How do they match: Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers

  • Specialty Gas Blender
  • Petroleum Supply Specialist
  • Supply Specialist

  • Operate or control petroleum refining or processing units. May specialize in controlling manifold and pumping systems, gauging or testing oil in storage tanks, or regulating the flow of oil into pipelines.

  • Coordinate shutdowns and major projects.
  • Operate control panels to coordinate and regulate process variables such as temperature and pressure, and to direct product flow rate, according to process schedules.
  • Read and analyze specifications, schedules, logs, test results, and laboratory recommendations to determine how to set equipment controls to produce the required qualities and quantities of products.
  • Read automatic gauges at specified intervals to determine the flow rate of oil into or from tanks, and the amount of oil in tanks.

  • Signal others to coordinate work activities.