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.

Tasks

• 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
• Analyzing sample products, performing tests, recording data and writing production logs