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Market evidence report — chemical-processing-plant-controller
Source: 43 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: gb 28, us 15), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-10. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 32 | 74 % |
| n/a | 6 | 14 % |
| junior | 5 | 12 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 6 | 14 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Word | 5 | 12 % |
| 3 | forklift | 4 | 9 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Outlook | 3 | 7 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | process monitoring | 11 | 26 % |
| 2 | chemical process operation | 9 | 21 % |
| 3 | data recording | 9 | 21 % |
| 4 | equipment maintenance | 8 | 19 % |
| 5 | equipment operation | 8 | 19 % |
| 6 | troubleshooting | 8 | 19 % |
| 7 | chemical processing | 7 | 16 % |
| 8 | material handling | 7 | 16 % |
| 9 | forklift operation | 6 | 14 % |
| 10 | quality assurance | 6 | 14 % |
| 11 | quality control | 6 | 14 % |
| 12 | chemical handling | 4 | 9 % |
| 13 | chemical manufacturing | 4 | 9 % |
| 14 | process control | 4 | 9 % |
| 15 | reactor operation | 4 | 9 % |
| 16 | data logging | 3 | 7 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continuous improvement | 4 | 9 % |
| 2 | standard operating procedures | 3 | 7 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | equipment operation | 17 | 40 % |
| 2 | sample collection | 8 | 19 % |
| 3 | equipment maintenance | 6 | 14 % |
| 4 | safety compliance | 6 | 14 % |
| 5 | process monitoring | 5 | 12 % |
| 6 | data recording | 3 | 7 % |
| 7 | documentation completion | 3 | 7 % |
| 8 | equipment setup | 3 | 7 % |
| 9 | problem reporting | 3 | 7 % |
| 10 | raw material unloading | 3 | 7 % |
| 11 | sample submission | 3 | 7 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 43 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
Insufficient evidence — 15 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 28 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Chemical Process Operator | 6 |
| Chemical Operator | 5 |
| Chemical Plant Operator | 4 |
| Shift Process Operator | 2 |
| 3rd Shift- Production Floater (Process Operator) | 1 |
| Assistant Plant Operator: Grow in Chemical Manufacturing | 1 |
| Chemical Manufacturing Operator | 1 |
| Chemical Operator 1st Shift | 1 |
| CHEMICAL OPERATOR JOB | |
| GASTON, SC | 1 |
| Chemical Plant Operator at Actalent Raleigh, NC | 1 |
| Chemical Plant Operator at Southern Ionics Inc Baton Rouge, LA | 1 |
| Chemical Plant Operator. Job in Solms LilyLifestyle Jobs | 1 |
| Chemical Plant Operator/ Day Shift | 1 |
| Chemical Process Operator — Flexible Shifts (Memphis) | 1 |
| Chemical Process Operator - Industrial Plant | 1 |
| Chemical Process Operator II (2nd Shift) | 1 |
| Chemical Process Technician | 1 |
| Chemical Processing Operator III | 1 |
| Chemical Production Operator | 1 |
| Chemical Specialty Operator Plant 1 | 1 |
| Chemical Treatment Plant Technician | 1 |
| Coatings Plant Operator - Process Controls & Safety | 1 |
| Entry Chemical Operator | 1 |
| Machine Operator - Chemical Manufacturing | 1 |
| Night Shift Chemical Plant Operator | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.