3133-Chemical processing plant controllers

Job Title: 

Chemical processing plant controllers

Job Description: 

Chemical processing plant controllers operate and monitor chemical plants and adjust and maintain, processing
units and equipment which distil, filter, separate, heat or refine chemicals.

Tasks: 

Tasks include:

  • operating electronic or computerized control panel from a central control room to monitor and optimize physical and chemical processes for several processing units
  • 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
  • (d).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
  • analyzing sample products, performing tests, recording data and writing production logs.
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    Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, PSCO-2152