Occupational Employment Statistics
51-8092 Gas Plant Operators
Distribute or process gas for utility companies and others by controlling compressors to maintain specified pressures on main pipelines.
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Minnesota
| 190 | 35 | $44.67/hr | $31.67/hr | $40.12/hr | $45.95/hr | $49.58/hr | $54.66/hr |
| Natural Resources and Mining | N/A | N/A |
| Manufacturing | N/A | N/A |
| Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 170 | $46.62/hr |
| Public Administration | N/A | N/A |
- Change charts in recording meters.
- Clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using hand tools, or request that repair and maintenance work be performed.
- Collaborate with other operators to solve unit problems.
- Read logsheets to determine product demand and disposition, or to detect malfunctions.
- Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should.
- Start and shut down plant equipment.
- Calculate gas ratios to detect deviations from specifications, using testing apparatus.
- Control fractioning columns, compressors, purifying towers, heat exchangers, and related equipment to extract nitrogen and oxygen from air.
- Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.
- Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems.