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Alum Plant Operator Salary
in Greenville, South Carolina
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$60,583 (USD)
Average Salary
$29/hr
Average Hourly
$1,193
Average Bonus
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The average pay for an Alum Plant Operator is $60,583 a year and $29 an hour in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. The average salary range for an Alum Plant Operator is between $43,196 and $73,124. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Greenville, South Carolina.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
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About Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Greenville ( GREEN-vil; locally GREEN-vəl) is a city in and the county seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. With a population of 70,720 at the 2020 census, it is the 6th-most populous city in the state. Greenville is located approximately halfway between Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, along Interstate 85. Its metropolitan area also includes Interstates 185 and 385. Greenville is the anchor city of the Upstate, a combined statistical area with an estimated population of 1,590,636 in 2023. Greenville was the fourth fastest-growing city in the United States between 2015 and 2016...
Job Summary
Description:
- Controls equipment to produce alum liquor (aluminum sulfate) in continuous process reaction of sulfuric acid with powdered bauxite: notifies other workers to unload bauxite from boxcars into hopper of crusher.
- Starts crusher, mill, and conveyors to replenish storage supply of powdered ore.
- Observes flowmeters and turns valves to regulate flow of powdered ore, acid, and weak alum liquor into first digester in specified proportions to produce mixture of prescribed specific gravity and through other digesters where chemical reaction occurs and resultant aluminum sulfate liquor is settled and diluted to specified concentration.
- Tests samples from each digester, using hydrometer and thermometer, to verify specific gravities and temperatures.
- Turns valves to adjust flow of steam through digester jackets and proportions of materials fed into first digester to regulate temperatures and specific gravities accordingly.
- Pumps finished alum liquor into storage tank and weak alum liquors into settling tanks (thickeners) for recycling into process.
- Records temperatures, specific gravities, and flow rates of materials in operating log and level of alum liquor storage tanks on inventory records.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for an Alum Plant Operator is $60,583 a year and $29 an hour in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. The average salary range for an Alum Plant Operator is between $43,196 and $73,124. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Greenville, South Carolina.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Alum Plant Operator Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Job family population: 10,650
Estimated population of Alum Plant Operator jobs: 77
Rate of error: 4.0%
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About Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Greenville ( GREEN-vil; locally GREEN-vəl) is a city in and the county seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. With a population of 70,720 at the 2020 census, it is the 6th-most populous city in the state. Greenville is located approximately halfway between Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, along Interstate 85. Its metropolitan area also includes Interstates 185 and 385. Greenville is the anchor city of the Upstate, a combined statistical area with an estimated population of 1,590,636 in 2023. Greenville was the fourth fastest-growing city in the United States between 2015 and 2016...
Job Summary
Description:
- Controls equipment to produce alum liquor (aluminum sulfate) in continuous process reaction of sulfuric acid with powdered bauxite: notifies other workers to unload bauxite from boxcars into hopper of crusher.
- Starts crusher, mill, and conveyors to replenish storage supply of powdered ore.
- Observes flowmeters and turns valves to regulate flow of powdered ore, acid, and weak alum liquor into first digester in specified proportions to produce mixture of prescribed specific gravity and through other digesters where chemical reaction occurs and resultant aluminum sulfate liquor is settled and diluted to specified concentration.
- Tests samples from each digester, using hydrometer and thermometer, to verify specific gravities and temperatures.
- Turns valves to adjust flow of steam through digester jackets and proportions of materials fed into first digester to regulate temperatures and specific gravities accordingly.
- Pumps finished alum liquor into storage tank and weak alum liquors into settling tanks (thickeners) for recycling into process.
- Records temperatures, specific gravities, and flow rates of materials in operating log and level of alum liquor storage tanks on inventory records.
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Who We Are
ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
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