Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders
SOC Code: 53-7121
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaderss seal outlet valves on tank cars, barges, and trucks. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 77.2/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Operations Monitoring.
AI-Proof Score: 77.2 — High
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Median Salary
$58,070
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Job Growth
4.3%
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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
- •Operation and Control
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Time Management
- •Monitoring
- •Active Listening
Common Tasks
- ✓Seal outlet valves on tank cars, barges, and trucks.
- ✓Verify tank car, barge, or truck load numbers to ensure car placement accuracy based on written or verbal instructions.
- ✓Start pumps and adjust valves or cables to regulate the flow of products to vessels, using knowledge of loading procedures.
- ✓Check conditions and weights of vessels to ensure cleanliness and compliance with loading procedures.
- ✓Observe positions of cars passing loading spouts, and swing spouts into the correct positions at the appropriate times.
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