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Overview
The work follows electronic displays, dials, alarms and shift information to keep natural gas processing, dehydration, contaminant removal and related plant operations stable.
In job descriptions, look for control-room monitoring, safety procedures, emergency response, equipment condition checks, troubleshooting, production reports, remote communication and inter-shift handover.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The work is concentrated in a gas plant control room. Operators read screens, dials, alarms and shift notes, adjust process variables and contact field or maintenance teams when plant behaviour changes.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include natural gas process knowledge, gas dehydration, contaminant removal, sulphur recovery, equipment-condition monitoring, troubleshooting, emergency procedures, remote communication and clear production reporting between shifts.
Salary context
Pay context should reflect control-room responsibility, plant complexity, shift coverage, safety accountability, emergency response duties and whether the operator monitors one unit or several linked gas processes.
Career paths
Paths can build from plant operation, maintenance, process monitoring or field technician work toward senior control-room operation, shift supervision, process safety coordination or production reporting roles.
Good to know
Check whether the advert names dehydration, sweetening, fractionation, sulphur recovery or contaminant removal. Clear roles describe control systems, alarm response, handover routines and who authorises process changes.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Distribution of gaseous fuels through mains
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is gas processing plant operator.
Explore this activityManufacture of gas
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include biogas technician and gas processing plant supervisor.
Explore this activityManufacture of industrial gases
Another possibility is this activity. Other occupations there include air separation plant operator and gas station operator.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Gas Plant Operators
51-8092.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETGas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
53-7071.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
06.2Extraction of natural gas20.14Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals20.11Manufacture of industrial gases35.22Distribution of gaseous fuels through mains35.21Manufacture of gas
Alternative labels
process plant operator
panel controller
gas processing plant operator
gas processing control room manager
panel board operator
gas processing control room supervisor
process control operator
gas process operator
plant monitoring operator
gas processing control room technician
control panel monitor
process control room operator
monitoring panel operator
Occupation group
Petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators (3134)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/47ae3ed9-e03c-450e-9ea8-aab317545adc |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3134.1 |
| ISCO group | 3134 |
| Concept type | Occupation |