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Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
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.
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This source lists 14 tasks, including 10 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: 08/2021.
14 tasks shown
Core · Task 14609 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
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.
Core · Task 14610 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.
Core · Task 14614 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
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.
Core · Task 14613 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.
Core · Task 14611 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.
Core · Task 14618 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Connect hoses and pipelines to pumps and vessels prior to material transfer, using hand tools.
Core · Task 14612 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
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.
Core · Task 14616 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Clean, lubricate, and repair pumps and vessels, using hand tools and equipment.
Core · Task 14615 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Read operating schedules or instructions or receive verbal orders to determine amounts to be pumped.
Core · Task 14622 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Test materials and solutions, using testing equipment.
Supplemental · Task 14619 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Tend auxiliary equipment such as water treatment and refrigeration units, and heat exchangers.
Supplemental · Task 14620 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Add chemicals and solutions to tanks to ensure that specifications are met.
Supplemental · Task 14617 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Collect and deliver sample solutions for laboratory analysis.
Supplemental · Task 14621 · 08/2021 · Incumbent
Pump two or more materials into one tank to blend mixtures.
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