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Career Details :: Wellhead Pumpers
Operate power pumps and auxiliary equipment to produce flow of oil or gas from wells in oil field.
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Operates engines and pumps from central power plant to shut off wells and to switch flow of oil into storage tanks.
- Reads tank gauges and pump meters and keeps production records.
- Starts compressor engines and diverts oil from storage tanks into compressor units and auxiliary equipment to recover natural gas from oil.
- Starts pumps and opens valves to pump oil from wells into storage tanks.
- Opens valves to return compressed gas to bottoms of specified wells to repressurize them and force oil to surface.
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General Work Activities
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Documenting/Recording Information
Frequent Work Context
- Consequence of Error
- Degree of Automation
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Common Protective or Safety Attire