skillfactor-pipeline/skills/chemical-application-specialist/references/tasks.md

Tasks & work activities — chemical application specialist

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.