Occupational Employment Statistics
53-7072 Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
Tend, control, or operate power-driven, stationary, or portable pumps and manifold systems to transfer gases, oil, other liquids, slurries, or powdered materials to and from various vessels and processes.
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Minnesota
| 50 | 16 | $33.58/hr | $18.41/hr | $22.65/hr | $29.91/hr | $42.09/hr | $51.40/hr |
| Manufacturing | 20 | $26.51/hr |
| Trade, Transportation and Utilities | N/A | N/A |
- Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.
- Read operating schedules or instructions or receive verbal orders to determine amounts to be pumped.
- Tend auxiliary equipment such as water treatment and refrigeration units, and heat exchangers.
- Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.
- 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.
- Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.
- 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.
- Collect and deliver sample solutions for laboratory analysis.
- Test materials and solutions, using testing equipment.
- Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.