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Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers

SOC 53-7072.00

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.

Zone 2 Transportation and Material Moving

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Operation Monitoring

3.9

Monitoring

3.5

Critical Thinking

3.4

Operation and Control

3.4

Reading Comprehension

3.2

Active Listening

3.2

Writing

3.2

Speaking

3.1

Knowledge Areas 8

Public Safety and Security

3.9

Mechanical

3.6

Production and Processing

3.4

Computers and Electronics

3.3

English Language

3.1

Education and Training

3.0

Law and Government

2.8

Mathematics

2.7

Key Tasks

1Monitor gauges and flowmeters and inspect equipment to ensure that tank levels, temperatures, chemical amounts, and pressures are at specified levels, reporting abnormalities as necessary.

2Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.

3Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.

4Tend 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.

5Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.

Also Known As

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