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