Becoming a Chemical Plant Operator in Queensland

About this role

Chemical Plant Operators control the operation of chemical production plant.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for a Chemical Plant Operator include:

• controls equipment that performs continuous and batch processes to process chemicals
• controls the preparation, measuring and feeding of raw material and processing agents such as catalysts and filtering media into plant
• patrols and inspects equipment to ensure proper operation and sets operating controls on equipment
• analyses samples and readings and records test data
• controls records of production, quantities transferred and details of blending and pumping operations
• checks equipment for malfunctions and arranges maintenance.