Gas Plant Operators
Tasks Include:
- Monitor transportation and storage of flammable and other potentially dangerous products to ensure that safety guidelines are followed.
- Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should.
- Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.
- Start and shut down plant equipment.
- Record, review, and compile operations records, test results, and gauge readings such as temperatures, pressures, concentrations, and flows.
- Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems.
- Clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using hand tools, or request that repair and maintenance work be performed.
- Collaborate with other operators to solve unit problems.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +3.3%
National: -8.5%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$79,460.00
State
$81,400.00
Regional
Gas Plant Operators
Description
Career Cluster: | Manufacturing |
Distribute or process gas for utility companies and others by controlling compressors to maintain specified pressures on main pipelines.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Gas Plant Operators
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 58.44%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 31.05%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 10.51%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 51.32%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 18.64%
- None = 12.10%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 10.67%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 7.26%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 40.18%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 21.86%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 11.74%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.74%
- None = 7.37%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 7.10%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 45.71%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 32.19%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 8.27%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 6.99%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 6.84%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Gas Plant Operators
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Monitor transportation and storage of flammable and other potentially dangerous products to ensure that safety guidelines are followed.
- Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should.
- Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas.
- Start and shut down plant equipment.
- Record, review, and compile operations records, test results, and gauge readings such as temperatures, pressures, concentrations, and flows.
- Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems.
- Clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using hand tools, or request that repair and maintenance work be performed.
- Collaborate with other operators to solve unit problems.
- Determine causes of abnormal pressure variances, and make corrective recommendations, such as installation of pipes to relieve overloading.
- Read logsheets to determine product demand and disposition, or to detect malfunctions.
- Test gas, chemicals, and air during processing to assess factors such as purity and moisture content, and to detect quality problems or gas or chemical leaks.
- Contact maintenance crews when necessary.
- Distribute or process gas for utility companies or industrial plants, using panel boards, control boards, and semi-automatic equipment.
- Control equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas to feedlines of boilers, furnaces, and related steam-generating or heating equipment.
- Signal or direct workers who tend auxiliary equipment.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Change charts in recording meters.
- Control fractioning columns, compressors, purifying towers, heat exchangers, and related equipment to extract nitrogen and oxygen from air.
- Calculate gas ratios to detect deviations from specifications, using testing apparatus.
- Operate construction equipment to install and maintain gas distribution systems.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Gas Plant Operators
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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73.50 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
68.75 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
64.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
60.00 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
54.25 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
53.50 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
53.25 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
51.00 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
50.25 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Gas Plant Operators
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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78.00 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
68.75 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
65.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
62.50 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
56.25 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
56.25 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
53.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
50.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
50.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
50.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
50.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Gas Plant Operators
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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72.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
62.50 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
59.50 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
56.25 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
56.25 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
56.25 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
56.25 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
53.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
53.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
53.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
53.00 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
50.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Rate Control | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
50.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
50.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
50.00 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
50.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
50.00 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
50.00 | Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Gas Plant Operators
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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83.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
83.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
83.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
82.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
78.25 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
76.75 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
76.25 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
74.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
73.25 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
72.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
71.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
71.25 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
65.25 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
63.50 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
62.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
60.50 | Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment | Servicing, repairing, calibrating, regulating, fine-tuning, or testing machines, devices, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of electrical or electronic (not mechanical) principles. |
59.25 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
58.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
58.50 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
58.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
54.50 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
54.25 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
52.50 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
52.25 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
51.50 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
51.25 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
50.50 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
50.50 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
50.00 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Gas Plant Operators
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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87.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
84.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
79.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
75.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
75.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
74.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
74.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
74.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
72.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
71.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
71.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
70.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
68.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
64.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
63.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
55.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Gas Plant Operators
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
83.33 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
61.17 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
52.83 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Gas Plant Operators
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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97.20 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
92.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
90.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
89.80 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
88.80 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
88.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
87.80 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
85.80 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
85.40 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
85.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
85.20 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
84.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
84.00 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
82.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
81.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
81.20 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
80.20 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
77.20 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
75.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
74.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
74.20 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
73.20 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
73.20 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
72.00 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
72.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
68.80 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
66.00 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
65.60 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
64.80 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
63.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
62.60 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
60.20 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
58.40 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
57.60 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
56.40 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
56.20 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
55.40 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
55.00 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
54.20 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
54.00 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
52.80 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
52.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
50.60 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Gas Plant Operators
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Gas Plant Operators
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $46,190.00 | $79,460.00 | $94,930.00 |
Virginia | $55,370.00 | $81,400.00 | $93,750.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | $60,877.86 | $85,931.60 | $93,587.06 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Gas Plant Operators
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 15,300 | 14,000 | -8.5% |
Virginia | 210 | 217 | +3.3% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Gas Plant Operators
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- Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Helpers--Production Workers
- Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
- Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
- Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
- Machine Feeders and Offbearers
- Machinists
- Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
- Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
- Model Makers, Wood
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
- Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
- Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
- Patternmakers, Wood
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
- Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
- Plant and System Operators, All Other
- Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Potters, Manufacturing
- Pourers and Casters, Metal
- Power Distributors and Dispatchers
- Power Plant Operators
- Production Workers, All Other
- Recycling and Reclamation Workers
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Sewers, Hand
- Sewing Machine Operators
- Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
- Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers
- Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
- Team Assemblers
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
- Tire Builders
- Tool and Die Makers
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
- Upholsterers
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Woodworkers, All Other
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
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Gas Plant Operators
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Gas Plant Operators
Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Gas Plant Operators
Titles
- Compressor Station Operator
- Dispatcher
- Engine Room Operator
- Field Gauger
- Fuel Attendant
- Gas Controller
- Gas Dispatcher
- Gas Distribution Plant Operator
- Gas Maker
- Gas Operator
- Gas Plant Dispatcher
- Gas Plant Operator
- Gas Plant Technician
- Gas Processing Plant Operator
- Gas Producer
- Gas System Operator
- Gas Treater
- Gauger
- High Pressure Operator
- Liquefaction and Regasification Plant Operator
- Liquefaction Plant Operator
- Liquid Natural Gas Plant Operator (LNG Plant Operator)
- Liquified Natural Gas Specialist (LNG Specialist)
- Liquified Natural Gas Technician (LNG Technician)
- Load Dispatcher
- Natural Gas Plant Technician
- Operation Specialist
- Oxygen Plant Operator
- Plant Operator
- Pressure Controller
- Pressure Dispatcher
- Process Plant Operator
- Regasification Plant Operator
- Tank Terminal Gauger
- Terminal Gauger
- Water Gas Operator
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Gas Plant Operators
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- Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology
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- Ivy Tech Community College
- Lackawanna College
- Laredo College
- Lewis and Clark Community College
- Lincoln Trail College
- Lone Star College System
- Muskingum University
- Navarro College
- Nicholls State University
- North Central Texas College
- Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology
- Palo Alto College
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- Pueblo Community College
- Seward County Community College
- South Louisiana Community College
- Southwest Mississippi Community College
- Stark State College
- Uintah Basin Technical College
- University of Alaska Anchorage
- University of Pittsburgh-Bradford
- Washington State Community College
- West Virginia Northern Community College
- Western Texas College
- Western Wyoming Community College
- Williston State College
- Zane State College
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