• Gas Plant Operators
  • Manufacturing
  • Annual Median Wage
    $ 61,071
    $36,661 range bar $108,761
    Annual NC Wage Range
    Growth Rate
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    Very Slow Growing
  • Gas Plant Operators distribute or process gas for utility companies and others by controlling compressors to maintain specified pressures on main pipelines.

What do they typically do

  • Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment in order to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas
  • Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, and/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, in order to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should
  • Control fractioning columns, compressors, purifying towers, heat exchangers, and related equipment in order to extract nitrogen and oxygen from air
  • Distribute or process gas for utility companies or industrial plants, using panel boards, control boards, and semi-automatic equipment
  • Control equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas to feedlines of boilers, furnaces, and related steam-generating or heating equipment
  • Determine causes of abnormal pressure variances, and make corrective recommendations, such as installation of pipes to relieve overloading
  • Calculate gas ratios to detect deviations from specifications

Number of Jobs

Average Annual
Job Growth -0.9%
Job Openings 4

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