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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”.

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Tasks for “Process Technician”

Preprocess feedstock in preparation for physical, chemical, or biological fuel production processes.
Calibrate liquid flow devices and meters including fuel, chemical, and water meters.
Monitor stored biofuels products or secondary by-products until reused or transferred to users.
Clean biofuels processing work area, ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
Inspect biofuels plant or processing equipment regularly, recording or reporting damage and mechanical problems.
Monitor batch, continuous flow, or hybrid biofuels production processes.
Calculate, measure, load, or mix refined feedstock used in biofuels production.
Monitor and record flow meter performance.
Perform routine maintenance on mechanical, electrical, or electronic equipment or instruments used in the processing of biofuels.
Rebuild, repair, or replace biofuels processing equipment components.
Operate valves, pumps, engines, or generators to control and adjust biofuels production.
Measure and monitor raw biofuels feedstock.
Operate chemical processing equipment for the production of biofuels.
Process refined feedstock with additives in fermentation or reaction process vessels.
Assess the quality of biofuels additives for reprocessing.
Coordinate raw product sourcing or collection.
Monitor and record biofuels processing data.
Collect biofuels samples and perform routine laboratory tests or analyses to assess biofuels quality.
Operate equipment, such as a centrifuge, to extract biofuels products and secondary by-products or reusable fractions.

Related Technology & Tools

Safety gloves
Distillation columns
Adjustable hand wrenches
Dust and particulate respirators
Pallet jacks
Protective ear plugs
Crusher screens
Emergency alarm systems
Mole sieves
Belt filters
Agitators
Materials dryers
Flow transmitters
Milling equipment
Gas chromatographs GC
Infrared temperature guns
Binocular light compound microscopes
Desktop computers
High pressure liquid chromatograph HPLC equipment
Air compressors
Stripper columns
Fermentation processing vessels
Methanators
Hazardous material spill kits
High vacuum evaporation systems
Benchtop centrifuges
Heat exchangers
Halogen moisture balances
Fall protection harnesses
Reverse osmosis equipment
Personal computers
Ball valves
Water samplers
Mobile radios
Sample ports
Straight screwdrivers
Air monitoring equipment
Level transmitters
Skid steer loaders
Electric timing devices
Stop valves
Wheeled front end loaders
Hand sampling pumps
Titrators
Self-contained breathing apparatus
Portable refractometers
Steam boilers
pH probes
Forklifts
Moisture analyzers
Pneumatic conveyor systems
Gravity convection ovens
Pressure gauges
Throttle control valves TCV
Autotitrators
Viscosity meters
Flow control valves FCV
Emissions monitoring systems
Phillips head screwdrivers
Static mixers
Sifting screens
Digital hydrometers
Chain hoists
Vacuum systems
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Cooling towers
Demineralizers
Glass graduated cylinders
Gate butterfly valves
Belt conveyor systems
Temperature sensors
Reaction flasks

Digital control systems DCS
Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
Microsoft Word
Inventory control software
Microsoft Excel
Human machine interface HMI software