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Gas Plant Operators: reported tasks and exploration worksheet

Distribute or process gas for utility companies and others by controlling compressors to maintain specified pressures on main pipelines.

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This source lists 19 tasks, including 15 marked Core and 4 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.

Task source dates: 08/2023.

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Core · Task 14287 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should.

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Core · Task 14299 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Distribute or process gas for utility companies or industrial plants, using panel boards, control boards, and semi-automatic equipment.

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Core · Task 14288 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.

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Core · Task 14300 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Control equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas to feedlines of boilers, furnaces, and related steam-generating or heating equipment.

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Core · Task 14290 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Record, review, and compile operations records, test results, and gauge readings such as temperatures, pressures, concentrations, and flows.

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Core · Task 14294 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Determine causes of abnormal pressure variances, and make corrective recommendations, such as installation of pipes to relieve overloading.

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Core · Task 14291 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems.

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Core · Task 14293 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Collaborate with other operators to solve unit problems.

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Core · Task 14286 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Monitor transportation and storage of flammable and other potentially dangerous products to ensure that safety guidelines are followed.

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Core · Task 14289 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Start and shut down plant equipment.

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Core · Task 14295 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Read logsheets to determine product demand and disposition, or to detect malfunctions.

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Core · Task 14297 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Contact maintenance crews when necessary.

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Core · Task 14296 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Test gas, chemicals, and air during processing to assess factors such as purity and moisture content, and to detect quality problems or gas or chemical leaks.

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Core · Task 14292 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using hand tools, or request that repair and maintenance work be performed.

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Core · Task 14303 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Signal or direct workers who tend auxiliary equipment.

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Supplemental · Task 14301 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Control fractioning columns, compressors, purifying towers, heat exchangers, and related equipment to extract nitrogen and oxygen from air.

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Supplemental · Task 14302 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Calculate gas ratios to detect deviations from specifications, using testing apparatus.

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Supplemental · Task 14304 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Operate construction equipment to install and maintain gas distribution systems.

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Supplemental · Task 14298 · 08/2023 · Incumbent

Change charts in recording meters.

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