Distribute or process gas for utility companies and others by controlling compressors to maintain specified pressures on main pipelines.
Duties and Tasks:
1) Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, and/or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems.
2) Calculate gas ratios to detect deviations from specifications, using testing apparatus.
3) Control equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas to feedlines of boilers, furnaces, and related steam-generating or heating equipment.
4) Control fractioning columns, compressors, purifying towers, heat exchangers, and related equipment in order to extract nitrogen and oxygen from air.
5) Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment in order to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.
6) Determine causes of abnormal pressure variances, and make corrective recommendations, such as installation of pipes to relieve overloading.
7) Distribute or process gas for utility companies or industrial plants, using panel boards, control boards, and semi-automatic equipment.
8) Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks, in order to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should.
9) Start and shut down plant equipment.
10) 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.
11) Change charts in recording meters.
12) Clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using hand tools, or request that repair and maintenance work be performed.
13) Collaborate with other operators to solve unit problems.
14) Contact maintenance crews when necessary.
15) Monitor transportation and storage of flammable and other potentially dangerous products to ensure that safety guidelines are followed.
16) Read logsheets to determine product demand and disposition, or to detect malfunctions.
17) Record, review, and compile operations records, test results, and gauge readings such as temperatures, pressures, concentrations, and flows.
18) Signal or direct workers who tend auxiliary equipment.
19) Operate construction equipment to install and maintain gas distribution systems.
Activities:
1) Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
2) Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
3) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
4) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
5) Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
6) Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
7) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
8) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
9) Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
10) Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
11) Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Abilities:
1) Auditory Attention — The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
2) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
3) Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
4) Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
5) Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
6) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
7) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
8) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
10)Perceptual Speed — The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
11) Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
12) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
13) Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
14) Hearing Sensitivity — The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.
15) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
16) Reaction Time — The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
17) Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
Knowledge
1) Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
2) Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
3) Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.