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Job Description
Distribute or process gas for utility companies and others by controlling compressors to maintain specified pressures on main pipelines.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-8092.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 67,980.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 32.00
- Currently, there are 17,350 people on this job
Also Known As…
- Plant Operator
- Liquified Natural Gas Technician (LNG Technician)
- Liquified Natural Gas Specialist (LNG Specialist)
- Liquid Natural Gas Plant Operator (LNG Plant Operator)
- Gas System Operator
- Gas Plant Operator
- Gas Dispatcher
- Gas Controller
- Engine Room Operator
- Compressor Station Operator
- Water Gas Operator
- Terminal Gauger
- Tank Terminal Gauger
- Regasification Plant Operator
- Process Plant Operator
- Pressure Dispatcher
- Pressure Controller
- Oxygen Plant Operator
- Operation Specialist
- Oil and Gas Specialist
- Natural Gas Plant Technician
- Load Dispatcher
- Liquefied Natural Gas Operator (LNG Operator)
- Liquefaction Plant Operator
- Liquefaction and Regasification Plant Operator
- High Pressure Operator
- Heat Plant Specialist
- Gauger
- Gas Treater
- Gas Technician
- Gas Systems Worker
- Gas Specialist
- Gas Producer
- Gas Processing Plant Operator
- Gas Plant Technician
- Gas Plant Specialist
- Gas Plant Dispatcher
- Gas Operator
- Gas Maker
- Gas Distribution Plant Operator
- Fuel Attendant
- Field Gauger
- Dispatcher
- Bulk Gas Specialist
Tasks for “Gas Plant Operators”
- Calculate gas ratios to detect deviations from specifications, using testing apparatus.
- Control equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas to feedlines of boilers, furnaces, and related steam-generating or heating equipment.
- Start and shut down plant equipment.
- Determine causes of abnormal pressure variances, and make corrective recommendations, such as installation of pipes to relieve overloading.
- Contact maintenance crews when necessary.
- Monitor transportation and storage of flammable and other potentially dangerous products to ensure that safety guidelines are followed.
- Collaborate with other operators to solve unit problems.
- Clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using hand tools, or request that repair and maintenance work be performed.
- Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems.
- Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should.
- Distribute or process gas for utility companies or industrial plants, using panel boards, control boards, and semi-automatic equipment.
- Record, review, and compile operations records, test results, and gauge readings such as temperatures, pressures, concentrations, and flows.
- Operate construction equipment to install and maintain gas distribution systems.
- Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.
- Read logsheets to determine product demand and disposition, or to detect malfunctions.
- Change charts in recording meters.
- Control fractioning columns, compressors, purifying towers, heat exchangers, and related equipment to extract nitrogen and oxygen from air.
- Signal or direct workers who tend auxiliary equipment.
- Test gas, chemicals, and air during processing to assess factors such as purity and moisture content, and to detect quality problems or gas or chemical leaks.
Related Technology & Tools
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Gas pumps
- Punch sets
- Gas-powered turbines
- Laboratory scrubbers
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Titrators
- Multipurpose screwdrivers
- Personal computers
- Digital calipers
- Cordless power drills
- Stepladders
- Gas compressor systems
- Centrifugal pumps
- Socket sets
- Sulfur recovery units
- Chain hoists
- Heat exchangers
- Mini hacksaws
- Positive displacement PD pumps
- Electric boilers
- Digital micrometers
- Glycol dehydration systems
- Power generation engines
- Nitrogen rejection units
- Gas distribution control valves
- Work scheduling software
- Microsoft Word
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Microsoft Excel
- Operating log software
- Quorum PGAS
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint