Technological fields, Engineering, Sciences

Sanitation and Water Treatment Systems Engineering

  • Training structure

    IUT Montpellier-Sète

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

This degree addresses the treatment of urban and industrial wastewater but also the potabilization of water (level II accreditation) while preserving the knowledge of reference technologies in 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.
  • Management of sub-products, Management.
  • Technical maintenance of treatment systems.
  • Remote management.
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Know-how and skills

Know-how and skills

Upon completion of the training, the candidate will be able to: 

- Set up a treatment system for urban, industrial or agricultural water
- Adapt to any treatment system and optimize it. Master the water and sludge treatment process (biological and physico-chemical treatment)
- Draw up a preventive maintenance schedule. To implement
a curative maintenance of the tool: to detect and identify any dysfunction and to solve it
- To carry out analyses (pH, TA, TAC, turbidity, TOC, BOD,
COD, ...) and master the corresponding instrumentation, in-situ and in laboratory (on sampling)
- Master the concepts of hydraulics, sizing of water networks and professional geomatic software
- Know the regulatory context and the management methods of sanitation services.

Targeted jobs (non-exhaustive):

  • Technical manager/executive in a water treatment unit for drinking water production as well as for urban or industrial wastewater treatment.
  • Technical manager of a water treatment plant maintenance department.
  • Technical executive in a consulting structure in the field of sanitation.
  • Technical framework for water treatment system design.
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Organization

Program

The training is accessible in a classic way or in alternating years.

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

Continuing education also concerns the resumption of studies or VAE.

Subjects studied:

  • Hydraulics
  • Geomatics and modeling
  • of the works
  • Automation and remote management
  • Electrical engineering
  • Energy consumption and production
  • Sensors for water plants and networks
  • Traditional and innovative treatment methods
  • Separative processes
  • Biological processes
  • Water chemistry
  • Analytical devices and techniques
  • Regulations and water actors
  • Communication, PPP
  • English
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Admission

Conditions of access

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

The registration in Professional Licence at IUT is composed of 3 steps. Each step must be validated to proceed to the next:

Step 1 - Eligibility of the file :

  • Hold a Bac +2 or in progress*.
  • Complete file.

Step 2 - Eligibility Admissibility: Pronounced by a pedagogical commission after examination of the file (Curriculum Vitae, Letter of Motivation, Transcript of grades... details on e-candidat). The commission may ask for other documents in the file.

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

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

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Target audience

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

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Necessary pre-requisites

Diploma of level Bac+2 validated, or VAE

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And then

Professional integration

Professional integration

Jobs targeted (not exhaustive):
- Manager of a water treatment unit in the production of drinking water as well as in the treatment of urban or industrial wastewater.
- Manager of a maintenance department for water treatment installations.
- Technical manager in a consulting structure in the field of sanitation.
- Technical manager for the design of water treatment systems.

Survey conducted for 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 conducted for 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.

 

 

Results of the insertion survey

 

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