Also called: Central Control Room Operator, Mill Operator (Cement)
Runs a cement plant's crushers, raw mills, finish mills and conveyors from a central control room.
You watch screens tracking rock coming from the quarry, mills grinding it to powder, and silos filling with finished cement. You start and stop equipment, balance the flows, and call maintenance when a motor overheats. Then you load bulk trucks heading to construction sites.
Estimated.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school plus several years of plant experience.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Steady with construction.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI and expert systems already run much of cement plant control; control rooms are consolidating.
Classes: Chemistry, Algebra II, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-9021.
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