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