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