Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for work.
- Start up furnace.
- Monitor and control the reaction process.
- Complete routine checks, logs and paperwork
- Recognise the signs of potential and actual problems
- Take action to minimise the impact on safety, health, the environment and the business of potential and actual problems
- Monitor condition of catalyst (if any) and take action to maintain production schedule and quality
- Monitor availability of feeds and take action to maintain production schedule and quality
- Remove product as appropriate
- Trim plant to achieve required rates and quality while maximising plant efficiency.
- Change production rates and/or product specification.
- Maintain plant effectiveness.
- Frequently and critically monitor all plant throughout shift
- Use measured/indicated data and smell, sight, sound and feel as appropriate to monitor plant
- Identify critical equipment/processes and tune their performance
- Identify issues likely to impact on plant performance and take appropriate action
- Predict impact of a change in one unit/area on other plant units/areas and communicate this to relevant people
- Test trips and alarms
- Complete minor maintenance according to procedures.
- Shut down furnace.
- Determine type of shut down required
- Give advance warning of shut down where possible
- Change over individual items of equipment
- Shut down individual items of equipment and the entire furnace system
- Shut down to a stand-by condition if required
- Shut down in an emergency when required
- Prepare plant for maintenance/vessel entry as required
- Receive plant back from maintenance
- Reset trips and alarms after a shut down
- Prepare plant for the introduction of hydrocarbons and operation
- Leave plant in a condition ready to restart.