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Job Description
Tend, control, or operate power-driven, stationary, or portable pumps and manifold systems to transfer gases, oil, other liquids, slurries, or powdered materials to and from various vessels and processes.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 53-7072.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 46,270.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 22.00
- Currently, there are 12,030 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers”.
Also Known As…
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
- Tank Car Loader
- Purification Operator
- Pumper
- Pump Station Operator
- Process Operator
- Pipeline Operator
- Outside Operator
- Logistics Technician
- Day Light Relief Operator
- Chemical Operator
- Waste Oil Pumper
- Wash Oil Pump Operator
- Utility Operator
- Treating Plant Pumper
- Tapper
- Tank Tender
- Tank Farm Operator
- Tank Farm Attendant
- Still Pump Operator
- Station Engineer
- Pumpman
- Pumper Gager Apprentice
- Pumper Gager
- Pump Tender
- Pump Runner
- Pump Operator
- Production Utility Worker
- Product Transfer Pumper
- Pipeline Dispatch Operator
- Pigment Pumper
- Panelboard Tank Pumper
- Oil Pumper
- Monitor Car Operator
- Main Line Station Engineer
- Liquor Bridge Operator
- Grease and Tallow Pumper
- Gas Transfer Operator
- Fuel Distribution System Operator
- Fluid Pump Operator
- Filter Filler
- Fermenting Cellars Receiver
- Exhauster Engineer
- Engineer, Station, Mainline
- Concrete Pump Operator
- Concrete Boom Pump Operator
- Chemical Pumper
- Caustic Pump Operator
- Cable Maintainer
- Brine Well Operator
- Brewery Pumper
- Booster Station Operator
- Boom Pump Operator
- Blend Technician
- Blend Plant Operator
- Airveyor Operator
- Acid Pump Operator
- Acid Loader
Tasks for “Production Recovery Operator”
- Clean, lubricate, and repair pumps and vessels, using hand tools and equipment.
- Tend auxiliary equipment such as water treatment and refrigeration units, and heat exchangers.
- Connect hoses and pipelines to pumps and vessels prior to material transfer, using hand tools.
- Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.
- Pump two or more materials into one tank to blend mixtures.
- Collect and deliver sample solutions for laboratory analysis.
- Test materials and solutions, using testing equipment.
- Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.
- Plan movement of products through lines to processing, storage, and shipping units, using knowledge of interconnections and capacities of pipelines, valve manifolds, pumps, and tankage.
- Monitor gauges and flowmeters and inspect equipment to ensure that tank levels, temperatures, chemical amounts, and pressures are at specified levels, reporting abnormalities as necessary.
- Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.
- Read operating schedules or instructions or receive verbal orders to determine amounts to be pumped.
- Add chemicals and solutions to tanks to ensure that specifications are met.
- Tend vessels that store substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials, checking levels of substances by using calibrated rods or by reading mercury gauges and tank charts.
Related Technology & Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Calibrated well rods
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Pickup trucks
- Portable pumps
- Boom trucks
- Auxiliary cooling systems
- Air compressors
- Welding equipment
- Stationary pumps
- Portable gas powered generators
- Turbine pumps
- Wheeled forklifts
- Safety goggles
- Concrete boom pumps
- Wastewater lift stations
- Mobile radios
- Digital flowmeters
- Hard hats
- Air hammers
- Turbidity meters
- Crane trucks
- Pressure testers
- Stationary gas powered generators
- Water retention tanks
- Level instruments
- Adjustable wrench sets
- Telemetry equipment
- Multipurpose hammers
- Personal computers
- Digital densitometers
- Nitrogen pumps
- Chlorine analyzers
- Cordless drills
- Fluid pumps
- Concrete line pumps
- Manifold systems
- Dump trucks
- Water flow meters
- Fire pumper apparatus
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Microsoft Office