Gas Plant Operators

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Signal or direct workers who tend auxiliary equipment.
2. 02Contact maintenance crews when necessary.
3. 03Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.
4. 04Control equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas to feedlines of boilers, furnaces, and related steam-generating or heating equipment.
5. 05Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should.
6. 06Record, review, and compile operations records, test results, and gauge readings such as temperatures, pressures, concentrations, and flows.
7. 07Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems.
8. 08Collaborate with other operators to solve unit problems.
9. 09Read logsheets to determine product demand and disposition, or to detect malfunctions.
10. 10Test 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.
11. 11Clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using hand tools, or request that repair and maintenance work be performed.
12. 12Control fractioning columns, compressors, purifying towers, heat exchangers, and related equipment to extract nitrogen and oxygen from air.

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