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