Gas Plant Operators

Key skills

A typical day

• •Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should.
• •Distribute or process gas for utility companies or industrial plants, using panel boards, control boards, and semi-automatic equipment.
• •Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.
• •Control equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas to feedlines of boilers, furnaces, and related steam-generating or heating equipment.
• •Record, review, and compile operations records, test results, and gauge readings such as temperatures, pressures, concentrations, and flows.

Fields of study

Any field