Job Description:

• 1) Controls equipment in which chemicals or other materials are chlorinated by reaction with chlorine gas: Pumps specified amounts of chemicals to chlorinator.

• 2) Reads flowmeter and opens valves to regulate flow of chlorine and rate of chlorination reaction.

• 3) Reads temperature gauges and turns steam and coolant valves to maintain reaction within specified temperature range.

• 4) Tests sample of product for specific gravity and for boiling or freezing point, using hydrometer and thermometer.

• 5) Observes color of product to determine when chlorination is completed.

• 6) Records operating data, such as temperature and pressure in chlorinator and related equipment.

• 7) May operate auxiliary units, such as vaporizer, filters, stills, and stripping columns.

• 8) May be designated according to product formed as Bleach Chlorinator; Sulfur-Chloride Operator.