Occupational Employment Statistics
51-8099 Plant and System Operators, All Other
All plant and system operators not listed separately.
Minnesota
| 220 | 31 | $40.44/hr | $33.14/hr | $35.61/hr | $40.59/hr | $45.52/hr | $50.80/hr |
Natural Resources and Mining | 50 | $41.73/hr |
Construction | 10 | $33.97/hr |
Manufacturing | 70 | $35.61/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 50 | $45.52/hr |
Education and Health Services | N/A | N/A |
Public Administration | 30 | $39.42/hr |
- Clean biofuels processing work area, ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
- Monitor stored biofuels products or secondary by-products until reused or transferred to users.
- Operate valves, pumps, engines, or generators to control and adjust biofuels production.
- Inspect biofuels plant or processing equipment regularly, recording or reporting damage and mechanical problems.
- Collect biofuels samples and perform routine laboratory tests or analyses to assess biofuels quality.
- Monitor batch, continuous flow, or hybrid biofuels production processes.
- Preprocess feedstock in preparation for physical, chemical, or biological fuel production processes.
- Operate chemical processing equipment for the production of biofuels.
- Monitor and record biofuels processing data.
- Monitor and record flow meter performance.