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