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