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