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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”
- Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
- 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.
- Repair or replace damaged 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.
- Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
- Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks or troughs are not in danger of overflowing.
- 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.
- Record operating data, such as process conditions, test results, or instrument readings.
- Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
- Gauge tank levels, using calibrated rods.
- 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.
- 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.
- Notify maintenance, stationary-engineering, or other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions or to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies.
- Draw samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing and to ensure that standards are met.
Related Technology & Tools
- Industrial liquid flowmeters
- Steam turbines
- Chain conveyors
- Mixing tanks
- Fire extinguishers
- Axial flow fans
- Distillation columns
- Centrifugal pumps
- Viscometers
- Converter vessels
- Barometers
- Industrial fans
- Effluent treatment systems
- Control boards
- Screw conveyors
- Hoppers
- Digital surface thermometers
- Recording calorimeters
- Collectors
- Belt conveyors
- Cooling towers
- Calibrated rods
- Thermocouples
- Rotary pumps
- Bucket elevators
- Thermocouple temperature probes
- Heating vessels
- Capacitance probes
- Bourdon tubes
- Personal protective equipment
- Soap-spray storage tanks
- Reciprocating compressors
- Blending vessels
- Storage drums
- Pressure gauges
- Steam hoses
- Hydraulic accumulators
- Reciprocating pumps
- Conveyor feeders
- Manometers
- Chemical reactor vessels
- Centrifugal compressors
- Boilers
- Panel lights
- Radiographic detecting instruments
- Agitator tanks
- Air conditioning systems
- Centrifugal fans
- Neutralizer tanks
- Positive displacement pumps
- Refrigeration systems
- Gas analyzers
- Wet scrubbers
- Silencers
- Industrial dryers
- Display screens
- Humidifiers
- Panelboards
- Desktop computers
- Tensometers
- Microsoft Word
- Interlock shutdown systems
- Alarm management system software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Coordinated incident management system CIMS software
- Distributed control system DCS