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