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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
- 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 Plant Operator
- Airveyor Operator
- Acid Pump Operator
- Acid Loader
Tasks for “Blend Technician”
- Collect and deliver sample solutions for laboratory analysis.
- Add chemicals and solutions to tanks to ensure that specifications are met.
- 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.
- 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.
- Clean, lubricate, and repair pumps and vessels, using hand tools and equipment.
- 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.
- Tend auxiliary equipment such as water treatment and refrigeration units, and heat exchangers.
- Test materials and solutions, using testing equipment.
- 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.
- Connect hoses and pipelines to pumps and vessels prior to material transfer, using hand tools.
- 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
- Nitrogen pumps
- Wheeled forklifts
- Fire pumper apparatus
- Fluid pumps
- Crane trucks
- Concrete boom pumps
- Digital densitometers
- Multipurpose hammers
- Portable pumps
- Welding equipment
- Cordless drills
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Mobile radios
- Stationary pumps
- Personal computers
- Level instruments
- Digital flowmeters
- Water flow meters
- Boom trucks
- Manifold systems
- Water retention tanks
- Air hammers
- Dump trucks
- Calibrated well rods
- Chlorine analyzers
- Auxiliary cooling systems
- Turbine pumps
- Safety goggles
- Telemetry equipment
- Pressure testers
- Turbidity meters
- Portable gas powered generators
- Wastewater lift stations
- Hard hats
- Air compressors
- Stationary gas powered generators
- Pickup trucks
- Concrete line pumps
- Adjustable wrench sets
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Data entry software
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Microsoft Excel