| Job Title |
Kettle Operator I |
| Job Description |
Controls Heated Reaction Kettles To Process Liquid And Solid
Materials Into Specified Chemical Products: Turns Valves Or
Starts Automatic Metering Pumps That Admit Specified Quantity Of
Liquid Materials Into Kettle. Weighs And Dumps Or Scoops
Prescribed Solid, Granular, Or Powdered Ingredients Into Kettle,
According To Production Sheet. Starts Agitator To Mix Materials
For Specified Time Or Stirs Mixture With Paddle. Observes Gauges
And Recording Instruments, And Adjusts Valves And Controls To
Maintain Temperature, Vacuum Pressure, And Speed Of Reaction In
Kettle Within Prescribed Limits. Draws Sample Of Product For
Laboratory Analysis. May Test Product For Specified
Characteristics, Such As Acidity And Composition, Using Standard
Litmus Paper Test And Ph Meter. May Observe Reaction Through
Porthole In Equipment And Adjust Controls To Regulate Speed Or
Degree Of Reaction, According To Knowledge Of Process. May Tend
Auxiliary Equipment, Such As Quench Tanks And Filter Presses, To
Process Resulting Product Or Ingredients Used To Sustain
Reaction. May Be Designated By Degree Of Pressure Maintained In
Kettle As High-pressure-kettle Operator (chemical);
Low-pressure-kettle Operator (chemical).
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