ABOUT THESE SO CALLED "HANDS-ON" FERMENTATION COURSES

Recently, I came to chance upon a brochure in the internet about one particular university which will be conducting a 3 day course "hands on" course in fermentation technology entitled "BIOREACTOR OPERATION,MAINTENANCE and TROUBLE SHOOTING"

It is a bit upsetting to me to know that it is quite impossible for the course which is hands on to be given over three days and covering a large number of topics. To make things worst this course is supposed to be "suitable" for engineers and scientists from universities, industries and bioprocessing plants. Throughout my experience for over thirty years in the practical and applied field of fermentation technolgy its impossible to carry out all those studies within such a short time. Unless of course, the course is TOO BASIC OR SIMPLE. If it is be so, then it is no point calling scientists and engineers from universities, research centre and bioprocessing industries. I got a feeling they will know more than the course facilitators knowledge

Fermentation technology is an applied course and you learn it by doing practicals and gaining the experience over long years working with the fermentor. You learn the course by approaching it from apprenticeship more than anything else

I guess, may be the participants are going for the course more a "PAID HOLIDAYS"???? and not to really learn something

Would it not better if the organisers conduct a more narrow and specific course over three days such as "CLEAMING FERMENTORS?" and not to be too ambitious.