Technology, Engineering, Science

Sanitation and Water Treatment Systems Engineering

  • Training structure

    IUT Montpellier-Sète

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

This degree covers urban and industrial wastewater treatment, as well as water purification (level II accreditation), while preserving knowledge of reference technologies for the analysis of living organisms.

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Objectives

The GASTE professional degree aims to train multi-skilled middle managers (level II) in the field of water treatment systems:

  • Treatment and analysis processes.
  • Sub-product management, Management.
  • Technical maintenance of treatment systems.
  • Remote management.
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Know-how and skills

Know-how and skills

At the end of the training, the candidate will be able to : 

- Set up an urban, industrial or agricultural water treatment system
- Adapt to and optimize any treatment system. Master the water and sludge treatment process (biological and physico-chemical treatment)
- Draw up a preventive maintenance schedule. Implement
curative maintenance: detect and identify any malfunctions and resolve them
- Perform analyses (pH, TA, TAC, turbidity, COT, DTO, DBO,
DCO, ...) and master the corresponding instrumentation, in-situ and in the laboratory (on sampling)
- Master the concepts of hydraulics, water network sizing and professional geomatics software
- Know the regulatory context and management methods of wastewater services.

Jobs targeted (non-exhaustive list) :

  • Manager/technical manager in a water treatment plant, whether for drinking water production or urban or industrial wastewater treatment.
  • Technical manager of a water treatment plant maintenance department.
  • Technical manager in a consulting firm in the sanitation sector.
  • Technical framework for water treatment system design.
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Organization

Program

The course is available as a conventional or sandwich course.

Work-study programs are offered under apprenticeship or professionalization contracts.

Continuing education also includes retraining or VAE.

Subjects studied :

  • Hydraulics
  • Geomatics and modeling
  • works
  • Automation and remote management
  • Electrical engineering
  • Energy consumption and production
  • Sensors for water plants and networks
  • Conventional and innovative treatment processes
  • Separative processes
  • Biological processes
  • Water chemistry
  • Analysis devices and techniques
  • Water regulations and players
  • Communication, PPP
  • English
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Admission

Access conditions

Online registration procedure for a limited time: ecandidat.umontpellier.fr.

Registration for a Licence Professionnelle at the IUT consists of 3 stages. Each stage must be validated before moving on to the next:

Step 1 - Acceptance of the application :

  • Hold a Bac +2 or equivalent*.
  • Complete file.

Stage 2 - Eligibility Admissibility: Decided by a pedagogical committee after examination of the application (Curriculum Vitae, Letter of Motivation, Transcript of grades... details on e-candidat). Subject to certain conditions, the committee may request additional documents.

Step 3 - Final admission Final admission: Subject to the signature of a work-study contract (apprenticeship or professionalization contract) within a company with assignments in line with the LPro theme, within the limits of available training places.

*Suitable profiles: Holders of a Bac+2 scientific diploma: DUT (Chemistry, GEII, Physical Measurements, Industrial Maintenance...), BTS (GEMEAU, Water Professions, Electrical Engineering, CRSA...), L2...

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Target audience

Holders of a Bac+2 scientific diploma: DUT (Chemistry, GEII, Physical Measurements, Industrial Maintenance, etc.)
BTS (GEMEAU, Water Professions, Electrical Engineering, CRSA, etc.) L2 ...

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Necessary prerequisites

Validated Bac+2 diploma, or VAE

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And then

Professional integration

Professional integration

Jobs targeted (non-exhaustive list):
- Manager of a water treatment unit, whether for drinking water production or urban or industrial wastewater treatment.
- Manager of a water treatment plant maintenance department.
- Technical manager in a wastewater treatment consulting firm.
- Technical manager for water treatment system design.

Survey of 2017 graduates- 6 months after graduation, 78% of graduates wishing to enter the workforce have found a job, 54% of which are on permanent contracts.Survey of 2016 graduates- 18 months after graduation, 100% of graduates wishing to enter the workforce have found a job, 73% of which are on permanent contracts.

 

 

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