• Pump Operators
  • Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics
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  • Pump Operators 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.

What do they typically do

  • Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials
  • Monitor gauges and flowmeters and inspect equipment to ensure tank levels, temperatures, chemical amounts, and pressures are at specified levels, reporting abnormalities as necessary
  • Clean, lubricate, and repair pumps and vessels, using hand tools and equipment
  • Tend vessels that store substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials, check levels of substances by using calibrated rods or by reading mercury gauges and tank charts
  • 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
  • Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times

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