Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
ProductionAI Impact Assessment
This job is relatively safe from AI automation and may even benefit from AI tools.
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders with an AI automation risk score of 10%. Analysis includes 23 core tasks.
Why This Score?
- Work environment requires human interaction and presence
Responsibilities and Abilities
Key Responsibilities
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
- Getting Information
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
- Controlling Machines and Processes
Required Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
- Control Precision
- Near Vision
Key Tasks
Observe and compare colors and consistencies of products to instrument readings and to laboratory and standard test results.
Test product samples for specific gravity, chemical characteristics, pH levels, concentrations, or viscosities, or send them to laboratories for testing.
Make minor repairs, lubricate, and maintain equipment, using hand tools.
Flush or clean equipment, using steam hoses or mechanical reamers.
Adjust controls to regulate temperature, pressure, feed, or flow of liquids or gases and times of prescribed reactions, according to knowledge of equipment and processes.
Drain equipment, and pump water or other solutions through to flush and clean tanks or equipment.
Observe safety precautions to prevent fires or explosions.
Record operational data, such as temperatures, pressures, ingredients used, processing times, or test results.
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Data Sources
Analysis based on O*NET data