PLANT & UTILITIES OCCUPATIONS
95023 AUXILLARY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS POWER
Control and maintain auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, fans, compressors, condensers, feed water heaters, filters, and chlorinators, that supply water, fuel, lubricants, air, and auxiliary power for turbines, generators, boilers, and other power-generating plant facilities.
95008 CHEMICAL PLANT & SYSTEM OPERATORS
Control or operate an entire chemical process or system of machines, such as reduction pots and heated air towers, through the use of panel boards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
15023 COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, & UTILITIES OPERATIONS MANAGERS
Plan, organize, direct, control, or coordinate activities related to: Communications by telephone, telegraph, radio, or television; transporting people or goods by air, highway, railway, water, or pipeline; managing transportation facilities, such as airports, harbors, or terminals; managing warehousing and storage facilities; or supplying electricity, gas, water, steam, or sanitation services. General Managers of large establishments or operations should be reported as General Managers and Top Executives.
55335 CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES, UTILITIES
Interview applicants for water, gas, electric, or telephone service. Talk with customer and receive orders for installation, turn-on, disco-tenancy, or change in services.
95005 GAS PLANT OPERATORS
Distribute or process gas for utility companies and others. Distribute gas for an entire plant or process, often using panel boards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment.
95017 GAUGERS
Gauge and test oil in storage tanks. Regulate flow of oil into pipelines at wells, tank farms, refineries, and marine and rail terminals, following prescribed standards and regulations.
85118 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE MECHANICS, WATER OR POWER GENERATION PLANT
Install, adjust, repair, and maintain machinery in power generating stations and water treatment plants. Duties include the repair and maintenance of: Mechanical elements of generators, waterwheels, piping, and water-inlet controls in generating stations; steam boilers, condensers, pumps, compressors, and similar equipment in gas manufacturing plants; and equipment used to process and distribute water for human consumption and industrial use.
58014 METER READERS, UTILITIES
Read electric, gas, water, or steam consumption meters and record volume used by residential and commercial customers.
95011 PETROLEUM PUMP SYSTEM OPERATORS
Control or operate manifold and pumping systems to circulate liquids through a petroleum refinery. Exclude workers who do not operate entire manifold or pumping systems. Exclude Oil Pumpers who operate pipelines running outside of the refinery.
95028 POWER DISTRIBUTORS & DISPATCHERS
Coordinate, regulate, or distribute electricity or steam in generating stations and substations, and over electric power lines. May work for utility company or in a large industrial establishment. May spend some time generating power.
95021 POWER-GENERATING PLANT OPERATORS, EXCEPT AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS
Control or operate machinery, such as steam-driven turbo-generators, to generate electric power, often through the use of panel boards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment. Exclude workers operating auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, fans, compressors, filters, feed water heaters, chlorinators, and condensers.
95032 STATIONARY ENGINEERS
Operate and maintain stationary engines and mechanical equipment to provide utilities for buildings or industrial processes. Operate equipment such as steam engines, generators, motors, turbines, and steam boilers.
95002 WATER & LIQUID WASTE TREATMENT PLANT & SYSTEM OPERATORS
Operate or control an entire process or system of machines, often through the use of panel boards, control boards, or semi-automatic equipment, to transfer or treat water and/or liquid waste.
95099 ALL OTHER PLANT & SYSTEM OPERATORS
All other plant and system operators not classified separately above.
81008 FIRST-LINE SUPERVISORS & MANAGERS/SUPERVISORS - PRODUCTION & OPERATING WORKERS
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of production and operating workers, such as testers, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, or plant and system operators. Managers/Supervisors are generally found in smaller establishments where they perform both supervisory and management functions, such as accounting, marketing, and personnel work, and may also engage in the same production work as the workers they supervise. Exclude work leaders who spend 20 percent or more of their time at tasks similar to those of employees under their supervision and report them in the occupations which are most closely related to their specific work duties.
81099 ALL OTHER FIRST-LINE SUPERVISORS & MANAGERS/SUPERVISORS - PRODUCTION, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, & RELATED WORKERS
All other first-line supervisors in this category not classified separately above.
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