Description
Operate steam-, gas-, electric motor-, or internal combustion-engine driven compressors. Transmit, compress, or recover gases, such as butane, nitrogen, hydrogen, and natural gas.
Interests
- Realistic
- Conventional
Work Values
- Support
- Independence
- Working Conditions
Work Styles
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
- Attention to Detail
- Persistence
Tasks
- Monitor meters and pressure gauges to determine consumption rate variations, temperatures, and pressures.
- Respond to problems by adjusting control room equipment or instructing other personnel to adjust equipment at problem locations or in other control areas.
- Record instrument readings and operational changes in operating logs.
- Adjust valves and equipment to obtain specified performance.
- Move controls and turn valves to start compressor engines, pumps, and auxiliary equipment.
Work Activities
- Documenting/Recording Information
- Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Getting Information
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Detailed Work Activities
- Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
- Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
- Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Technology Skills
- Spreadsheet software
- Electronic mail software
- Facilities management software
- Office suite software
- Word processing software
Abilities
- Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Finger Dexterity
- Manual Dexterity
- Problem Sensitivity
- Multilimb Coordination
Skills
- Operations Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Equipment Maintenance
Knowledge
- Production and Processing
- Mechanical
- Administration and Management
- Public Safety and Security
- Chemistry
Most Common Education Level
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Certificates
Certificate name
Qualification of Ultrasonic Testing Examiners (Phased Array)Certifying Organization
American Petroleum Institute
Type
Advanced
Certificate name
Pipeline Construction InspectorCertifying Organization
American Petroleum Institute
Type
Advanced
Income Percentile
The income percentiles show how earnings are distributed within a profession. The 10th percentile means that 10% of workers earned less than that amount. The median (50th percentile) indicates that half of workers earned more, and half earned less. The 90th percentile reflects what the top 10% of earners in the field make.
Income Percentile | Annual Income |
---|---|
Low (10%) | $43,950 |
Median (50%) | $71,510 |
High (90%) | $98,350 |
Employability
There are currently 4,500 jobs in this career path. Over the next 10 years, that number is expected to increase to 4,500 positions, reflecting a projected growth of 1%.
The Projected Job Growth figure refers to the expected increase or decrease in employment within a specific career field over a certain period of time.
Projected Job Growth of 1%
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