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O*NET detailed work activityOperate pumps or compressors
Stays humanHands-on work
9 jobs10 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Operate pumping systems or equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Controlling Machines and Processes. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 10 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Start and examine operation of slush pumps to ensure circulation and consistency of drilling fluid or mud in well.
- Start pumps that circulate mud through drill pipes and boreholes to cool drill bits and flush out drill cuttings.
- Tend pumps, compressors, or generators to provide power for tools, machinery, or equipment or to heat or move materials, such as asphalt.
- Operate pumps that circulate water, oil, or other fluids through wells to remove sand or other materials obstructing the free flow of oil.
- Start pumps to circulate water and abrasives onto blades or cables during cutting.
- Turn valves to control air or water output of compressors or pumps.
- Operate motorized pumps to remove water from flooded manholes, basements, or facility floors.
- Tend machines that pump concrete, grout, cement, sand, plaster, or stucco through spray guns for application to ceilings or walls.
- Start pumps to operate distilling systems that drain and reclaim dry cleaning solvents.