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