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MINOR GROUP 815: CHEMICAL-PROCESSING-PLANT OPERATORS
 


    Chemical-processing-plant operators operate and monitor machinery and equipment which process chemicals and related materials to obtain products with desirable properties.

    Tasks performed usually include: operating and monitoring machinery and equipment for processing chemicals by crushing, heating, mixing, distilling or filtering to obtain products with desirable properties, or plant for treating petroleum and petroleum-based products. Supervision of other workers may be included.

    Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:

    MINOR GROUP 815: CHEMICAL-PROCESSING-PLANT OPERATORS Chemical-processing-plant operators operate and monitor machinery and equipment which process chemicals and related materials to obtain products with desirable properties.

    Tasks performed usually include: operating and monitoring machinery and equipment for processing chemicals by crushing, heating, mixing, distilling or filtering to obtain products with desirable properties, or plant for treating petroleum and petroleum-based products. Supervision of other workers may be included.

    Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:

    8151 Crushing-, grinding- and chemical-mixing-machinery operators

    8152 Chemical-heat-treating-plant operators

    8153 Chemical-filtering- and separating-equipment operators

    8154 Chemical-still and reactor operators (except petroleum and natural gas)

    8155 Petroleum- and natural-gas-refining-plant operators

    8159 Chemical-processing-plant operators not elsewhere classified

    Note

    Occupations are classified into Major group 7, Craft and related trades workers if the tasks are carried out by hand and by hand-powered and other tools and call for an understanding of the work organisation, the materials and tools used, and the nature and purpose of the final product.

    Occupations are classified into Major group 9, Elementary occupations if the tasks are of a simple and routine nature, mainly entail the use of hand-held tools, some physical effort, little or no previous experience and understanding of the work, and limited initiative or judgement. 8151 Crushing-, grinding- and chemical-mixing-machinery operators

    8152 Chemical-heat-treating-plant operators

    8153 Chemical-filtering- and separating-equipment operators

    8154 Chemical-still and reactor operators (except petroleum and natural gas)

    8155 Petroleum- and natural-gas-refining-plant operators

    8159 Chemical-processing-plant operators not elsewhere classified

    Note

    Occupations are classified into Major group 7, Craft and related trades workers if the tasks are carried out by hand and by hand-powered and other tools and call for an understanding of the work organisation, the materials and tools used, and the nature and purpose of the final product.

    Occupations are classified into Major group 9, Elementary occupations if the tasks are of a simple and routine nature, mainly entail the use of hand-held tools, some physical effort, little or no previous experience and understanding of the work, and limited initiative or judgement.

   
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 Updated 19 September 2004, by VA.