Paint engineer
In the professional image of the paint engineer (also chemical engineering for paint and varnish ) is a special area inside the chemical engineering . It mainly deals with the formulation, manufacture and processing of varnishes , paints and other coatings . The paint engineer must have a broad ( procedural ) technical , physical and chemical basic knowledge to carry out his work .
job profile
Basic tasks
The tasks of a paint engineer are as varied as the course and the related industry . Areas of application range from raw material production to paint formulation, paint development and paint production to paint processing and the associated process engineering. The paint engineer always looks at the various sub-areas from the point of view that in the end a technically perfect, good-looking and inexpensive paint layer is created. A paint engineer can therefore be deployed in the entire manufacturing process of a finished paint job. Due to the complex process of paint production and painting, a paint engineer can never only look at a sub-area, but must inevitably keep an eye on the adjacent process steps.
Professional use
Due to the comparatively high number of vacancies and, at the same time, the limited number of graduates, coatings engineers have excellent career prospects in the industry.
Possible areas of application are the following:
- Chemical industry (paint raw material manufacturer)
- Paint and paint manufacturer
- Adhesive and sealant industry
- Paint processing industry (paint shops, automobile manufacturers , mechanical engineering )
- Process engineering departments
- Plastics industry
- At vocational schools
- In the public service ( monument protection , environmental protection, etc.)
- In sales and technical service
- Engineering offices
List of companies that manufacture coating materials.
Education
Course content
The contents of the paint engineer course include chemical, technical and physical basics as well as paint-specific subjects. It should be noted that the selection and amount of the subjects listed below may vary depending on the composition of the course and the choice of elective subjects.
The basic course includes the basic subjects which correspond to those of a standard chemical engineering course:
- General Chemistry
- Inorganic chemistry
- Organic chemistry
- Macromolecular Chemistry
- Physical chemistry
- Analytical chemistry and instrumental analysis
- mathematics
- physics
The paint-specific subjects are as follows:
- Paint formulation
- Paint production
- Colorimetry
- Application technology
- Paint-specific process engineering
- Material testing
- Binder chemistry
- Polymer chemistry
- Corrosion protection
- Interfacial chemistry
- Rheology and Colloid Chemistry
- Pigment chemistry
- Patent system
courses
Paint engineers are only trained at three universities in Germany. There is only a very limited number of study places and therefore only a small number of graduates who are in great demand in the industry. The universities providing training are the following:
- Esslingen University website: HS-Esslingen
- Hochschule Niederrhein (In Krefeld) Website: HS-Niederrhein
- University of Paderborn
Follow-up studies
After completing a bachelor's degree in paint engineering, graduates can choose from a variety of advanced courses. The following is a selection of fields of study with thematic interfaces:
- Polymer chemistry
- Surface technology
- Materials science
- nanotechnology
- Renewable raw materials
- process technology
Web links
http://www.wirsindfarben.de/home/
https://www.gdch.de/netzwerk-struktur/fachstruktur/lackchemie.html
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information page chemical engineering paint / varnish. Accessed December 1, 2018 .
- ↑ VILF website - study. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .