality System works in the chemical, chemical, pharmaceutical, food, environmental and biomaterials sectors for quality management and control.

ACTIVITY
• Control of the application of production procedures
• Management of the selection and supply of raw materials
• Verification of plant functionality
• Application of international, Community and national regulations
• Supporting activities in the acquisition of authorisations necessary for the placing on the market of products

The “Diploma of Higher Technician” is issued by the Cabinet of Education and is recognized by the Italian State.

The competences acquired correspond to the fifth level of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF).

The course is biennial, it is divided into 4 semesters (2,000 hours) and is structured by skills rather than by subjects. Competence is the ability to make use of what you know to accomplish something. Learning-by-doing, project work, problem solving, design thinking are just some of the most used teaching approaches by ITS.

The teaching staff, at least 60%, is made up of industry professionals made available by companies that collaborate with ITS: they bring into the classroom the skills and technologies they use every day in their work. The rest of the teaching staff comes from the University and the School.

Two tutors follow you and support you both in the classroom and company, throughout your training: they interface with the teachers to speed up and facilitate learning and to align the different interventions.

REQUIREMENTS TO ACCESS TO AN ITS COURSE :
Diploma in upper secondary education

Diploma of 4 years of vocational education and training + an annual course IFTS

Passing the entry test

What are ITS?

The Higher Technical Institutes are post-high School graduates Institutes, with high specialization, created to meet the demand of companies for new and high technical and technological skills.

These are two-year (or three-year) courses that offer highly qualified technical training, to allow you to enter the world of work immediately.

The ITS courses, in fact, are realized in collaboration with enterprises, universities, research centers and local authorities in order to develop new competences in technological areas considered strategic for the economic development and the competitiveness of the Country.