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