| Job Title |
Make-up Operator |
| Job Description |
Controls Equipment To Prepare Chemical Constituents Of
Synthetic Rubber For Synthesis By Other Workers, Following
Formulas And Maintaining Reactions Within Prescribed Limits:
Weighs Solid Materials According To Formula, Using Scale. Pumps
Liquid Chemicals To Metering Or Weigh Tanks. Observes
Thermometer And Recording Instruments, And Moves Heater Controls
To Attain Specified Temperature In System. Starts Agitator And
Opens Valves To Regulate Admission Of Chemical Agents Into
Mixing Tanks In Prescribed Sequence. Dumps Solid Materials Into
Tanks To Complete Reaction. Draws Samples Of Solution For
Laboratory Analysis And Titrates Sample To Determine
Concentration And Facilitate Control Of Materials Flow For
Attainment Of Product Meeting Plant Standard. Tends Auxiliary
Equipment, Such As Colloid Mills, Melt Tanks, Scrubbers, And
Homogenizers, To Prepare Or Further Process Emulsions And
Dispersions. Regulates Flow Of Rubber Constituents To Storage Or
Rubber-synthesis Areas, According To Schedule Or Indicated Plant
Needs. Maintains Records Of Materials And Supplies, Shift
Production, Process Times And Temperatures, And Gauge Readings
For Operating Log Or Inventory Records. May Receive And Store
Materials. May Tend Tank Farm Containing Liquid Chemicals
[tank-farm Attendant (chemical)]. May Clean, Inspect, And
Recharge Equipment With Materials, Such As Soda Ash Or Calcium
Chloride. May Be Designated According To Substance Prepared As
Emulsion Operator (chemical); Persulfate Make-up Operator
(chemical); Or Equipment Unit Operated As
Chlorobutadiene-scrubber Operator (chemical).
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