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