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Calculate, measure, load, mix, and process refined feedstock with additives in fermentation or reaction process vessels and monitor production process. Perform, and keep records of, plant maintenance, repairs, and safety inspections.

Currently Employed: 270

Projected Annual Job Openings: 30

Typical Hourly Wage: $29.89 - $36.72

Typical Annual Salary: $62,200 - $76,400

• Monitor batch, continuous flow, or hybrid biofuels production processes.
• Operate valves, pumps, engines, or generators to control and adjust biofuels production.
• Monitor and record biofuels processing data.
• Collect biofuels samples and perform routine laboratory tests or analyses to assess biofuels quality.
• Operate equipment, such as a centrifuge, to extract biofuels products and secondary by-products or reusable fractions.
• Process refined feedstock with additives in fermentation or reaction process vessels.
• Operate chemical processing equipment for the production of biofuels.
• Monitor and record flow meter performance.
• Inspect biofuels plant or processing equipment regularly, recording or reporting damage and mechanical problems.
• Measure and monitor raw biofuels feedstock.

• Air samplers or collectors
• Control valves
• Distillation pipings or columns or fittings
• Screwdrivers
• Titration equipment

• Facilities management software
• Industrial control software
• Inventory management software
• Spreadsheet software
• Word processing software