| Top Tasks (Specific duties and responsibilities of this job.) |
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| Monitor gauges and flowmeters and inspect equipment to ensure that tank levels, temperatures, chemical amounts, and pressures are at specified levels, reporting abnormalities as necessary. |
| Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times. |
| Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances. |
| Tend 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. |
| Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials. |
| Plan movement of products through lines to processing, storage, and shipping units, utilizing knowledge of interconnections and capacities of pipelines, valve manifolds, pumps, and tankage. |
| Read operating schedules or instructions or receive verbal orders, in order to determine amounts to be pumped. |
| Clean, lubricate, and repair pumps and vessels, using hand tools and equipment. |
| Collect and deliver sample solutions for laboratory analysis. |
| Connect hoses and pipelines to pumps and vessels prior to material transfer, using hand tools. |
| Top Skills used in this Job |
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| Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
| Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
| Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
| Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
| Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
| Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
| Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
| Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
