// Unit group · 3134

Petroleum and Natural Gas Refining Plant Operators

Petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators operate and monitor plants and adjust and maintain processing units and equipment which refine, distil and treat petroleum, petroleum-based products and by-products, or natural gas.

3 Technicians and Associate Professionals / 31 Science and Engineering Associate Professionals / 313 Process Control Technicians / All level 4

// Working conditions

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

operating electronic or computerized control panel from a central control room to monitor and optimize physical and chemical processes for several processing units

adjusting equipment, valves, pumps, controls and process equipment

controlling process start-up and shut-down, troubleshooting and monitoring outside process equipment

verifying equipment for malfunctions, testing well pipes for leaks and fractures and arranging for maintenance

analysing sample products, performing tests, recording data and writing production logs.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Blender operator (petroleum and natural gas refining)
- Gas plant operator
- Paraffin plant operator
- Petroleum process operator
- Refinery process technician
- Still operator (still petroleum and natural gas refining)

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Chemical processing plant controllers - 3133
- Chemical products plant and machine operators - 8131

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