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Job Description
Control or operate entire chemical processes or system of machines.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-8091.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 59,430.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 28.00
- Currently, there are 33,300 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Chemical Plant and System Operators”.
Also Known As…
- Chemical Plant and System Operators
- Production Technician
- Process Technician
- Process Operator
- Process Development Associate
- Process Control Operator
- Operator
- Operations Technician
- Machine Operator
- Loader Technician
- Chemical Operator
- Wash Operator
- Utility Operator
- Tower Operator
- Switchboard Operator
- Production Operator
- Pressure Controller
- Plant Associate
- Pharmaceutical Operator
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Machine Operator
- Pharmaceutical Development Technician
- Nitrogen Operator
- Nitric Acid Plant Operator
- Naphtha Washing System Operator
- Hydrogenation Operator
- Furnace Utility Operator
- Furnace Process Plant Operator
- Development Associate
- Denitrator
- Chief Operator
- Chemical Treatment Plant Technician
- Chemical Plant Operator
- Checker
- Bucket Wash Operator
- Ammonia Technician
- Ammonia Still Operator
Tasks for “Badger Distiller Operator”
- Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
- Record operating data, such as process conditions, test results, or instrument readings.
- Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
- Notify maintenance, stationary-engineering, or other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions or to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies.
- Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields.
- Start pumps to wash and rinse reactor vessels, to exhaust gases or vapors, to regulate the flow of oil, steam, air, or perfume to towers, or to add products to converter or blending vessels.
- Draw samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing and to ensure that standards are met.
- Direct workers engaged in operating machinery that regulates the flow of materials and products.
- Inspect operating units, such as towers, soap-spray storage tanks, scrubbers, collectors, or driers to ensure that all are functioning and to maintain maximum efficiency.
- Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
- Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks or troughs are not in danger of overflowing.
- Supervise the cleaning of towers, strainers, or spray tips.
- Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
- Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, or product quality.
- Interpret chemical reactions visible through sight glasses or on television monitors and review laboratory test reports for process adjustments.
- Monitor recording instruments, flowmeters, panel lights, or other indicators and listen for warning signals, to verify conformity of process conditions.
- Gauge tank levels, using calibrated rods.
- Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
- Repair or replace damaged equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Boilers
- Bourdon tubes
- Thermocouple temperature probes
- Recording calorimeters
- Industrial liquid flowmeters
- Converter vessels
- Steam hoses
- Agitator tanks
- Distillation columns
- Mixing tanks
- Control boards
- Hoppers
- Industrial dryers
- Conveyor feeders
- Soap-spray storage tanks
- Rotary pumps
- Display screens
- Hydraulic accumulators
- Capacitance probes
- Screw conveyors
- Centrifugal fans
- Steam turbines
- Silencers
- Centrifugal pumps
- Belt conveyors
- Panelboards
- Collectors
- Radiographic detecting instruments
- Bucket elevators
- Axial flow fans
- Reciprocating compressors
- Digital surface thermometers
- Calibrated rods
- Chemical reactor vessels
- Personal protective equipment
- Refrigeration systems
- Air conditioning systems
- Storage drums
- Blending vessels
- Wet scrubbers
- Humidifiers
- Barometers
- Thermocouples
- Cooling towers
- Chain conveyors
- Tensometers
- Viscometers
- Centrifugal compressors
- Reciprocating pumps
- Pressure gauges
- Neutralizer tanks
- Manometers
- Industrial fans
- Gas analyzers
- Heating vessels
- Desktop computers
- Effluent treatment systems
- Fire extinguishers
- Panel lights
- Positive displacement pumps
- Microsoft Office
- Distributed control system DCS
- Alarm management system software
- Interlock shutdown systems
- Coordinated incident management system CIMS software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word