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