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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 “Production Operator”

Clean biofuels processing work area, ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
Operate chemical processing equipment for the production of biofuels.
Coordinate raw product sourcing or collection.
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.
Monitor and record flow meter performance.
Measure and monitor raw biofuels feedstock.
Process refined feedstock with additives in fermentation or reaction process vessels.
Rebuild, repair, or replace biofuels processing equipment components.
Preprocess feedstock in preparation for physical, chemical, or biological fuel production processes.
Calibrate liquid flow devices and meters including fuel, chemical, and water meters.
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.
Assess the quality of biofuels additives for reprocessing.
Monitor and record biofuels processing data.
Calculate, measure, load, or mix refined feedstock used in biofuels production.
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.
Monitor stored biofuels products or secondary by-products until reused or transferred to users.

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

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