A professional who tends equipment that separates hydrocarbons from coal tar derivatives. Respnsibilities include:

• Opens valves and starts pump to transfer slurry of hydrocarbons into tank containing organic solvent.
• Adjusts steam valves to heat solution to specified temperature.
• Opens water valves to cool solution and promote crystallization of hydrocarbon.
• Pumps solvent into reclaim tanks, and pumps slurry or hydrocarbon crystals to centrifugal drier.
• Starts centrifugal drier to remove remaining solvent from hydrocarbon crystals.
• Discharges hydrocarbon into loading hopper.
• Records production data in log.
• May be designated according to specific hydrocarbon processed as Anthracene Operator.
• May tend equipment that clarifies creosol derived from coal tar and be designated Clarification Operator.