- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who operates filter presses to separate oil of paraffin distillate from paraffin wax. Respnsibilities include:
* Installs filter plates, using handtools, and turns handwheel to adjust hydraulic ram pressure.
* Turns valve to regulate flow of chilled distillate into filter plates.
* Starts machine to activate hydraulic rams that squeeze oil from distillate as wax solidifies.
* Observes oil pressed from filter plates, and adjusts ram pressure to extract maximum amount of oil from wax.
* Scrapes accumulated wax from filter plates into spiral conveyor that carries it to melting pan.
* Turns valve to regulate flow of steam into melting pan to heat wax.
* Starts pump to return salvaged distillate from tank to filter press for reprocessing.
* May be designated according to phase of processing as Leak Operator, Paraffin Plant; Press Operator, Paraffin Plant.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates filter presses to separate oil of paraffin distillate from paraffin wax. Respnsibilities include:
* Installs filter plates, using handtools, and turns handwheel to adjust hydraulic ram pressure.
* Turns valve to regulate flow of chilled distillate into filter plates.
* Starts machine to activate hydraulic rams that squeeze oil from distillate as wax solidifies.
* Observes oil pressed from filter plates, and adjusts ram pressure to extract maximum amount of oil from wax.
* Scrapes accumulated wax from filter plates into spiral conveyor that carries it to melting pan.
* Turns valve to regulate flow of steam into melting pan to heat wax.
* Starts pump to return salvaged distillate from tank to filter press for reprocessing.
* May be designated according to phase of processing as Leak Operator, Paraffin Plant; Press Operator, Paraffin Plant.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends gravity device that separates coal from refuse. Respnsibilities include:
* Tests solution in tank for specific gravity, adds pulverized magnetite, and starts oscillating rake to maintain constant density.
* Opens chute gate to admit coal mixture to tank.
* Observes coal as it floats over weir onto conveyor.
* Opens gate to draw off refuse that was raked into discharge chute.
* Recovers magnetite, drawn off with coal and refuse, from filtering device, using shovel and wheelbarrow.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends centrifuge machine to separate lead compound, used in treating gasoline, from treating solution. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts pumps to force treating solution into cylinder of centrifuge.
* Starts machine and allows cylinder to revolve until cake of lead compound has separated from solution.
* Stops machine, if batch-type centrifuge is used, and scrapes cake from cylinder into barrel, or if continuous-type centrifuge is used, starts steam pumps to force cake and liquid from cylinder into tanks as separation progresses.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of oil field workers operating equipment, such as compressors, boilers, pumps, and dehydration vessels, to remove sediment and water from crude oil, extract natural gas, and separate natural gasoline from gas by means of heat, pressure, and chemical action.
* Orders flow cycles, pressures, and temperatures of petroleum to be maintained according to process involved and properties of petroleum being processed.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operation of stills to distill crude oil, produce pitch, and to recover naphthalene-bearing oils and creosote oils.
* Trains workers in operation of equipment.
* Analyzes laboratory reports and test results of materials, and orders process changes as required.
* Performs duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in processing coke-oven gas to obtain byproducts. Respnsibilities include:
* Directs workers in separating ammonia and tar from gas, scrubbing gas to obtain light-oil, and recovering and refining benzol, toluol, and xylol from light-oil.
* Studies production reports and orders changes in temperature and circulation rates to produce product of specified quality.
* Trains new workers.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in carbonizing coal to obtain coke and byproducts.
* Assigns duties to workers according to production schedules.
* Examines machinery, equipment, and finished coke and directs changes in process to promote efficiency and produce product of specified quality.
* Trains new workers.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls ovens to carbonize coal according to coking schedules. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes flue caps, using hook, and determines temperature in flue and condition of nozzles by observing color of flame and using optical pyrometer.
* Determines type of gases in flue, using gas analyzer.
* Reads gauges and turns valves to regulate flow of fuel gas and air and maintain specified temperatures in flues.
* Observes gauges and adjusts weights on governor to maintain specified gas pressure in collecting main.
* Cleans plugged gas nozzles, using poker.
* Inspects airflow and gas-reversing mechanisms, and adjusts or repairs equipment, using handtools.
* Inspects finished coke visually or with pyrometers for temperature and quality, as it is pushed from oven, and adjusts temperature of oven accordingly.
* Prepares daily reports from gauges and pyrometer readings, noting changes in pressure or temperature.
* Repairs ovens, using handtools and spray gun.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists refinery operator in distillation and processing of crude and refined oil. Respnsibilities include:
* Patrols area and inspects equipment, such as furnaces, distilling units, lines, and pumps, to detect malfunctions and leakage.
* Reads flowmeters and temperature and pressure gauges, and records data.
* Adjusts control instruments and dampers on oil burners to maintain specified firing conditions.
* Reports operating condition of units to refinery operator.
* Turns valves and switches as directed to regulate temperature, pressure, and flow rate of product; to direct flow of product to other units; to maintain specified levels of oil in tanks and towers; and to start, stop, and regulate equipment, such as pumps, compressors, and blowers.
* Draws samples of product from tanks and towers for laboratory testing.
* Gauges product in tanks and operates pumps and agitators to mix product or load it into storage tanks.
* Lubricates, cleans, and repairs equipment.
* May change recording charts and ink pens.
* May be designated according to type of processing unit or department as Absorption-Plant-Operator Helper; Purification-Operator Helper; Refinery Operator Helper, Cracking Unit; Refinery Operator Helper, Crude Unit.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
