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