NorthStar

Occupations/53-7072.00

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.

High school

Usually a high school diploma, plus some experience or short training.

AI automation risk

63%

Higher automation risk

Human characteristics

41%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

67%

Higher automation risk

A day in this job

  • Mostly routine

    Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.

  • Mostly routine

    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.

  • Task

    Plan movement of products through lines to processing, storage, and shipping units, using knowledge of interconnections and capacities of pipelines, valve manifolds, pumps, and tankage.

The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Monitor gauges and flowmeters and inspect equipment to ensure that tank levels, temperatures, chemical amounts, and pressures are at specified levels, reporting abnormalities as necessary.
  2. 02Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.
  3. 03Plan movement of products through lines to processing, storage, and shipping units, using knowledge of interconnections and capacities of pipelines, valve manifolds, pumps, and tankage.
  4. 04Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.
  5. 05Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.
  6. 06Connect hoses and pipelines to pumps and vessels prior to material transfer, using hand tools.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks4.00
  • Degree of automation2.11
  • Time sitting2.52
  • Originality (ability)2.12
  • Conflict situations1.92
  • Hands-on objects/tools4.11
  • Outdoors / weather4.69
  • Disease exposure1.00
  • Decision freedom3.96

Top abilities

  • Near Vision3.88
  • Problem Sensitivity3.75
  • Perceptual Speed3.75
  • Oral Comprehension3.75
  • Oral Expression3.62
  • Control Precision3.38
  • Written Expression3.25
  • Information Ordering3.25

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.12
  • Active Listening3.12
  • Writing2.88
  • Speaking3.12
  • Mathematics2.38
  • Science2.00
  • Critical Thinking3.12
  • Active Learning2.88
  • Learning Strategies2.12
  • Monitoring3.50

CIP matches

99.9999NO MATCH

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