Classification note
- Published code: 313
- Hierarchy level: minor-group
- This page uses ISCO-08 as the English occupation reference layer while Thai TSCO label harmonization remains incomplete.
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Occupation hierarchy
- Major Group: 3 Technicians and Associate Professionals
- Sub Major Group: 31 Science and Engineering Associate Professionals
- Minor Group: 313 Process Control Technicians
Child groups
- 3131 - Power Production Plant Operators
- 3132 - Incinerator and Water Treatment Plant Operators
- 3133 - Chemical Processing Plant Controllers
- 3134 - Petroleum and Natural Gas Refining Plant Operators
- 3135 - Metal Production Process Controllers
- 3139 - Process Control Technicians Not Elsewhere Classified
TSIC codes where this occupation is primary
- No primary TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
TSIC codes where this occupation is related
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Definition
Process control technicians operate and monitor switchboards, computerized control systems, multi-function process control machinery and maintain processing units in electrical power generation and distribution, wastewater, sewage treatment and waste disposal plants, chemical, petroleum and natural gas refineries, in metal processing and other multiple process operations.
Tasks include
Tasks performed usually include: operating electronic or computerized control panel from a central control room to monitor and optimize processes; controlling process start-up and shut-down; operating and monitoring switchboards and related equipment; monitoring and inspecting equipment and systems to detect malfunctions; taking readings from charts, meters and gauges at established intervals; troubleshooting and take corrective action as necessary; maintaining records, logs and reports; communicating with other personnel to assess equipment operating status; cleaning and maintaining equipment; supervising plant and machine operators, assemblers and other workers.
Included occupations or child groups
Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups: 3131 Power production plant operators 3132 Incinerator and water treatment plant operators 3133 Chemical processing plant controllers 3134 Petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators 3135 Metal production process controllers 3139 Process control technicians not elsewhere classified
Notes
In some jobs, the work of process control technicians may be combined with supervision of staff in other occupations, such as plant and machine operators and assemblers. These jobs should be classified in Minor Group 313: Process Control Technicians, unless supervision of other workers is the clearly predominant element of the work and the process control activities are relatively simple. For example, a chemical processing plant controller who operates and monitors chemical processing units and equipment from a central control room, and also supervises the activities of chemical products plant and machine operators, should be classified in Unit Group 3133: Chemical Processing Plant Controllers. A supervisor of assemblers, however, who is also responsible for start up and shut down of a partially automated assembly line is classified in Unit Group 3122: Manufacturing Supervisors. Operators of single process plant and machines, or of machinery that does not involve automated control of multiple processes, are not included in Minor Group 313: Process Control Technicians. Such occupations are mainly classified in Major Group 8: Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers. All mining plant operators are classified in Unit Group 8111, Miners and Quarriers.