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.
<ul><li>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.</li><li>Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.</li><li>Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.</li><li>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.</li><li>Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.</li><li>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.</li><li>Read operating schedules or instructions or receive verbal orders to determine amounts to be pumped.</li><li>Clean, lubricate, and repair pumps and vessels, using hand tools and equipment.</li><li>Collect and deliver sample solutions for laboratory analysis.</li><li>Connect hoses and pipelines to pumps and vessels prior to material transfer, using hand tools.</li><li>Tend auxiliary equipment such as water treatment and refrigeration units, and heat exchangers.</li></ul>