- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in crushing, sizing, cleaning, treating, or loading coal, stone, or other minerals at tipple or preparation plant. Respnsibilities include:
* Receives daily reports of quantity and grade of materials to be loaded into railroad cars or trucks.
* Transmits loading orders to equipment operators and loading crew.
* Observes activities of workers to ensure that impurities and materials of unspecified size are extracted.
* Directs operation of crushers, pumps, and furnaces, and assists workers with faulty equipment.
* Inspects processing and loading equipment and schedules necessary maintenance.
* Computes daily production from weight of loaded cars or trucks.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in blending, compounding, packing, loading, and shipping special petroleum products, such as asphalt paints, paint primer, mastics, and lighter fluid. Respnsibilities include:
* Confers with department heads to coordinate work of department with sales, billing, and other refinery activities.
* Plans blending schedules to maintain stock of standard products and computes blends from standard formulas.
* Writes shipping orders for loading tank cars and trucks.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in blending, compounding, packing, loading, and shipping special petroleum products, such as asphalt paints, paint primer, mastics, and lighter fluid. Respnsibilities include:
* Confers with department heads to coordinate work of department with sales, billing, and other refinery activities.
* Plans blending schedules to maintain stock of standard products and computes blends from standard formulas.
* Writes shipping orders for loading tank cars and trucks.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects processing and storage tanks, pipelines and fittings, stills, towers, and pumping units for defects, following specified inspection procedures. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines mechanical installations, instrumentation, valves, and fittings for defects, such as cracks, corrosion, and leaks.
* Measures thickness of tank walls, tower walls, and pipelines, using calipers and electronic instruments, to determine extent of corrosive damage.
* Drills test holes in tank and tower walls to take samples of corrosive deposits and verify extent of damage.
* Installs probes and other instruments in tanks and towers to obtain samples of corrosive deposits and to measure rate of corrosion.
* Computes rate of corrosion from laboratory analysis of probe samples, using mathematical tables and charts.
* Reports need for immediate repairs to mechanical department.
* Prepares inspection reports to indicate nature of repairs and replacements required and to specify safe limits of temperature and pressure to follow pending repair of unit.
* Inspects construction and installation of new mechanical equipment for conformity to specifications.
* May inspect operating condition of firefighting equipment.
* May be designated according to equipment inspected as Still And Tank Inspector.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls pumps and manifold systems to circulate crude, semiprocessed, and finished petroleum products, water, and chemical solutions through processing, storage, and shipping departments of refinery, according to schedules. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads operating schedules or instructions from oil dispatcher.
* Plans movement of products through lines to processing, storage, and shipping units, utilizing knowledge of interconnections and capacities of pipelines, valve manifolds, pumps, and tankage.
* Synchronizes activities with other pumphouses to ensure continuous flow of products and minimum of contamination between products.
* Starts battery of pumps, observes pressure meters and flowmeters, and turns valves to regulate pumping speeds according to schedules.
* Turns handwheels to open line valves and direct flow of product.
* Signals still-pump operator; pumper helpers; and gaugers by telephone or radio to operate pumps in designated units, to open and close pipeline and tank valves, and to gauge, sample, and determine temperature of tank contents.
* Records operating data, such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating time.
* May blend oils and gasolines.
* May repair pumps, lines, and auxiliary equipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates steam- or electric-driven pumps to circulate crude, semiprocessed, and finished petroleum products, water, and chemical solutions through processing, storage, and shipping departments of refinery, according to work orders. Respnsibilities include:
* Starts pumps in specified units, observes flowmeters and pressure meters, and turns valves and switches to change pumping rates, as directed by pumper.
* Turns handwheels to open or close tank and pipeline valves to direct flow of products to specified destinations.
* Observes operation of pumping equipment to detect malfunctioning and leakage.
* Lubricates cocks, valves, joints, and pumps, using oilcan and grease gun.
* Tightens bolts and screws to adjust and repair equipment, using handtools.
* Gauges contents of tank, using gauging tape.
* May record operating data, such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating time.
* May remove sample from tank and test it for specific gravity and color.
* May repair and overhaul pumps.
* May blend oils or gasolines.
* May communicate with pumper by radio or telephone to send and receive pumping and gauging information.
* May be designated according to specialty as Cooling-Tower Operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls continuous-treating or batch-treating equipment to process petroleum products, such as gasoline, kerosene, and lubricating oils, with chemicals, solvents, steam, clay, and hydrogen to remove impurities and to improve color, odor, and stability, according to specifications. Respnsibilities include:
* Moves and sets levers, switches, dials, and handwheels to admit products and treating agents to processing units in specified ratio; to direct flow of products through treating stages, such as mixing, precipitating, and neutralizing; and to regulate temperatures, pressures, and circulation rates of treating equipment.
* Observes temperature gauges, pressure gauges, and flowmeters; records readings; and compiles operating records.
* Patrols unit to detect malfunctions and leaks.
* Opens bleeder valves to sample products and tests them for chemical characteristics, specific gravity, and color, or sends sample to laboratory for analysis.
* Reprocesses products or pumps them to storage tanks, according to test results and laboratory recommendations.
* Opens valves to drain sludge from units.
* May repair and lubricate equipment.
* May treat products, using hydrogen-catalytic process.
* May operate refrigerating equipment.
* May add dyes or fortifying chemicals to product.
* May be designated according to product treated as Crude-Oil Treater; Wax Treater; treating agent used as Acid Treater; Hydrogen Treater; plant operated as Clay-Plant Treater; Naphtha-Plant Treater; Solvent-Plant Treater; or type of operation as Batch-Unit Treater.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls continuous-treating or batch-treating equipment to process petroleum products, such as gasoline, kerosene, and lubricating oils, with chemicals, solvents, steam, clay, and hydrogen to remove impurities and to improve color, odor, and stability, according to specifications. Respnsibilities include:
* Moves and sets levers, switches, dials, and handwheels to admit products and treating agents to processing units in specified ratio; to direct flow of products through treating stages, such as mixing, precipitating, and neutralizing; and to regulate temperatures, pressures, and circulation rates of treating equipment.
* Observes temperature gauges, pressure gauges, and flowmeters; records readings; and compiles operating records.
* Patrols unit to detect malfunctions and leaks.
* Opens bleeder valves to sample products and tests them for chemical characteristics, specific gravity, and color, or sends sample to laboratory for analysis.
* Reprocesses products or pumps them to storage tanks, according to test results and laboratory recommendations.
* Opens valves to drain sludge from units.
* May repair and lubricate equipment.
* May treat products, using hydrogen-catalytic process.
* May operate refrigerating equipment.
* May add dyes or fortifying chemicals to product.
* May be designated according to product treated as Crude-Oil Treater; Wax Treater; treating agent used as Acid Treater; Hydrogen Treater; plant operated as Clay-Plant Treater; Naphtha-Plant Treater; Solvent-Plant Treater; or type of operation as Batch-Unit Treater.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tests compressed gases for moisture content, purity, ratio of gases in mixture, and cylinder pressure, using standard testing equipment and following specified procedures. Respnsibilities include:
* Drains gas samples from tanks, or rolls cylinders to test station.
* Adjusts test equipment, such as volumetric moisture tester, burette, conductometer, and pressure gauges, according to type or mixture of gases as shown on chart.
* Records test procedures and results in log.
* Prepares and places identifying tags on cylinders or tanks.
* Notifies supervisor of deviations from specifications.
* May test accuracy of calibrations on pressure gauges, using dead-weight tester.
* May mix gases according to customer specifications.
* May vaporize liquid gases and fill tube trailers.
* May measure percentage of carbon monoxide in truck cabs, using automatic gas-metering device or by spraying chemical from syringe into atmosphere and matching degree of discoloration against color chart.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates automatically controlled natural-gas treating unit in oil field to render gas suitable for fuel and for pipeline transportation. Respnsibilities include:
* Opens valves to admit gas and specified chemicals into treating vessel where moisture is absorbed and impurities removed.
* Adjusts controls of auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, heating coils, and cooling tower.
* Reads temperature and pressure gauges, and adjusts controls to keep heat and pressure at level of maximum efficiency within safe operating limits.
* Performs routine tests or delivers samples to laboratory to determine qualities of gas, such as Btu value, flame candlepower, and specific gravity, and proportions of elements, such as methane, propane, and natural gasoline.
* Drains samples of boiler water from treating unit for laboratory analysis.
* Adds specified chemicals to water to keep heating and cooling systems in working order.
* May adjust and repair gas meters and governors, using handtools.
* May change charts on meters equipped with automatic recorders.
* May advise and assist workers repairing gas meters, regulators (governors), and other control instruments.
Industry:Professional careers
