How do they match: Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers

  • Grease and Tallow Pumper

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.