Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
SOC Code: 53-7072
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumperss 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. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 79.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operations Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Monitoring.
AI-Proof Score: 79.0 — High
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Median Salary
$60,020
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Job Growth
2.6%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Monitoring
- •Operation and Control
- •Active Listening
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Critical Thinking
Common Tasks
- ✓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.
- ✓Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.
- ✓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.
- ✓Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.
- ✓Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation