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Leading the blueprint

Vocational Chemical
Engineering Practice College
Dow for Sustainable Industry (V-ChEPC)
project (DCSI)

Thanks to the collaboration with the Ministry This education project is the collaboration
between The Federation of Thai Industry’s Petro-
of Industry’s Department of Industrial Promotion, chemical Industry Club, the Green Network, the
the National Research Council of Thailand, the Petroleum Institute of Thailand, the Office of the
Plastics Institute of Thailand, the Faculty of Vocational Education Commission, King Mongkut’s
Engineering at Thammasat University, and the University of Technology Thonburi, and the Raja-
Faculty of Engineering at Kasetsart University, mangala University of Technology Thanyaburi. The
Dow has rolled out the Dow for Sustainable goal is to present a new approach to teaching and
Industry project. The goal is to improve SMEs’ learning in vocational institutes that may better
oparation regarding environment, energy, safety serve the demands of the industry. The aim is to
and productivity. Since the first day of the proj- help students relate what they are learning to the
ect in 2011, CO emissions have been reduced real world. Business enterprises participate and
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by 1.5 million kg carbon which is equal to plant- contribute resources and assessment of students.
ing 150,000 trees. The project has also reduced
industrial waste. The results are an improvement
in quality of life and a better environment for Vocational Chemical Engineering Practice
922,000 employees and people in communities College (V-ChEPC) 2009 to 2019
nationwide. • Dow Thailand Group has supported the college
with a fund of over 8,000,000 baht.
Goals of the Dow for Sustainable Industry • All 12 years of graduates have been employed
project (DCSI) in 2019: on graduation.
• Increase Thai SMEs’ readiness for Industry 4.0 • 15 of V-ChEPC students employed at Dow.
based on circular economy priciples in accordance • The company’s employees also volunteered to
with the UN’s goals for sustainable development.
• Develop an Industry 4.0 handbook. lecture classes and workshops.
• Writing detailed development plans for 20
facilities in the plastic and processed food industries.
• Monitor the results through Internet of Things
tools.

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