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