Profession gauger

Gaugers test oil during the processing and before dispatch. They control pumping systems and regulate the flow of oil into the pipelines.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional

Knowledge

• Mechanical tools

  Understand machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Skills

• Perform oil tests

  Perform oil sample tests in order to determine product quality; operate centrifugal testing equipment to assess levels of water, bottom sediment or foreign materials.

• Set equipment controls

  Manipulate equipment controls to produce required volumes and required product quality. Take into account lab recommendations, schedules and test results.

• Measure oil tank temperatures

  Insert thermometers inside oil tanks to obtain temperature information.

• Verify oil circulation

  Ensure that incoming and outgoing materials circulate through correct meters; ensure that meters work properly.

• Test oil samples

  Analyse oil samples in order to determine characteristics such as consistency, texture, viscosity or concentration. Operate measuring instruments such as pH meters, hydrometers and viscometers.

• Coordinate oil well operations

  Coordinate well operations such as shutdowns and major projects.

• Keep task records

  Organise and classify records of prepared reports and correspondence related to the performed work and progress records of tasks.

• Collect oil samples

  Collect petroleum product samples by turning bleed valves; insert container into tank to obtain sample material.

• Analyse oil operations data

  Record and process operating data; comprehend and analyse documents, instruments and data results of laboratory analyses.

• Calculate oil deliveries

  Make up receipts and calculate deliveries of oil and other petroleum products. Apply standard formulas to calculate test result values.

• Operate oil pumping systems

  Manipulate control panels to adjust pressure and temperature and to direct product flow rate. Control oil pumping systems; monitor liquid circulation in petroleum refinery.

• Maintain mechanical equipment

  Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect malfunction. Service, repair, adjust, and test machines, parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical principles. Maintain and repair vehicles meant for cargo, passengers, farming and landscaping.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB