How do they match: Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers

  • Repair Technician
  • Material Handler
  • Pump Repair Mechanic

  • 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.

  • Clean, lubricate, and repair pumps and vessels, using hand tools and equipment.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Pump two or more materials into one tank to blend mixtures.
  • 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.
  • Test materials and solutions, using testing equipment.
  • Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.

  • Report vehicle or equipment malfunctions.
  • Communicate with others to coordinate material handling or movement.
  • Load materials into equipment for processing.
  • Maintain material moving equipment in good working condition.
  • Move materials, equipment, or supplies.
  • Test materials, solutions, or samples.