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Job Description
Calculate, measure, load, mix, and process refined feedstock with additives in fermentation or reaction process vessels and monitor production process. Perform, and keep records of, plant maintenance, repairs, and safety inspections.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-8099.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Biofuels Processing Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Biofuels Processing Technicians
- Production Operator
- Process Technician
- Process Operator
- Operator
- Mash Preparatory Operator
- Kettle Operator
- Ethanol Operator
- Chemical Operator
- Board Operator
- Biofuels Processing Technician
- Biomass Plant Technician
- Biofuels Production Technician
- Biofuels Production Associate
- Biodiesel Production Technician
- Biodiesel Production Associate
- Biodiesel Processing Technician
Tasks for “Biodiesel Process Control Technician”
- Preprocess feedstock in preparation for physical, chemical, or biological fuel production processes.
- Calibrate liquid flow devices and meters including fuel, chemical, and water meters.
- Process refined feedstock with additives in fermentation or reaction process vessels.
- Monitor and record biofuels processing data.
- Calculate, measure, load, or mix refined feedstock used in biofuels production.
- Clean biofuels processing work area, ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
- Assess the quality of biofuels additives for reprocessing.
- Operate chemical processing equipment for the production of biofuels.
- Monitor and record flow meter performance.
- Monitor stored biofuels products or secondary by-products until reused or transferred to users.
- Measure and monitor raw biofuels feedstock.
- Perform routine maintenance on mechanical, electrical, or electronic equipment or instruments used in the processing of biofuels.
- Monitor batch, continuous flow, or hybrid biofuels production processes.
- Coordinate raw product sourcing or collection.
- Collect biofuels samples and perform routine laboratory tests or analyses to assess biofuels quality.
- Rebuild, repair, or replace biofuels processing equipment components.
- Operate equipment, such as a centrifuge, to extract biofuels products and secondary by-products or reusable fractions.
- Inspect biofuels plant or processing equipment regularly, recording or reporting damage and mechanical problems.
- Operate valves, pumps, engines, or generators to control and adjust biofuels production.
Related Technology & Tools
- Autotitrators
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Belt filters
- Materials dryers
- Pallet jacks
- Viscosity meters
- Personal computers
- Sample ports
- Temperature sensors
- Belt conveyor systems
- Dust and particulate respirators
- Emissions monitoring systems
- Mole sieves
- Halogen moisture balances
- Static mixers
- Desktop computers
- Fermentation processing vessels
- Pneumatic conveyor systems
- Straight screwdrivers
- High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
- Self-contained breathing apparatus
- High vacuum evaporation systems
- Gate butterfly valves
- Air compressors
- Mobile radios
- Throttle control valves TCV
- Steam boilers
- Air monitoring equipment
- Portable refractometers
- Milling equipment
- Electric timing devices
- Water samplers
- Moisture analyzers
- Infrared temperature guns
- Reaction flasks
- Methanators
- Chain hoists
- Hazardous material spill kits
- Titrators
- Crusher screens
- Demineralizers
- Reverse osmosis equipment
- Forklifts
- Vacuum systems
- Skid steer loaders
- Sifting screens
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Fall protection harnesses
- Cooling towers
- Flow control valves FCV
- Benchtop centrifuges
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Safety gloves
- Digital hydrometers
- Agitators
- Ball valves
- Hand sampling pumps
- Wheeled front end loaders
- Flow transmitters
- Distillation columns
- Protective ear plugs
- Stripper columns
- Glass graduated cylinders
- Level transmitters
- Gravity convection ovens
- Pressure gauges
- pH probes
- Emergency alarm systems
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Heat exchangers
- Stop valves
- Inventory control software
- Human machine interface HMI software
- Microsoft Excel
- Digital control systems DCS
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Microsoft Word