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