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Overview
The work is industrial process operation around gas pressure, valves, meters, compressors, chemical tests and production records.
In job descriptions, look for compressor engines, gas-pressure control, pipeline routines, oxygen purity tests, valve monitoring, emergency procedures, equipment maintenance and production data.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Gas plant operation happens around compressors, pumps, meters, valves and pipelines. The focus remains gas flow, pressure readings, compressors and safe pipeline operation. That separates the role from retail fuel sales and general site service work.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include compressor operation, gas-pressure control, valve monitoring, chemical sampling and equipment maintenance. The focus remains gas flow, pressure readings, compressors and safe pipeline operation.
Salary context
Gas-process pay is shaped by shift pattern, plant complexity, pressure and compressor responsibility, emergency duty and how much maintenance the operator owns. That separates the role from retail fuel sales and general site service work.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior process operation, control-room work, pipeline inspection or maintenance coordination. The focus remains gas flow, pressure readings, compressors and safe pipeline operation.
Good to know
Check whether an advert names industrial gas processing, named compressors, pipelines, meters, sampling routines and emergency responsibilities. The focus remains gas flow, pressure readings, compressors and safe pipeline operation.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay 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.
Manufacture of industrial gases
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include air separation plant operator and gas processing plant control room operator.
Explore this activityManufacture of other organic basic chemicals
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Another occupation there is gas processing plant control room 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: 3
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
53-7072.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETGas Plant Operators
51-8092.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
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.
20.14Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals20.11Manufacture of industrial gases
Alternative labels
ethylene compressor operator
gas pumping station operative
butadiene compressor operator
gas-compressor operative
gas pumping station operator
gas compressor and gas pumping station operative
gas-compressor operator
butane compressor operator
gas compressor station operator
gas compressor and gas pumping station operator
Occupation group
chemical processing plant controller (3133.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f1c8c186-bef9-4d72-9257-90fc4f992ab7 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3133.1.5 |
| ISCO group | 3133 |
| Concept type | Occupation |