| Job Title |
Catalytic-converter Operator |
| Job Description |
Controls Catalytic Converters To Alter Chemical Composition Of
Liquid Or Gaseous Substances, According To Knowledge Of Process
And Sequence Of Operations: Turns Valves And Starts Pumps To
Admit Feed Stock To Converter Units At Specified Rate, And To
Recycle Unreacted Products Or Byproducts To Auxiliary Equipment.
Moves Controls To Regulate Temperatures, Pressures, And Reaction
Time, According To Gauge Readings, Chart Recorders, And
Knowledge Of Processing Requirements, To Maintain Efficient
Operation Within Specified Limits. Operates Or Tends Auxiliary
Equipment, Such As Heaters, Scrubbers, Vapor Compressors,
Filters, Distillation Units, Condensers, And Humidifiers, To
Prepare Or Further Process Materials Entering Or Leaving
Converters, According To Plant Operating Procedures. Directs
Activities Of Catalytic-converter-operator Helper (chemical).
Draws Samples Of Materials For Laboratory Analysis, Or Tests
Materials For Specified Characteristics, Using Standard
Gas-analysis Procedures And Equipment. May Introduce Inert Gas
Into Converters To Remove Explosive Vapors Or Purge Catalyst.
May Replace Catalyst Or Tend Equipment That Regenerates Catalyst
For Reuse. May Set Semiautomatic Control System That Places
Equipment Units In Operating Equilibrium, To Attain Specified
Products And Transfer Them For Further Processing. May Be
Designated According To Materials Produced As
Acetaldehyde-converter Operator (chemical); Butadiene-converter
Operator (chemical); Ethylbenzene-converter Operator (chemical);
Ethylene-plant Operator (chemical); Or According To Chemical
Reaction Effected As Dehydrogenation-converter Operator
(chemical); Ethylbenzene Hydrogenator (chemical); Ethylbenzene
Oxidizer (chemical).
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