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pipeline-pump-operator Occupational skill for the role 'pipeline pump operator' (also: pipeline goods transfer operator, oil transfer operator, pump tender, pipe tender, pipeline tender, gas transfer operator). Use when the user asks for typical pipeline pump operator work such as: 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.; Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.; Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.

Pipeline Pump Operator

Pipeline pump operators tend pump equipment and systems to transfer liquids and substances (e.g. such as chemical solutions, crude oil, gases, and others) from one point to the next. They operate hoses, pumps, and other equipment according to the good to be transferred. They ensure smooth circulation and flow of the goods in the pipelines.

Core workflow

  1. 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.
  2. Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.
  3. Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.
  4. 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.
  5. Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.
  6. 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.
  7. Read operating schedules or instructions or receive verbal orders to determine amounts to be pumped.
  8. Clean, lubricate, and repair pumps and vessels, using hand tools and equipment.

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • act with a high level of safety awareness
  • apply health and safety standards
  • contribute to bilge and ballast operations
  • maintain pipeline coating properties
  • maintain tanks
  • mechanical engineering
  • mechanics
  • monitor gauge
  • monitor storage vessels used to transport goods via pipeline
  • operate hydraulic pumps
  • operate pumping equipment
  • pipeline coating properties
  • prevent pipeline deterioration
  • pump products
  • regulate the flow of substances in pipelines

Hot technologies

  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2a7d4b37-e831-4e20-827c-0682fe7e370e), ONET 30.3 (53-7072.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*