DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Distribute or process gas for utility companies and others by controlling compressors to maintain specified pressures on main pipelines.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
EDR 5 - North Central	N/A	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minnesota	170	56	$34.22/hr	$1.10/hr	$26.63/hr	$29.99/hr	$34.39/hr	$38.48/hr	$41.94/hr
U S	14,410	648	$34.66/hr	$0.31/hr	$21.50/hr	$27.71/hr	$34.50/hr	$40.56/hr	$49.43/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

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• Controls fractioning columns, compressors, purifying towers, heat exchangers, and related equipment, to extract nitrogen and oxygen from air.
• Observes pressure, temperature, level, and flow gauges to ensure standard operation.
• Reads logsheet to ascertain demand and disposition of product or to detect equipment malfunctions.
• Records gauge readings and test results.
• Calculates gas ratios, using testing apparatus, to detect deviations from specifications.
• Signals or directs workers tending auxiliary equipment.
• Cleans and repairs equipment, using hand tools.
• Tests oxygen for purity and moisture content at various stages of process, using burette and moisture meter.
• Controls operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.
• Adjusts temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas, according to test results and knowledge of process and equipment.
• Controls equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas to feedlines of boilers, furnaces, and related steam-generating or heating equipment.
• Determines causes of abnormal pressure variances and makes corrective recommendations, such as installation of pipe to relieve overloading.
• Changes charts in recording meters.
• Observes, records, and reports flow and pressure gauge readings on gas mains and fuel feedlines.
• Determines required governor adjustments, according to customer-demand estimates.
• Adjusts governors to maintain specified gas pressure and volume.