Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders

What Does a Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders Do?

Load and unload chemicals and bulk solids, such as coal, sand, and grain, into or from tank cars, trucks, or ships, using material moving equipment. May perform a variety of other tasks relating to shipment of products. May gauge or sample shipping tanks and test them for leaks.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Seal outlet valves on tank cars, barges, and trucks.
• 2Verify tank car, barge, or truck load numbers to ensure car placement accuracy based on written or verbal instructions.
• 3Start pumps and adjust valves or cables to regulate the flow of products to vessels, using knowledge of loading procedures.
• 4Check conditions and weights of vessels to ensure cleanliness and compliance with loading procedures.
• 5Observe positions of cars passing loading spouts, and swing spouts into the correct positions at the appropriate times.
• 6Monitor product movement to and from storage tanks, coordinating activities with other workers to ensure constant product flow.
• 7Operate ship loading and unloading equipment, conveyors, hoists, and other specialized material handling equipment such as railroad tank car unloading equipment.
• 8Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, gauge readings, and operating times, manually or using computers.

Required Skills

• CompuWeigh GMS
• Distributed control system DCS
• Linux
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• SAP software
• Warehouse management system WMS

Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders Salary