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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”
- 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.
- Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
- Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks or troughs are not in danger of overflowing.
- Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
- Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
- Repair or replace damaged equipment.
- Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields.
- 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.
- 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.
- Interpret chemical reactions visible through sight glasses or on television monitors and review laboratory test reports for process adjustments.
- 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.
- 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.
- Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
Related Technology & Tools
- Hydraulic accumulators
- Converter vessels
- Panelboards
- Cooling towers
- Centrifugal fans
- Digital surface thermometers
- Heating vessels
- Bourdon tubes
- Tensometers
- Chemical reactor vessels
- Reciprocating compressors
- Centrifugal compressors
- Belt conveyors
- Personal protective equipment
- Hoppers
- Boilers
- Steam turbines
- Blending vessels
- Radiographic detecting instruments
- Fire extinguishers
- Distillation columns
- Axial flow fans
- Steam hoses
- Effluent treatment systems
- Neutralizer tanks
- Bucket elevators
- Thermocouple temperature probes
- Reciprocating pumps
- Barometers
- Mixing tanks
- Display screens
- Control boards
- Recording calorimeters
- Industrial dryers
- Pressure gauges
- Rotary pumps
- Storage drums
- Screw conveyors
- Industrial fans
- Gas analyzers
- Wet scrubbers
- Manometers
- Capacitance probes
- Air conditioning systems
- Calibrated rods
- Panel lights
- Soap-spray storage tanks
- Refrigeration systems
- Thermocouples
- Silencers
- Conveyor feeders
- Agitator tanks
- Chain conveyors
- Industrial liquid flowmeters
- Positive displacement pumps
- Centrifugal pumps
- Humidifiers
- Viscometers
- Desktop computers
- Collectors
- Distributed control system DCS
- Interlock shutdown systems
- Coordinated incident management system CIMS software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Alarm management system software