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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”.

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Tasks for “Checker”

Direct workers engaged in operating machinery that regulates the flow of materials and products.
Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, or product quality.
Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
Record operating data, such as process conditions, test results, or instrument readings.
Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks or troughs are not in danger of overflowing.
Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
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.
Repair or replace damaged equipment.
Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields.
Interpret chemical reactions visible through sight glasses or on television monitors and review laboratory test reports for process adjustments.
Notify maintenance, stationary-engineering, or other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions or to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies.
Supervise the cleaning of towers, strainers, or spray tips.
Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
Monitor recording instruments, flowmeters, panel lights, or other indicators and listen for warning signals, to verify conformity of process conditions.
Draw samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing and to ensure that standards are met.
Gauge tank levels, using calibrated rods.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

Mixing tanks
Panel lights
Soap-spray storage tanks
Centrifugal fans
Pressure gauges
Industrial liquid flowmeters
Personal protective equipment
Viscometers
Steam hoses
Agitator tanks
Blending vessels
Humidifiers
Refrigeration systems
Desktop computers
Industrial dryers
Hydraulic accumulators
Calibrated rods
Rotary pumps
Screw conveyors
Boilers
Neutralizer tanks
Capacitance probes
Chemical reactor vessels
Gas analyzers
Effluent treatment systems
Recording calorimeters
Steam turbines
Silencers
Manometers
Positive displacement pumps
Converter vessels
Cooling towers
Reciprocating compressors
Storage drums
Belt conveyors
Centrifugal compressors
Distillation columns
Tensometers
Collectors
Bucket elevators
Fire extinguishers
Air conditioning systems
Conveyor feeders
Wet scrubbers
Radiographic detecting instruments
Industrial fans
Panelboards
Hoppers
Digital surface thermometers
Chain conveyors
Control boards
Axial flow fans
Bourdon tubes
Thermocouples
Centrifugal pumps
Barometers
Heating vessels
Thermocouple temperature probes
Reciprocating pumps
Display screens

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