gas-processing-plant-supervisor/references/tasks.md

Tasks & work activities — gas processing plant supervisor

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 51-8092.00 (Gas Plant Operators) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 3133; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.

Task statements

• [Core] Monitor transportation and storage of flammable and other potentially dangerous products to ensure that safety guidelines are followed.
• [Core] Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should.
• [Core] Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.
• [Core] Start and shut down plant equipment.
• [Core] Record, review, and compile operations records, test results, and gauge readings such as temperatures, pressures, concentrations, and flows.
• [Core] Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems.
• [Core] Clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using hand tools, or request that repair and maintenance work be performed.
• [Core] Collaborate with other operators to solve unit problems.
• [Core] Determine causes of abnormal pressure variances, and make corrective recommendations, such as installation of pipes to relieve overloading.
• [Core] Read logsheets to determine product demand and disposition, or to detect malfunctions.
• [Core] Test 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.
• [Core] Contact maintenance crews when necessary.
• [Supplemental] Change charts in recording meters.
• [Core] Distribute or process gas for utility companies or industrial plants, using panel boards, control boards, and semi-automatic equipment.
• [Core] Control equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas to feedlines of boilers, furnaces, and related steam-generating or heating equipment.
• [Supplemental] Control fractioning columns, compressors, purifying towers, heat exchangers, and related equipment to extract nitrogen and oxygen from air.
• [Supplemental] Calculate gas ratios to detect deviations from specifications, using testing apparatus.
• [Core] Signal or direct workers who tend auxiliary equipment.
• [Supplemental] Operate construction equipment to install and maintain gas distribution systems.

Detailed work activities

• Adjust equipment controls to regulate gas flow.
• Advise others on ways to improve processes or products.
• Analyze test results.
• Clean production equipment.
• Confer with others to resolve production problems or equipment malfunctions.
• Diagnose equipment malfunctions.
• Direct operational or production activities.
• Inspect production equipment.
• Maintain production or processing equipment.
• Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.
• Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
• Operate natural gas distribution equipment.
• Operate natural gas generation equipment.
• Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
• Record operational or production data.
• Repair production equipment or tools.
• Signal others to coordinate work activities.
• Test chemical or physical characteristics of materials or products.