Occupation information for

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.

Currently Employed: 70

Projected Annual Job Openings: 10

Typical Hourly Wage: $21.69 - $24.56

Typical Annual Salary: $45,100 - $51,100

• 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, using knowledge of interconnections and capacities of pipelines, valve manifolds, pumps, and tankage.
• Read operating schedules or instructions or receive verbal orders 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.

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