How do they match: Gas Plant Operators

  • Gas Processing Plant Operator
  • Gas Systems Worker

  • Distribute or process gas for utility companies and others by controlling compressors to maintain specified pressures on main pipelines.

  • Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems.
  • Clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using hand tools, or request that repair and maintenance work be performed.
  • Distribute or process gas for utility companies or industrial plants, using panel boards, control boards, and semi-automatic equipment.
  • Signal or direct workers who tend auxiliary equipment.
  • 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.

  • Advise others on ways to improve processes or products.
  • Maintain production or processing equipment.
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
  • Signal others to coordinate work activities.