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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 “Biomass Plant Technician”

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

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

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