Assessor Resource
PMAOPS302B
Operate reactors and reaction equipment
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
The plant technician would:
identify and rectify operational problems
run all aspects of the reactor operation, including start-up and shut down
monitor and manage the supply of raw materials and output of product
adjust product properties to meet specifications.
Generally the plant technician would operate independently in a plant with local control or in liaison with the control room operator in a plant with centralised/distributed control system (DCS) type controls. The plant technician would be expected to be capable of performing all parts of this unit. At all times they would be liaising and cooperating with other members of the team.
This unit does not require the operation of a central control panel.
Typically an operations technician would be looking after the operation of a production unit which, as its prime function, causes and controls a chemical reaction. It includes the operation of equipment ancillary to the main reactor. The reactor or reaction equipment includes types of reactors such as:
batch
continuous
catalytic
fluidised bed.
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