| Job Title |
Still Operator, Batch Or Continuous |
| Job Description |
Controls Batch Stills Or Continuous Stills And Auxiliary
Equipment From Instrumented Control Board Or Other Control
Station To Separate And Condense Liquids Having Close
Volatilization Points, Maintaining Process Control According To
Instrument Readings, Test Results, And Knowledge Of Equipment
And Procedure: Reads Charge Sheet To Determine Types And
Quantities Of Materials To Be Distilled, Specified Sequence Of
Operations, And Control Settings For Attainment Of Prescribed
Fractionation. Starts Pumps And Turns Valves To Admit Volatile
Liquids Into Still. Observes Pressure And Temperature Gauges And
Moves Controls To Specified Settings To Attain Volatilization
Rate Consistent With Efficient And Safe Operation, According To
Knowledge Of Process And Equipment. Moves Controls To Maintain
Specified Operating Equilibrium In Condensers And Still
Auxiliaries, And To Set Reflux Rate For Recycling Maximum
Portion Of Distillate Through Equipment Consistent With
Efficient Operation. Draws Sample Of Product For Laboratory
Analysis, Or Performs Standard Refractometric, Boiling-range,
Colorimetric, Titration, Or Specific Quantity Analyses To
Determine Effectiveness Of Distillation. Turns Valves And Starts
Pumps To Route Distilled Fractions To Receiving Tanks According
To Correlation Of Data From Laboratory Tests Or Observation Of
Product Color. Records Data Computed From Instrument Readings
And Test Results, Such As Weight Of Product And Yield. May
Direct Activities Of Other Workers Who Assist In Operation Of
Stills And Auxiliary Equipment. May Be Designated According To
Distilled Product As Alcohol-still Operator (chemical). May Be
Designated According To Type Of Still Operated As Batch-still
Operator (chemical) Ii; Continuous-still Operator (chemical).
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