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