Professional work in laboratory and process technology (LPT)

Objectives and content

The module covers professional competence as an educational goal, typical professions and professional work tasks in areas of activity in laboratory and process technology; educationally relevant work content and task-relevant factual and practical knowledge; potentials and limits of work task-related learning, theory and technology of chemical and chemical-technical experiments.
After completing the module, students will be familiar with typical professions in the Department of Laboratory and Process Technology. They will be familiar with typical professional work tasks (in chemical analysis and production or in environmental technology) and the educationally relevant content of the work. They can identify educational requirements in the context of work tasks (factual and practical knowledge) and structure the content logically. They can justify the different potentials of curriculum analysis and work analysis induced by vocational didactics. They are familiar with the expert interview as an instrument of work analysis and can prepare, conduct and evaluate it. Students are proficient in the design of all factual aspects of chemical and chemical-technical experiments.

Further information

Module numbers

EW-SEBS-LPT6

Teaching and learning methods

The module comprises lectures (2 SWS), seminars (1 SWS), practical course (2 SWS), excursion and self-study.

Frequency of the module

The module is offered every academic year, starting in the winter semester.

Duration of the module

The module comprises two semesters.