Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 1991

J - Occupations Unique to Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities

Occupations in this broad occupational category are primarily concerned with supervisory and production work in manufacturing, processing and utilities.

J1 - Machine Operators in Manufacturing

Occupations in this major group are primarily concerned with operating machines to process metals, petroleum, chemicals, rubber and plastics, food and beverages, forest products and textiles.

J11 - Central Control and Process Operators in Manufacturing and Processing

Occupations in this minor group are primarily concerned with process operations in metals, petroleum, chemicals, and pulp and paper.

J111 - Central Control and Process Operators, Mineral and Metal Processing

Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with operating and monitoring multifunction machinery in mineral and metal processing usually by working at automated or computerized panelboards in a central control room. Operators in this unit group operate or control processes such as cement processing; mineral ore crushing, grinding, separating and refining; and metal heating, casting and rolling.

• Example Titles

  • Blast-furnace operator, central control
  • Caster, metal processing
  • Central control operator, cement
  • Clay products kiln operator
  • Cold-mill operator, central control
  • Console operator, cement
  • Continuous casting controlman / woman
  • Continuous-casting-machine operator
  • Control room operator, mineral and metal processing
  • Crusher control room operator, primary steel
  • First furnaceman / woman, central control
  • Furnace operator, primary metal, central control
  • Grinder-mill operator, primary metal
  • Head charger, primary metal
  • Hot roller, primary metal
  • Hot-mill roller, primary metal
  • Hot-steel roller
  • Kiln process control operator, mineral and metal processin
  • Lead-furnace operator, primary metal, central control
  • Mill-control operator, primary metal
  • Open-hearth-furnace operator, primary metal, central contr
  • Panelboard operator, mineral and metal processing
  • Pig-furnace operator, primary metal, central control
  • Pulpit man, iron and steel
  • Pulpit operator, primary metal
  • Reduction-furnace operator, metal smelting, central contro
  • Retort-furnace operator, primary metal, central control
  • Roaster operator, mineral and metal processing
  • Roller, billet mill
  • Roller, blooming mill
  • Rolling mill operator
  • Rotary-furnace operator, primary metal, central control
  • Slabbing-mill roller
  • Soaking pit operator, mineral and metal processing
  • Strand operator, mineral and metal processing
  • Tilting-furnace operator, primary metal, central control

• Exclusion

  • Occupations concerned with supervising mineral and metal processing workers (See J011 Supervisors, Mineral and Metal Processing)
  • Operators of single function machinery in mineral and metal processing (See J121 Machine Operators, Mineral and Metal Processing)

J112 - Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Process Operators

Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with monitoring and operating petroleum, gas, petrochemical, industrial and agricultural chemical, explosive and pharmaceutical plants.

• Example Titles

  • Acid plant operator, petroleum and chemical processing
  • Boardman / woman, petroleum and chemical processing
  • Cell room operator, chlor-alkali plant, petroleum and chem
  • Chief operator, chemical processing
  • Distiller, chemical and chemical products
  • Distiller, turpentine and rosin manufacturing
  • Distiller, wood distillation and charcoal
  • Explosives process operator
  • Fractionator operator, petroleum and chemical processing
  • Gas field operator
  • Gas plant operator, petroleum and chemical processing
  • Gas recovery operator, petroleum and chemical processing
  • Gas well operator
  • Lead operator, petroleum and chemical processing
  • Liquifaction plant operator, petroleum and chemical proces
  • Master operator, petroleum and chemical processing
  • Oil field battery operator
  • Panel operator, pipeline compressor station
  • Petroleum process operator, petroleum and chemical process
  • Pharmaceutical operator, chemical and chemical products
  • Pharmaceutical process operator
  • Polymerization-kettle operator, chemical and chemical prod
  • Process technician, chemical products
  • Processing operator, chemical and chemical products, centr
  • Processing operator, pharmaceutical, central control
  • Refinery operator, petroleum and chemical processing
  • Senior operator, explosives, central control
  • Senior operator, petroleum and chemical processing
  • Still operator, chemical and chemical products

• Exclusion

  • Operators of mixing, blending and other single function processing machines (See J131 Chemical Plant Machine Operators)
  • Supervisors of petroleum, gas and chemincal process operators (See J012 Supervisors, Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Processing and Utilities)

J113 - Pulping Control Operators

Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with operating and monitoring multi-function process control machinery and equipment to control the processing of wood, scrap paper and other cellulose materials in the production of pulp.

• Example Titles

  • Beater engineer, pulp mills
  • Bleach plant operator, pulp mills
  • Cook, pulp mills
  • Digester cook, pulp mills
  • Digester operator, pulp mills
  • Pulping control operator
  • Pulping group operator, pulp mills
  • Soda cooker, pulp mills
  • Sulphate cooker, pulp mills
  • Sulphite cooker, pulp mills
  • Thermo mechanical pulp operator, pulp mills

• Exclusion

  • Operators of single function processing machinery used to make pulp (See J142 Pulp Mill Machine Operators)
  • Supervisors of pulping control operators (See J015 Supervisors, Forest Products Processing)

J114 - Papermaking and Coating Control Operators

Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with operating and monitoring multi-function process control machinery and equipment in the papermaking process.

• Example Titles

  • Back tender, paper making
  • Coating machine operator, paper making
  • Fourdrinier machine tender, paper making
  • Fourdrinier operator, paper making
  • Panelboard operator, paper making
  • Paper machine operator, paper making

• Exclusion

  • Operators of single function machines to make, coat and finish paper (See J143 Papermaking and Finishing Machine Operators)
  • Supervisors of papermaking machine operators (See J015 Supervisors, Forest Products Processing)