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Coking furnace operator
Coke oven operator Coke quencher operator Coker Coking furnace operator Coking furnace technician Coking oven operator Industrial coke oven worker
Coking furnace operators monitor the operation of a usually automatic industrial oven that takes in crushed, washed, and blended bituminous coal and heats it to temperatures between 1000 and 2000 °c without the presence of oxygen in order to obtain cokes. The finished cokes are then quenched with water or air and prepared for transport.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Setting up, starting, controlling, adjusting and stopping machines and plant;
(b) Monitoring reaction processes and transfers of products in conformity with safety procedures;
(c) Monitoring meters, gauges and electronic instrumentation on one or more chemical or formulation units, such as mixers, kettles, blenders, dryers, tabletting, encapsulation, granulation and coating machines;
(d) Measuring, weighing and loading chemical ingredients following formulation cards;
(e) Making samples and performing routine chemical and physical tests of products and recording production data;
(f) Cleaning and performing minor repairs to machines and plant.
Knowledge
- Chemistry
- Electronics and automation
- Mining and extraction
Digital competencies
- Operating kilns, furnaces and drying equipment
- Complying with health and safety procedures
- Maintaining operational records
- Repairing and installing mechanical equipment
- Reporting incidents and defects
Digital competencies
No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.
Personal competencies
- Working efficiently
Professional groups of the occupation
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers
Stationary plant and machine operators
Chemical and photographic products plant and machine operators
Chemical products plant and machine operators
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Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Chemical products plant and machine operators
421
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
6,78%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
37,29% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
38,82%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
5,02%
Part-time contracts
1,20% Turnover index
143
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
-2%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Stationary plant and machine operators
68%
32%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Stationary plant and machine operators
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Chemical and photographic products plant and machine operators
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Chemical products plant and machine operators
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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Job vacancies posted by county
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