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Job Description
Calculate, measure, load, mix, and process refined feedstock with additives in fermentation or reaction process vessels and monitor production process. Perform, and keep records of, plant maintenance, repairs, and safety inspections.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-8099.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Biofuels Processing Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Biofuels Processing Technicians
- Production Operator
- Process Technician
- Operator
- Mash Preparatory Operator
- Kettle Operator
- Ethanol Operator
- Chemical Operator
- Board Operator
- Biofuels Processing Technician
- Process Operator
- Biomass Plant Technician
- Biofuels Production Technician
- Biofuels Production Associate
- Biodiesel Production Technician
- Biodiesel Production Associate
- Biodiesel Processing Technician
- Biodiesel Process Control Technician
Tasks for “Process Operator”
- Calculate, measure, load, or mix refined feedstock used in biofuels production.
- Process refined feedstock with additives in fermentation or reaction process vessels.
- Coordinate raw product sourcing or collection.
- Calibrate liquid flow devices and meters including fuel, chemical, and water meters.
- Inspect biofuels plant or processing equipment regularly, recording or reporting damage and mechanical problems.
- Assess the quality of biofuels additives for reprocessing.
- Preprocess feedstock in preparation for physical, chemical, or biological fuel production processes.
- Monitor stored biofuels products or secondary by-products until reused or transferred to users.
- Monitor and record biofuels processing data.
- Measure and monitor raw biofuels feedstock.
- Clean biofuels processing work area, ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
- Operate chemical processing equipment for the production of biofuels.
- Operate equipment, such as a centrifuge, to extract biofuels products and secondary by-products or reusable fractions.
- Collect biofuels samples and perform routine laboratory tests or analyses to assess biofuels quality.
- Monitor and record flow meter performance.
- Rebuild, repair, or replace biofuels processing equipment components.
- Monitor batch, continuous flow, or hybrid biofuels production processes.
- Operate valves, pumps, engines, or generators to control and adjust biofuels production.
- Perform routine maintenance on mechanical, electrical, or electronic equipment or instruments used in the processing of biofuels.
Related Technology & Tools
- Straight screwdrivers
- Electric timing devices
- Stripper columns
- Level transmitters
- Air monitoring equipment
- Viscosity meters
- Skid steer loaders
- Temperature sensors
- Distillation columns
- Methanators
- Water samplers
- Reverse osmosis equipment
- Crusher screens
- Ball valves
- Self-contained breathing apparatus
- Gravity convection ovens
- Flow control valves FCV
- Sample ports
- Steam boilers
- Heat exchangers
- Pallet jacks
- Milling equipment
- Infrared temperature guns
- Fermentation processing vessels
- Wheeled front end loaders
- Demineralizers
- Mobile radios
- Cooling towers
- Fall protection harnesses
- Digital hydrometers
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Pressure gauges
- pH probes
- Forklifts
- Flow transmitters
- Vacuum systems
- Emergency alarm systems
- Desktop computers
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Titrators
- Air compressors
- Agitators
- Dust and particulate respirators
- Static mixers
- Hand sampling pumps
- Safety gloves
- High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
- Reaction flasks
- Belt conveyor systems
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Autotitrators
- Personal computers
- Pneumatic conveyor systems
- Emissions monitoring systems
- Glass graduated cylinders
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Hazardous material spill kits
- Mole sieves
- Stop valves
- Halogen moisture balances
- Gate butterfly valves
- High vacuum evaporation systems
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Portable refractometers
- Protective ear plugs
- Belt filters
- Chain hoists
- Materials dryers
- Throttle control valves TCV
- Moisture analyzers
- Sifting screens
- Benchtop centrifuges
- Microsoft Word
- Digital control systems DCS
- Inventory control software
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Human machine interface HMI software
- Microsoft Excel