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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”
- 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.
- Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.
- 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.
- Test materials and solutions, using testing equipment.
- Read operating schedules or instructions or receive verbal orders to determine amounts to be pumped.
- Connect hoses and pipelines to pumps and vessels prior to material transfer, using hand tools.
- Collect and deliver sample solutions for laboratory analysis.
- Clean, lubricate, and repair pumps and vessels, using hand tools and equipment.
- Add chemicals and solutions to tanks to ensure that specifications are met.
- Tend auxiliary equipment such as water treatment and refrigeration units, and heat exchangers.
- 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.
- Pump two or more materials into one tank to blend mixtures.
- Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.
- Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.
Related Technology & Tools
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- Welding equipment
- Fire pumper apparatus
- Concrete boom pumps
- Wheeled forklifts
- Multipurpose hammers
- Stationary pumps
- Crane trucks
- Fluid pumps
- Digital densitometers
- Dump trucks
- Manifold systems
- Auxiliary cooling systems
- Telemetry equipment
- Water flow meters
- Mobile radios
- Portable gas powered generators
- Water retention tanks
- Stationary gas powered generators
- Calibrated well rods
- Turbidity meters
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Cordless drills
- Nitrogen pumps
- Air hammers
- Digital flowmeters
- Pressure testers
- Hard hats
- Safety goggles
- Boom trucks
- Turbine pumps
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Pickup trucks
- Adjustable wrench sets
- Chlorine analyzers
- Portable pumps
- Data entry software
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS