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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
- Process 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 Technician
- Production 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 “Production Technician”
- Control or operate chemical processes or systems of machines, using panelboards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
- Monitor recording instruments, flowmeters, panel lights, or other indicators and listen for warning signals, to verify conformity of process conditions.
- 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.
- Gauge tank levels, using calibrated rods.
- Repair or replace damaged equipment.
- 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.
- Record operating data, such as process conditions, test results, or instrument readings.
- Confer with technical and supervisory personnel to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, or product quality.
- 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.
- 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.
- Turn valves to regulate flow of products or byproducts through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
- Interpret chemical reactions visible through sight glasses or on television monitors and review laboratory test reports for process adjustments.
- Direct workers engaged in operating machinery that regulates the flow of materials and products.
- Move control settings to make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical reactions, quality, or yields.
- Calculate material requirements or yields according to formulas.
- Supervise the cleaning of towers, strainers, or spray tips.
- Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
Related Technology & Tools
- Pressure gauges
- Centrifugal fans
- Centrifugal compressors
- Calibrated rods
- Radiographic detecting instruments
- Capacitance probes
- Soap-spray storage tanks
- Effluent treatment systems
- Reciprocating pumps
- Barometers
- Thermocouple temperature probes
- Collectors
- Steam hoses
- Desktop computers
- Panelboards
- Display screens
- Digital surface thermometers
- Agitator tanks
- Rotary pumps
- Chain conveyors
- Centrifugal pumps
- Bucket elevators
- Conveyor feeders
- Panel lights
- Fire extinguishers
- Positive displacement pumps
- Reciprocating compressors
- Heating vessels
- Air conditioning systems
- Industrial dryers
- Mixing tanks
- Thermocouples
- Control boards
- Viscometers
- Gas analyzers
- Screw conveyors
- Industrial fans
- Distillation columns
- Storage drums
- Converter vessels
- Humidifiers
- Recording calorimeters
- Wet scrubbers
- Personal protective equipment
- Chemical reactor vessels
- Cooling towers
- Blending vessels
- Axial flow fans
- Tensometers
- Belt conveyors
- Industrial liquid flowmeters
- Refrigeration systems
- Manometers
- Neutralizer tanks
- Silencers
- Hydraulic accumulators
- Steam turbines
- Boilers
- Bourdon tubes
- Hoppers
- Distributed control system DCS
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Interlock shutdown systems
- Coordinated incident management system CIMS software
- Alarm management system software