8131-Chemical products plant and machine operators

Job Title: 

Chemical products plant and machine operators

Job Description: 

Chemical products plant and machine operators monitor and operate units and machinery to blend, mix, process

and package a wide range of chemical products.

Tasks: 

Tasks include

  • Setting up, starting, controlling, adjusting and stopping machines and plant
  • Monitoring reaction processes and transfers of products in conformance with safety procedures
  • Monitoring meters, gauges and electronic instrumentation on one or more chemical or formulation units, such as mixers, kettles, blenders, dryers, tabletting, encapsulation, granulation and coating machines
  • Measuring, weighing and loading chemical ingredients following formulation cards
  • Taking samples and performing routine chemical and physical tests of products and recording production data
  • Cleaning and performing minor repairs to machines and plant.
Specific Occupations: 

81311
Machine-operator (compounding/crushing/grinding/mixing/pulverizing/ blending/ milling (chemical and related processes) / Machine-operator (colour making/grease making/ Operator, shredder/stirrer (chemical mixing)/ Ponds man/ brineinaker (salt production)/ Miller/ Mixer (fertilizer)

81312
Machine-operator(coal gas production)/ Machine-operator(fertilizer production)/ Machine-operator(synthetic fiber production)

81313
Tower man (soap making)/ Worker, kettle (soap making))/ Worker ((general), chemical processing plant (pharmaceutical))/ Compounder, perfume / Machineoperator (Pharmaceutical/toiletries/detergent/soap making/ match production)/ Operator, (pharmaceutical products)/ pharmaceutical/(distilling equipment (perfume)/ centrifuge (soap making)/ Technician, hot cell

81314
Operator (bleacher (chemicals)/ treater (radioactive waste)/ chemical processing plant (electric cells/radioactive materials)/ fish fertilizer/ liquefaction plant (gases)/ Kiln-operator (charcoal production/ coke (retort kiln)/ Machine-operator( syntheticfiber production/ coal gas production/ fertilizer production) / Operator (granulation equipment (Pharmaceutical products/toiletry products)/ moulding equipment (toiletries)/ still (perfume)

81315
Machine-operator (ammunition products /explosives production/ fireworks production/Dipperman (matches)

81316
Machine-operator ((lead (-oxide) production/ gas production (chlorine, halogen, hydrogen etc)/ paint/varnish production/ washing (chemical and related materials)/ linoleum production/ pencil/ candle (production))/ Operator, (centrifuge (glue)/ kettle (adhesives)/ radioactive waste treatment / Worker (general), cook house (glue))/Moulder, candle making/ Spinner, nylon

81317
Operator( boiler: chemical and related processes/ compounder: petroleum and natural gas refining/ converter: chemical processes (except petroleum and natural gas)/ dehydrator: oilfield/ distiller: batch (chemical processes except petroleum and natural gas)/ distiller: continuous (chemical processes except petroleum and natural gas)/ distiller: petroleum and natural gas refining/ distiller: turpentine/ distilling equipment: perfume/ evaporator: chemical processes (except petroleum and natural gas)/ extractor: wood distillation/kettle: chemical and related processes/ reactorconverter: chemical processes (except petroleum and natural gas)/ spray-drier: chemical and related processes/ vacuum pan: chemical and related processes (except petroleum and natural gas)

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Source Of Info: 

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, PSCO-2381