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Job Description
Control or operate entire chemical processes or system of machines.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-8091.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 59,430.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 28.00
- Currently, there are 33,300 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Chemical Plant and System Operators”.
Also Known As…
- Chemical Plant and System Operators
- Production Technician
- Process Technician
- Process Operator
- Process Development Associate
- Process Control Operator
- Operations Technician
- Machine Operator
- Loader Technician
- Chemical Operator
- Wash Operator
- Utility Operator
- Tower Operator
- Switchboard Operator
- Production Operator
- Pressure Controller
- Plant Associate
- Pharmaceutical Operator
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Machine Operator
- Pharmaceutical Development Technician
- Operator
- Nitrogen Operator
- Nitric Acid Plant Operator
- Naphtha Washing System Operator
- Hydrogenation Operator
- Furnace Utility Operator
- Furnace Process Plant Operator
- Development Associate
- Denitrator
- Chief Operator
- Chemical Treatment Plant Technician
- Chemical Plant Operator
- Checker
- Bucket Wash Operator
- Badger Distiller Operator
- Ammonia Technician
- Ammonia Still Operator
Tasks for “Operator”
- Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
- Interpret chemical reactions visible through sight glasses or on television monitors and review laboratory test reports for process adjustments.
- Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields.
- Gauge tank levels, using calibrated rods.
- Notify maintenance, stationary-engineering, or other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions or to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies.
- Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
- Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
- Inspect operating units, such as towers, soap-spray storage tanks, scrubbers, collectors, or driers to ensure that all are functioning and to maintain maximum efficiency.
- Record operating data, such as process conditions, test results, or instrument readings.
- Direct workers engaged in operating machinery that regulates the flow of materials and products.
- Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
- Monitor recording instruments, flowmeters, panel lights, or other indicators and listen for warning signals, to verify conformity of process conditions.
- Draw samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing and to ensure that standards are met.
- Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
- Repair or replace damaged equipment.
- Start pumps to wash and rinse reactor vessels, to exhaust gases or vapors, to regulate the flow of oil, steam, air, or perfume to towers, or to add products to converter or blending vessels.
- Supervise the cleaning of towers, strainers, or spray tips.
- Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, or product quality.
- Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks or troughs are not in danger of overflowing.
Related Technology & Tools
- Steam hoses
- Industrial liquid flowmeters
- Panelboards
- Air conditioning systems
- Centrifugal compressors
- Reciprocating pumps
- Fire extinguishers
- Humidifiers
- Hydraulic accumulators
- Recording calorimeters
- Effluent treatment systems
- Pressure gauges
- Display screens
- Axial flow fans
- Distillation columns
- Barometers
- Gas analyzers
- Converter vessels
- Conveyor feeders
- Personal protective equipment
- Industrial fans
- Viscometers
- Neutralizer tanks
- Boilers
- Collectors
- Heating vessels
- Digital surface thermometers
- Panel lights
- Agitator tanks
- Tensometers
- Steam turbines
- Screw conveyors
- Thermocouples
- Silencers
- Reciprocating compressors
- Bucket elevators
- Radiographic detecting instruments
- Storage drums
- Chain conveyors
- Hoppers
- Manometers
- Bourdon tubes
- Cooling towers
- Rotary pumps
- Calibrated rods
- Centrifugal pumps
- Industrial dryers
- Chemical reactor vessels
- Wet scrubbers
- Positive displacement pumps
- Refrigeration systems
- Soap-spray storage tanks
- Thermocouple temperature probes
- Desktop computers
- Control boards
- Centrifugal fans
- Capacitance probes
- Blending vessels
- Mixing tanks
- Belt conveyors
- Alarm management system software
- Distributed control system DCS
- Microsoft Excel
- Coordinated incident management system CIMS software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Interlock shutdown systems