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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 “Production Operator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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