该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

• 从中央控制室操作电子或计算机控制面板，以监控和优化多个处理单元的物理和化学过程
• 控制过程的启动、关闭和故障排除
• 监控外部工艺设备
• 调整设备、阀门、泵和控制装置以及工艺设备
• 授权或共同签署维护工作单
• 关闭、隔离和准备工艺单元或生产设备以进行维护
• 对产品打样，进行测试，记录数据，对过程操作进行统计过程控制，写入生产日志
• 制定机组正常运行、启动或关闭的操作规程
• 参与安全审计和计划，并在需要时提供紧急响应
• 确保遵守安全和环境法规
• 可能在轮班周期内在不同的处理单元之间轮换
• 可以在具有共同监督责任的团队中工作，并参与培训其他工人
• 可能在熟练的行业中接受交叉培训，并在轮班周期内从事该行业的工作。

• 必须完成中学学业。通常指定数学、化学和物理科目。
• 某些职位可能需要过程操作、科学或相关学科的大学文凭。
• 石油和化工过程操作员和过程技术人员需要完成几年的正式公司培训。
• 首席操作员需要在中央控制室控制的所有操作单元中担任石油或化工过程操作员的经验。
• 可能需要公司认证为石油加工操作员或技术员。
• 当过程中包含某些种类的设备时，可能需要省级电力工程师执照、压缩机操作员或制冷证书。
• 可能需要危险品运输 (TDG)、急救、消防或工作场所危险材料信息系统 (WHMIS) 方面的认证。

• 可以调动到其他石油或化学加工厂，但可能会受到企业内部培训和提拔工人的惯常做法的限制。
• 本单元组中可能涉及接触有毒、易燃或易爆化学品危险的职业可能需要个人防护装备。
• 随着经验的积累，可能晋升到监督或管理职位。
• 公司内部的职位之间存在相当大的流动性，通常作为正式发展或培训计划的一部分。

• 化工厂机器操作员（94110）
• 主管，石油、天然气和化学加工和公用事业（92011）

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Operate electronic or computerized control panel from a central control room to monitor and optimize physical and chemical processes for several processing units
• Control process start-up, shut-down and troubleshooting
• Monitor outside process equipment
• Adjust equipment, valves, pumps and controls and process equipment
• Authorize or co-sign maintenance work orders
• Shut down, isolate and prepare process units or production equipment for maintenance
• Sample products, perform tests, record data, carry out statistical process control on process operations, and write production logs
• Develop operating procedures for normal operation, start-up or shut-down of unit
• Participate in safety audits and programs and provide emergency response when required
• Ensure adherence to safety and environmental regulations
• May rotate between different processing units during shift cycles
• May work in a team with shared supervisory responsibilities and participate in training other workers
• May be cross-trained in a skilled trade and work in the trade during shift cycles.

• Completion of secondary school is required. Mathematics, chemistry and physics subjects are often specified.
• A college diploma in process operation, sciences or a related subject may be required for some positions.
• Petroleum and chemical process operators and process technicians require completion of several years of formal company training.
• Experience as a petroleum or chemical process operator in all the operating units controlled by the central control room is required for chief operators.
• Company certification as a petroleum process operator or technician may be required.
• A provincial power engineer licence, compressor operator or refrigeration certificate may be required when certain kinds of equipment are included in the process.
• Certification in the transportation of dangerous goods (TDG), first aid, firefighting, or workplace hazardous materials information system (WHMIS) may be required.

• Mobility to other petroleum or chemical processing plants is possible, but may be limited by the usual practice of training and promoting workers from within the establishment.
• Personal protective equipment may be required for occupations in this unit group that may involve exposure to hazards of toxic, flammable or explosive chemicals.
• Progression to supervisory or managerial positions is possible with experience.
• There is considerable mobility among jobs within a company, often as part of a formal development or training program.

• Chemical plant machine operators (94110)
• Supervisors, petroleum, gas and chemical processing and utilities (92011)