Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers

What Does a Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers Do?

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.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 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.
• 3Plan movement of products through lines to processing, storage, and shipping units, using knowledge of interconnections and capacities of pipelines, valve manifolds, pumps, and tankage.
• 4Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.
• 5Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.
• 6Connect hoses and pipelines to pumps and vessels prior to material transfer, using hand tools.
• 7Tend 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.
• 8Clean, lubricate, and repair pumps and vessels, using hand tools and equipment.

Required Skills

• Monitoring
• Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word
• Operational databases
• Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software

Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers Salary