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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”
- Gauge tank levels, using calibrated rods.
- 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.
- Repair or replace damaged equipment.
- 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.
- Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
- 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.
- Notify maintenance, stationary-engineering, or other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions or to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies.
- 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.
- Draw samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing and to ensure that standards are met.
- 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.
- Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
- 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.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Reciprocating compressors
- Soap-spray storage tanks
- Steam hoses
- Chemical reactor vessels
- Fire extinguishers
- Radiographic detecting instruments
- Chain conveyors
- Industrial liquid flowmeters
- Tensometers
- Bourdon tubes
- Panel lights
- Digital surface thermometers
- Conveyor feeders
- Distillation columns
- Panelboards
- Recording calorimeters
- Calibrated rods
- Collectors
- Mixing tanks
- Desktop computers
- Cooling towers
- Blending vessels
- Positive displacement pumps
- Screw conveyors
- Display screens
- Centrifugal pumps
- Bucket elevators
- Wet scrubbers
- Thermocouples
- Personal protective equipment
- Silencers
- Neutralizer tanks
- Pressure gauges
- Hydraulic accumulators
- Air conditioning systems
- Hoppers
- Storage drums
- Agitator tanks
- Axial flow fans
- Rotary pumps
- Capacitance probes
- Viscometers
- Heating vessels
- Gas analyzers
- Converter vessels
- Barometers
- Centrifugal compressors
- Refrigeration systems
- Industrial dryers
- Industrial fans
- Steam turbines
- Centrifugal fans
- Effluent treatment systems
- Boilers
- Thermocouple temperature probes
- Belt conveyors
- Humidifiers
- Reciprocating pumps
- Manometers
- Control boards
- Alarm management system software
- Coordinated incident management system CIMS software
- Microsoft Office
- Distributed control system DCS
- Interlock shutdown systems
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel