operating electronic or computerized control panel from a central control room to monitor and optimize physical and chemical processes for several processing units
// Unit group · 3133
Chemical Processing Plant Controllers
Chemical processing plant controllers operate and monitor chemical plants and related multi-function process control machinery, and adjust and maintain processing units and equipment which distil, filter, separate, heat or refine chemicals.
3 Technicians and Associate Professionals / 31 Science and Engineering Associate Professionals / 313 Process Control Technicians / All level 4
// Working conditions
// Hand tools
No hand tools in this set.
adjusting equipment, valves, pumps, controls and process equipment
controlling the preparation, measuring and feeding of raw materials and processing agents such as catalysts and filtering media into plant
controlling process start-up and shut-down, troubleshooting and monitoring outside process equipment
verifying equipment for malfunctions, carrying out routine operating tests and arranging for maintenance
analysing sample products, performing tests, recording data and writing production logs.
Included occupations
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Chemical filtering and separating equipment operator
- Chemical heat treating plant operator
- Chemical process technician
- Chemical still and reactor operator
Excluded occupations
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Petroleum and natural gas refinery operators - 3134
- Chemical products plant and machine operators - 8131
Indexed job titles 21
- Operator, cement production plantISCO-88 8152
- Operator, chemical and related processing plantISCO-88 8152
- Operator, chemical filtering and separating equipmentISCO-88 8153
- Operator, chemical still and reactorISCO-88 8154
- Operator, compressor: airISCO-88 8163
- Operator, compressor: gasISCO-88 8163
- Operator, control-panel: chemical plantISCO-88 8159
- Operator, cooling plantISCO-88 8163
- Operator, filter: chemical and related processesISCO-88 8163
- Operator, freezerISCO-88 8163
- Operator, heat treating plant: chemicalISCO-88 8152
- Operator, heating plantISCO-88 8163
- Operator, machine: ice productionISCO-88 8163
- Operator, reactor: chemicalISCO-88 8154
- Operator, separator: chemicalISCO-88 8153
- Operator, still: batch (chemical processes except petroleum and natural gas)ISCO-88 8154
- Operator, still: chemicalISCO-88 8154
- Operator, still: continuous (chemical processes except petroleum and natural gas)ISCO-88 8154
- Operator, synthetic-fibre production plantISCO-88 8159
- Operator, ventilation equipmentISCO-88 8163
- Technician, chemical processISCO-88 3116