Gauger Stationary Plant & Machine Operators

Understand machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Organise and classify records of prepared reports and correspondence related to the performed work and progress records of tasks.

Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect malfunction. Service, repair, adjust, and test machines, parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical principles. Maintain and repair …

Record and process operating data; comprehend and analyse documents, instruments and data results of laboratory analyses.

Make up receipts and calculate deliveries of oil and other petroleum products. Apply standard formulas to calculate test result values.

Collect petroleum product samples by turning bleed valves; insert container into tank to obtain sample material.

Coordinate well operations such as shutdowns and major projects.

Insert thermometers inside oil tanks to obtain temperature information.

Manipulate control panels to adjust pressure and temperature and to direct product flow rate. Control oil pumping systems; monitor liquid circulation in petroleum refinery.

Perform oil sample tests in order to determine product quality; operate centrifugal testing equipment to assess levels of water, bottom sediment or foreign materials.

Manipulate equipment controls to produce required volumes and required product quality. Take into account lab recommendations, schedules and test results.

Analyse oil samples in order to determine characteristics such as consistency, texture, viscosity or concentration. Operate measuring instruments such as pH meters, hydrometers and viscometers.

Ensure that incoming and outgoing materials circulate through correct meters; ensure that meters work properly.

The composition, structure, and properties of substances and the processes and transformations that they undergo; the uses of different chemicals and their interactions, production techniques, risk factors, and disposal methods.

Mathematics is the study of topics such as quantity, structure, space, and change. It involves the identification of patterns and formulating new conjectures based on them. Mathematicians strive to prove …

Clean interiors of oil processing units; circulate cleaning solvents and chemicals within.

Ensure synchronicity between pump houses; pursue continuous product flow and minimal product contamination.