Job Description:

• 1) Controls processing equipment to separate recoverable oil from refinery sewage system: Starts pumps, observes flowmeters and pressure meters, and turns valves to regulate directional flow of oil, water, solids, chemicals, and air, according to operating procedures.

• 2) Turns handwheels to control skimming devices that collect sprung oil from reservoirs of separation units.

• 3) Opens valves on steam heat-exchanger to raise temperature of skimmed oil to treating temperature.

• 4) Mixes and blends caustic cleansing and demulsifying chemicals into oil to remove impurities and water.

• 5) Turns valves to pump reclaimed oil to storage tanks, solids to disposal unit, and water to oxidation ponds or to separator unit for recycling.

• 6) Records amount of oil reclaimed, amount of water or impurities removed, and specified data concerning operating condition of processing equipment.