Nitrator Operator Stationary Plant & Machine Operators

Behaviour of explosives, pyrotechnics and blasting techniques. Associated risks and legal requirements.

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Monitor activities and perform tasks ensuring compliance with standards involving environmental protection and sustainability, and amend activities in the case of changes in environmental legislation. Ensure that the processes are …

Implement safety programmes to comply with national laws and legislation. Ensure that equipment and processes are compliant with safety regulations.

Optimise and maintain the parameters of the production process such as flow, temperature or pressure.

Transfer the chemical mixture from the mixing tank to the storage tank by turning on the valves.

Write reports on the manufactured batches history taking into account the raw data, tests performed and compliance to GMP of each batch of product.

Feed the nitrator with mixed acids or toluene compounds making sure the types and quantities are as according to specifications.

Operate equipment used for mixing of chemical ingredients having as their end product explosives such as TNT, tetryl or nitroglycerin.

Regulate the reaction by adjusting the steam and coolant valves so that the reaction is within the specified limits for explosion prevention.

Tend agitation machine ensuring that there is a uniform agitation of the batch.

The regulations and procedures surrounding the safekeeping of materials and substances which pose health and safety risks.

Mathematics is the study of topics such as quantity, structure, space, and change. It involves the identification of patterns and formulating new conjectures based on them. Mathematicians strive to prove …

Theoretical and practical applications of the science studying the action of displacements and forces on physical bodies to the development of machinery and mechanical devices.

Assist engineers or scientists with conducting experiments, performing analysis, developing new products or processes, constructing theory, and quality control.

Analyse the principles that need to be considered for engineering designs and projects such as functionality, replicability, costs and other principles.

Manage the chemical in-process inspection, making sure the inspection results are documented, the inspection procedures are well written and the checklists are updated.

Test the supplied materials prior to their release into processing, ensuring the results are complying with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) and to the suppliers` COA (Certificate of Analysis).