The Process Technology (PTEC) Program was developed at Los Medanos College in response to requests from local chemical and refining industries and provides students with training for high skill, high wage jobs needed in the manufacturing industry.

 The LMC program is modeled after a curriculum that is currently taught at 43 community colleges and universities around the United States and 2 international colleges. LMC is the only college in Northern California to offer this program.

Process technicians are skilled plant operators who work for chemical, refining, oil and gas production/refining, power generation, water, waste management, food manufacturing and related manufacturing companies. The process technicians who run these plants work with state-of-the-art computer control systems, work outside taking process samples and monitoring the equipment, and solve problems in a team environment. No two days are exactly alike.