| 1. | Monitor transportation and storage of flammable and other potentially dangerous products to ensure that safety guidelines are followed. |
| 2. | Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks, in order to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should. |
| 3. | Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment in order to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas. |
| 4. | Start and shut down plant equipment. |
| 5. | Record, review, and compile operations records, test results, and gauge readings such as temperatures, pressures, concentrations, and flows. |
| 6. | Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, and/or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems. |
| 7. | Clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using hand tools, or request that repair and maintenance work be performed. |
| 8. | Collaborate with other operators to solve unit problems. |
| 9. | Determine causes of abnormal pressure variances, and make corrective recommendations, such as installation of pipes to relieve overloading. |
| 10. | Read logsheets to determine product demand and disposition, or to detect malfunctions. |
| 11. | 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. |
| 12. | Contact maintenance crews when necessary. |
| 13. | Change charts in recording meters. |
| 14. | Distribute or process gas for utility companies or industrial plants, using panel boards, control boards, and semi-automatic equipment. |
| 15. | Control equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas to feedlines of boilers, furnaces, and related steam-generating or heating equipment. |
| 16. | Control fractioning columns, compressors, purifying towers, heat exchangers, and related equipment in order to extract nitrogen and oxygen from air. |
| 17. | Calculate gas ratios to detect deviations from specifications, using testing apparatus. |
| 18. | Signal or direct workers who tend auxiliary equipment. |
| 19. | Operate construction equipment to install and maintain gas distribution systems. |