A professional who operates control panel to regulate temperature, pressure, rate of flow, and tank level in petroleum refining, processing, and treating units and petro-chemical units, according to process schedules. Respnsibilities include:

• Observes instruments and meters to verify specified conditions and records readings.
• Moves and adjusts dials, switches, valves, and levers on control panel to regulate and coordinate process variables, such as flows, temperatures, pressures, vacuum, time, catalyst, and chemicals as specified.
• Reports malfunctioning equipment to refinery operator.
• Records results of laboratory analyses.
• May test products for chemical characteristics and color, or send them to laboratory for analysis.
• May change recording charts and ink pens.
• May operate auxiliary equipment to assist in distilling or treating operations.
• May lubricate equipment.
• May be designated according to type of unit or process as Control-Panel Operator, Cracking Unit; Control-Panel Operator, Crude Unit; Control-Panel Operator, Polymerization Unit; Control Panel Operator, Solvent-Treating Unit.