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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”
- 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.
- Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
- Draw samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing and to ensure that standards are met.
- Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields.
- Notify maintenance, stationary-engineering, or other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions or to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies.
- Gauge tank levels, using calibrated rods.
- Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
- Supervise the cleaning of towers, strainers, or spray tips.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
- Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
- 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.
- Monitor recording instruments, flowmeters, panel lights, or other indicators and listen for warning signals, to verify conformity of process conditions.
Related Technology & Tools
- Industrial dryers
- Agitator tanks
- Centrifugal pumps
- Hoppers
- Industrial fans
- Thermocouple temperature probes
- Pressure gauges
- Viscometers
- Barometers
- Calibrated rods
- Conveyor feeders
- Cooling towers
- Digital surface thermometers
- Humidifiers
- Refrigeration systems
- Fire extinguishers
- Reciprocating pumps
- Effluent treatment systems
- Steam turbines
- Recording calorimeters
- Display screens
- Bourdon tubes
- Distillation columns
- Steam hoses
- Hydraulic accumulators
- Converter vessels
- Chain conveyors
- Capacitance probes
- Bucket elevators
- Control boards
- Collectors
- Desktop computers
- Centrifugal compressors
- Personal protective equipment
- Panel lights
- Manometers
- Blending vessels
- Storage drums
- Soap-spray storage tanks
- Chemical reactor vessels
- Radiographic detecting instruments
- Neutralizer tanks
- Wet scrubbers
- Boilers
- Screw conveyors
- Belt conveyors
- Panelboards
- Rotary pumps
- Silencers
- Gas analyzers
- Mixing tanks
- Thermocouples
- Heating vessels
- Tensometers
- Industrial liquid flowmeters
- Centrifugal fans
- Air conditioning systems
- Reciprocating compressors
- Axial flow fans
- Positive displacement pumps
- Interlock shutdown systems
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Alarm management system software
- Distributed control system DCS
- Coordinated incident management system CIMS software
- Microsoft Office