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Overview
Air separation plant operators run and maintain extraction equipment, check process parameters and test gas purity before product moves to tanks or cylinders.
In job descriptions, look for nitrogen, oxygen, pressure, flow, temperature, gas purity tests, storage tanks, filling cylinders, residual gases, equipment cleaning and production deadlines.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Air separation plant operators work in process-control settings where pressure, flow, temperature and gas purity are checked continuously. The product may move to storage tanks or cylinder filling after tests.
Skills and specialization
Useful depth includes gas extraction equipment, oxygen and nitrogen handling, purity testing, process parameters, equipment maintenance, residual gases, cleaning routines and communicating test results.
Salary context
Pay should be read through plant complexity, shift responsibility, purity-test responsibility, safety exposure, production deadlines, maintenance tasks and how independently the operator adjusts process settings.
Career paths
Experience can grow from chemical process operation, gas production or plant maintenance toward control-room responsibility, senior process operation, maintenance coordination or production supervision.
Good to know
Check whether the advert names oxygen, nitrogen, pressure, flow, temperature, purity tests, tank transfer, cylinder filling, hot nitrogen, residual gases and equipment cleaning.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or occupation-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Manufacture of industrial gases
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include gas station operator and gas processing plant control room operator.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Chemical Plant and System Operators
51-8091.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
74.99All other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.20.11Manufacture of industrial gases20.15Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds
Alternative labels
Occupation group
chemical processing plant controller (3133.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/235ce16a-1ef7-4535-a82e-e371213c392b |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3133.1.1 |
| ISCO group | 3133 |
| Concept type | Occupation |