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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”
- Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
- Direct workers engaged in operating machinery that regulates the flow of materials and products.
- Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
- Draw samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing and to ensure that standards are met.
- Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
- 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.
- Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
- Record operating data, such as process conditions, test results, or instrument readings.
- Gauge tank levels, using calibrated rods.
- Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, or product quality.
- 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.
- Monitor recording instruments, flowmeters, panel lights, or other indicators and listen for warning signals, to verify conformity of process conditions.
- Repair or replace damaged equipment.
- Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks or troughs are not in danger of overflowing.
- Notify maintenance, stationary-engineering, or other auxiliary personnel to correct equipment malfunctions or to adjust power, steam, water, or air supplies.
- 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.
- Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Panelboards
- Silencers
- Control boards
- Display screens
- Boilers
- Fire extinguishers
- Agitator tanks
- Hoppers
- Reciprocating pumps
- Humidifiers
- Cooling towers
- Storage drums
- Recording calorimeters
- Chemical reactor vessels
- Digital surface thermometers
- Steam hoses
- Industrial liquid flowmeters
- Pressure gauges
- Effluent treatment systems
- Refrigeration systems
- Positive displacement pumps
- Bucket elevators
- Centrifugal fans
- Mixing tanks
- Barometers
- Wet scrubbers
- Gas analyzers
- Thermocouple temperature probes
- Belt conveyors
- Neutralizer tanks
- Distillation columns
- Viscometers
- Desktop computers
- Panel lights
- Axial flow fans
- Air conditioning systems
- Hydraulic accumulators
- Reciprocating compressors
- Thermocouples
- Centrifugal pumps
- Industrial fans
- Chain conveyors
- Collectors
- Radiographic detecting instruments
- Personal protective equipment
- Soap-spray storage tanks
- Converter vessels
- Centrifugal compressors
- Tensometers
- Conveyor feeders
- Steam turbines
- Calibrated rods
- Capacitance probes
- Rotary pumps
- Blending vessels
- Manometers
- Bourdon tubes
- Screw conveyors
- Heating vessels
- Industrial dryers
- Coordinated incident management system CIMS software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Alarm management system software
- Distributed control system DCS
- Microsoft Word
- Interlock shutdown systems