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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”
- Repair or replace damaged equipment.
- Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
- Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
- Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
- Direct workers engaged in operating machinery that regulates the flow of materials and products.
- Notify maintenance, stationary-engineering, or other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions or to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies.
- 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.
- Supervise the cleaning of towers, strainers, or spray tips.
- Interpret chemical reactions visible through sight glasses or on television monitors and review laboratory test reports for process adjustments.
- 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.
- Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks or troughs are not in danger of overflowing.
- 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.
- Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
- Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields.
- Draw samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing and to ensure that standards are met.
- Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, or product quality.
- Record operating data, such as process conditions, test results, or instrument readings.
Related Technology & Tools
- Refrigeration systems
- Belt conveyors
- Positive displacement pumps
- Effluent treatment systems
- Desktop computers
- Manometers
- Barometers
- Conveyor feeders
- Soap-spray storage tanks
- Panelboards
- Industrial fans
- Silencers
- Axial flow fans
- Digital surface thermometers
- Reciprocating pumps
- Radiographic detecting instruments
- Blending vessels
- Bourdon tubes
- Converter vessels
- Tensometers
- Calibrated rods
- Bucket elevators
- Agitator tanks
- Humidifiers
- Centrifugal pumps
- Wet scrubbers
- Control boards
- Screw conveyors
- Boilers
- Pressure gauges
- Thermocouples
- Thermocouple temperature probes
- Chemical reactor vessels
- Panel lights
- Reciprocating compressors
- Cooling towers
- Rotary pumps
- Mixing tanks
- Air conditioning systems
- Industrial liquid flowmeters
- Distillation columns
- Collectors
- Steam hoses
- Heating vessels
- Storage drums
- Capacitance probes
- Industrial dryers
- Gas analyzers
- Chain conveyors
- Viscometers
- Centrifugal compressors
- Fire extinguishers
- Display screens
- Recording calorimeters
- Hydraulic accumulators
- Hoppers
- Centrifugal fans
- Steam turbines
- Personal protective equipment
- Neutralizer tanks
- Microsoft Word
- Alarm management system software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Interlock shutdown systems
- Coordinated incident management system CIMS software
- Distributed control system DCS