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Gas Plant Operator

Gas Plant Operator

  • Ideal for those who enjoy ensuring safety and efficiency in energy distribution.
  • Play a crucial role in maintaining safe and reliable gas supply for communities.
  • Operate advanced equipment to manage and transform natural gas resources.
💰 Earn $103K-$125K
📚 High School Diploma or GED

Overview

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

Scoop

Minimum Education

High School Diploma or GED

Career Prospects

Risky (Decreasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

1 to 2 years

Job Openings

1,300 in Total

Earnings

$116,400 Med. in CA

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Day-to-Day

  • Monitor transportation and storage of flammable and other potentially dangerous products to ensure that safety guidelines are followed.
  • Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should.
  • Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.
  • Start and shut down plant equipment.
  • Record, review, and compile operations records, test results, and gauge readings such as temperatures, pressures, concentrations, and flows.

Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Using data or completing tasks
  • Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Critical Thinking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Troubleshooting
  • Quality Control Analysis

You value 🙏

  • Having support
  • Job security
  • Support
  • Independence
  • Working Conditions
  • Having freedom

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