How to become a Chemical Processing Plant Controller

Official title: Chemical Processing Plant Controllers

Operates and monitors equipment in the central control room of a chemical plant, and adjusts and maintains chemical processing units.

Main tasks

• Operate electronic or computer control panels in the central control room to monitor chemical processes and keep them running effectively
• Adjust chemical processing units, valves and pumps, and operate units and processing equipment
• Start up and shut down processing equipment, troubleshoot and monitor processing units; check for equipment faults, run routine tests and arrange repairs

Ways in

• Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: chemical engineering and processes (0711). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 11, five-year junior college (五專) 1. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Demand for Science and engineering jobs is projected at about 952,000 in 2024 and about 1,072,000 in 2030. (+12.6%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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• Other Process Control Technicians
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Questions people ask

How do I become a Chemical Processing Plant Controller?

Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme.

Is a Chemical Processing Plant Controller a growing career in Taiwan?

Demand for this job family is projected to change 12.6% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).

Will AI change the work of a Chemical Processing Plant Controller?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026