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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
- Furnace Utility Operator
- Furnace Process Plant Operator
- Development Associate
- Denitrator
- Chief Operator
- Chemical Treatment Plant Technician
- Chemical Plant Operator
- Checker
- Bucket Wash Operator
- Badger Distiller Operator
- Ammonia Technician
- Ammonia Still Operator
Tasks for “Hydrogenation Operator”
- Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields.
- Gauge tank levels, using calibrated rods.
- Monitor recording instruments, flowmeters, panel lights, or other indicators and listen for warning signals, to verify conformity of process conditions.
- Supervise the cleaning of towers, strainers, or spray tips.
- Draw samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing and to ensure that standards are met.
- 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.
- Notify maintenance, stationary-engineering, or other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions or to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies.
- 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.
- Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
- 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.
- Repair or replace damaged equipment.
- Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
- Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
- Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
- Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks or troughs are not in danger of overflowing.
- Direct workers engaged in operating machinery that regulates the flow of materials and products.
- Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
Related Technology & Tools
- Bucket elevators
- Effluent treatment systems
- Viscometers
- Calibrated rods
- Reciprocating compressors
- Cooling towers
- Barometers
- Industrial fans
- Centrifugal pumps
- Centrifugal compressors
- Screw conveyors
- Silencers
- Display screens
- Agitator tanks
- Air conditioning systems
- Tensometers
- Rotary pumps
- Positive displacement pumps
- Bourdon tubes
- Thermocouple temperature probes
- Hoppers
- Hydraulic accumulators
- Industrial liquid flowmeters
- Steam turbines
- Axial flow fans
- Pressure gauges
- Boilers
- Reciprocating pumps
- Panelboards
- Blending vessels
- Digital surface thermometers
- Collectors
- Heating vessels
- Manometers
- Capacitance probes
- Soap-spray storage tanks
- Wet scrubbers
- Recording calorimeters
- Desktop computers
- Conveyor feeders
- Refrigeration systems
- Mixing tanks
- Centrifugal fans
- Steam hoses
- Chemical reactor vessels
- Distillation columns
- Chain conveyors
- Thermocouples
- Storage drums
- Humidifiers
- Industrial dryers
- Control boards
- Belt conveyors
- Gas analyzers
- Fire extinguishers
- Panel lights
- Radiographic detecting instruments
- Neutralizer tanks
- Personal protective equipment
- Converter vessels
- Alarm management system software
- Microsoft Excel
- Distributed control system DCS
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Coordinated incident management system CIMS software
- Interlock shutdown systems