Occupation information for Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers Washington

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Typical education needed for entry: High school diploma or equivalent

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: 1 to 12 months on-the-job training

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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.
• 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.
• Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.
• Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.
• Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.
• Connect hoses and pipelines to pumps and vessels prior to material transfer, using hand tools.
• 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.
• Clean, lubricate, and repair pumps and vessels, using hand tools and equipment.
• Read operating schedules or instructions or receive verbal orders to determine amounts to be pumped.
• Tend auxiliary equipment such as water treatment and refrigeration units, and heat exchangers.

Tools:

• Adjustable wrenches
• Concrete pump truck
• Gas generators
• Water meters
• Water pumps

Technology:

• Facilities management software
• Industrial control software
• Office suite software
• Spreadsheet software
• Word processing software

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