According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| 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. | 89% |
| Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times. | 88% |
| 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. | 88% |
| Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials. | 86% |
| Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances. | 86% |
| Connect hoses and pipelines to pumps and vessels prior to material transfer, using hand tools. | 84% |
| 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. | 84% |
| Clean, lubricate, and repair pumps and vessels, using hand tools and equipment. | 83% |
| Read operating schedules or instructions or receive verbal orders to determine amounts to be pumped. | 80% |
| Tend auxiliary equipment such as water treatment and refrigeration units, and heat exchangers. | 79% |
| Add chemicals and solutions to tanks to ensure that specifications are met. | 79% |
| Collect and deliver sample solutions for laboratory analysis. | 79% |
| Pump two or more materials into one tank to blend mixtures. | 78% |
| Test materials and solutions, using testing equipment. | 76% |
