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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”
- 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.
- Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
- Repair or replace damaged equipment.
- Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields.
- Monitor recording instruments, flowmeters, panel lights, or other indicators and listen for warning signals, to verify conformity of process conditions.
- Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks or troughs are not in danger of overflowing.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
- Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
- 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.
- Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, or product quality.
- Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
Related Technology & Tools
- Centrifugal fans
- Capacitance probes
- Chemical reactor vessels
- Recording calorimeters
- Hoppers
- Fire extinguishers
- Positive displacement pumps
- Axial flow fans
- Chain conveyors
- Industrial dryers
- Screw conveyors
- Effluent treatment systems
- Storage drums
- Mixing tanks
- Display screens
- Digital surface thermometers
- Collectors
- Manometers
- Thermocouples
- Panelboards
- Viscometers
- Barometers
- Bourdon tubes
- Steam turbines
- Desktop computers
- Bucket elevators
- Steam hoses
- Radiographic detecting instruments
- Wet scrubbers
- Conveyor feeders
- Industrial liquid flowmeters
- Gas analyzers
- Centrifugal compressors
- Personal protective equipment
- Humidifiers
- Thermocouple temperature probes
- Heating vessels
- Blending vessels
- Reciprocating compressors
- Rotary pumps
- Silencers
- Distillation columns
- Cooling towers
- Belt conveyors
- Converter vessels
- Industrial fans
- Hydraulic accumulators
- Boilers
- Refrigeration systems
- Reciprocating pumps
- Soap-spray storage tanks
- Air conditioning systems
- Tensometers
- Calibrated rods
- Pressure gauges
- Neutralizer tanks
- Control boards
- Panel lights
- Agitator tanks
- Centrifugal pumps
- Alarm management system software
- Microsoft Office
- Coordinated incident management system CIMS software
- Microsoft Word
- Distributed control system DCS
- Interlock shutdown systems
- Microsoft Excel