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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
- Badger Distiller Operator
- Ammonia Technician
- Ammonia Still Operator
Tasks for “Bucket Wash Operator”
- Notify maintenance, stationary-engineering, or other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions or to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies.
- Gauge tank levels, using calibrated rods.
- Draw samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing and to ensure that standards are met.
- Monitor recording instruments, flowmeters, panel lights, or other indicators and listen for warning signals, to verify conformity of process conditions.
- 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.
- Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, or product quality.
- Direct workers engaged in operating machinery that regulates the flow of materials and products.
- Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
- Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
- Repair or replace damaged equipment.
- Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
- Record operating data, such as process conditions, test results, or instrument readings.
- 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.
- Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
- Interpret chemical reactions visible through sight glasses or on television monitors and review laboratory test reports for process adjustments.
- 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.
- Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields.
- Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
Related Technology & Tools
- Tensometers
- Collectors
- Radiographic detecting instruments
- Fire extinguishers
- Personal protective equipment
- Mixing tanks
- Centrifugal fans
- Capacitance probes
- Panel lights
- Axial flow fans
- Converter vessels
- Reciprocating pumps
- Wet scrubbers
- Refrigeration systems
- Rotary pumps
- Air conditioning systems
- Barometers
- Blending vessels
- Positive displacement pumps
- Calibrated rods
- Viscometers
- Cooling towers
- Pressure gauges
- Industrial dryers
- Industrial liquid flowmeters
- Agitator tanks
- Gas analyzers
- Humidifiers
- Thermocouples
- Recording calorimeters
- Chain conveyors
- Digital surface thermometers
- Manometers
- Centrifugal pumps
- Industrial fans
- Reciprocating compressors
- Heating vessels
- Effluent treatment systems
- Soap-spray storage tanks
- Control boards
- Hoppers
- Display screens
- Panelboards
- Conveyor feeders
- Neutralizer tanks
- Silencers
- Chemical reactor vessels
- Centrifugal compressors
- Thermocouple temperature probes
- Bucket elevators
- Bourdon tubes
- Boilers
- Belt conveyors
- Steam hoses
- Distillation columns
- Hydraulic accumulators
- Steam turbines
- Desktop computers
- Storage drums
- Screw conveyors
- Alarm management system software
- Coordinated incident management system CIMS software
- Distributed control system DCS
- Interlock shutdown systems
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel