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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”.

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Tasks for “Biodiesel Processing Technician”

Operate valves, pumps, engines, or generators to control and adjust biofuels production.
Calibrate liquid flow devices and meters including fuel, chemical, and water meters.
Rebuild, repair, or replace biofuels processing equipment components.
Monitor and record biofuels processing data.
Monitor and record flow meter performance.
Coordinate raw product sourcing or collection.
Clean biofuels processing work area, ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
Monitor stored biofuels products or secondary by-products until reused or transferred to users.
Calculate, measure, load, or mix refined feedstock used in biofuels production.
Perform routine maintenance on mechanical, electrical, or electronic equipment or instruments used in the processing of biofuels.
Collect biofuels samples and perform routine laboratory tests or analyses to assess biofuels quality.
Process refined feedstock with additives in fermentation or reaction process vessels.
Inspect biofuels plant or processing equipment regularly, recording or reporting damage and mechanical problems.
Monitor batch, continuous flow, or hybrid biofuels production processes.
Operate equipment, such as a centrifuge, to extract biofuels products and secondary by-products or reusable fractions.
Assess the quality of biofuels additives for reprocessing.
Preprocess feedstock in preparation for physical, chemical, or biological fuel production processes.
Measure and monitor raw biofuels feedstock.
Operate chemical processing equipment for the production of biofuels.

Related Technology & Tools

Fermentation processing vessels
Agitators
Self-contained breathing apparatus
Desktop computers
Fall protection harnesses
Reverse osmosis equipment
Emergency alarm systems
Infrared temperature guns
Sifting screens
Static mixers
Safety gloves
Air monitoring equipment
Hazardous material spill kits
Wheeled front end loaders
Pallet jacks
Hand sampling pumps
Distillation columns
Demineralizers
Emissions monitoring systems
Temperature sensors
Binocular light compound microscopes
Crusher screens
Stripper columns
Portable refractometers
Water samplers
Methanators
Mobile radios
Skid steer loaders
Steam boilers
Dust and particulate respirators
Air compressors
Forklifts
Gas chromatographs GC
Mole sieves
Materials dryers
Halogen moisture balances
High vacuum evaporation systems
Level transmitters
Autotitrators
Protective ear plugs
pH probes
Gravity convection ovens
Digital hydrometers
Milling equipment
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Phillips head screwdrivers
Flow transmitters
Belt conveyor systems
Cooling towers
Electric timing devices
Stop valves
Ball valves
Personal computers
Flow control valves FCV
Adjustable hand wrenches
Benchtop centrifuges
Gate butterfly valves
Pneumatic conveyor systems
Sample ports
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Throttle control valves TCV
Straight screwdrivers
Heat exchangers
Reaction flasks
Titrators
Glass graduated cylinders
Belt filters
Viscosity meters
Pressure gauges
Vacuum systems
Chain hoists
Moisture analyzers

Inventory control software
Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
Digital control systems DCS
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Human machine interface HMI software