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JOB TITLE
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ACID PLANT HELPER
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JOB POSITION
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ACID-PLANT HELPER
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JOB INDUSTRIES
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CHEMICAL
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JOB DESCRIPTION (DUTIES, RESPONSABILITIES AND TASKS)
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- Opens valves to flush phosphorus pump and water-treating equipment with steam and regenerative chemicals. .
- Removes and replaces screens and filters, using wrenches.
- Turns valves to transfer acid to specified storage tanks and to start and stop water sprays in absorber, as directed, to control acid strength.
- Takes sample of cooling water for laboratory alkalinity test.
- Observes flow of cooling water over top and outer walls of furnace to ensure uniform distribution, and notifies operator of malfunction.
- Records or calls readings to operator.
- Patrols work area; observes water levels in scrubber, venturi-duct pan, and cooling-tower basin; and reads flowmeter and pressure gauges on phosphorus pump, fans, and blower to verify process conditions.
- Tends furnace, absorber, cooler, scrubber, and auxiliary equipment used in producing phosphoric acid by oxidation and hydration of elemental phosphorus.
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