# Tasks & work activities — chemical tester

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 17-2041.00 (Chemical Engineers) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 2113; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.

## Task statements

- **[Core]** Troubleshoot problems with chemical manufacturing processes.
- **[Core]** Evaluate chemical equipment and processes to identify ways to optimize performance or to ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
- **[Core]** Perform tests and monitor performance of processes throughout stages of production to determine degree of control over variables such as temperature, density, specific gravity, and pressure.
- **[Core]** Monitor and analyze data from processes and experiments.
- **[Core]** Develop computer models of chemical processes.
- **[Core]** Develop safety procedures to be employed by workers operating equipment or working in close proximity to ongoing chemical reactions.
- **[Core]** Determine most effective arrangement of operations such as mixing, crushing, heat transfer, distillation, and drying.
- **[Core]** Prepare estimate of production costs and production progress reports for management.
- **[Core]** Direct activities of workers who operate or are engaged in constructing and improving absorption, evaporation, or electromagnetic equipment.
- **[Core]** Perform laboratory studies of steps in manufacture of new products and test proposed processes in small-scale operation, such as a pilot plant.
- **[Core]** Develop processes to separate components of liquids or gases or generate electrical currents, using controlled chemical processes.
- **[Core]** Conduct research to develop new and improved chemical manufacturing processes.
- **[Core]** Design measurement and control systems for chemical plants based on data collected in laboratory experiments and in pilot plant operations.
- **[Core]** Design and plan layout of equipment.

## Detailed work activities

- Conduct validation tests of equipment or processes.
- Design computer modeling or simulation programs.
- Design control systems for mechanical or other equipment.
- Design industrial processing systems.
- Determine causes of operational problems or failures.
- Determine operational methods.
- Develop safety standards, policies, or procedures.
- Develop technical methods or processes.
- Direct industrial production activities.
- Estimate operational costs.
- Evaluate characteristics of equipment or systems.
- Monitor the productivity or efficiency of industrial operations.
- Prepare operational reports.
- Research engineering aspects of biological or chemical processes.
- Research industrial processes or operations.