Chemical/Environmental Technology:
voice: 956.364.4633
fax: 956.364.5163
Department Chair:
Robert Hernandez
voice: 956.364.4717
fax: 956.364.5163
Email: Chemical/Environmental Technology
Mailing Address:
Chemical/Environmantal Technology
TSTC Harlingen
1902 North Loop 499
Harlingen, TX 78550
Location:
The Chemical/Environmantal Technology office is located in the Chemical/Instrumentation Technology Building.
Office Hours:
M - F: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat., Sun.: Closed

The program has a very high percentage placement rate since most graduates are placed with the companies that provide the program with support. The average starting salary for the program's graduates is at approximately $39,000 per year. The range in salaries is from $34,000 to $55,000 per year.

Jobs are usually acquired in the Houston, Victoria/ Port Lavaca, and Corpus Christi areas. Those jobs acquired in the Rio Grande Valley are at about half the salary listed above. 90+% of the program's graduates are placed in the Houston Gulf Coast region.

2005 Graduate Job Placement

2006 Graduate Job Placement

2007 Graduate Job Placement

A sampling of the Companies that recurringly hire technicians from the program are:


Shell Development Company

Albemarle Corporation


Phillips

AKZO NOBEL


ALCOA

MEMC Incorporated


DELL Computers

Dow Chemical Company


AMOCO

INTEL Computers


Formosa Plastics


Texas Instruments


Chevron

Solvay Polymer


Huntsman Corporation

Valero


Southwest Research Institute
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