Classification note
- Published code: 3134
- Hierarchy level: unit-group
- This page uses ISCO-08 as the English occupation reference layer while Thai TSCO label harmonization remains incomplete.
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Occupation hierarchy
- Major Group: 3 Technicians and Associate Professionals
- Sub Major Group: 31 Science and Engineering Associate Professionals
- Minor Group: 313 Process Control Technicians
- Unit Group: 3134 Petroleum and Natural Gas Refining Plant Operators
Child groups
- No child groups are published under this code.
TSIC codes where this occupation is primary
TSIC codes where this occupation is related
- No related TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
Definition
Petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators operate and monitor plants and adjust and maintain processing units and equipment which refine, distil and treat petroleum, petroleum-based products and by-products, or natural gas.
Tasks include
Tasks include - (a) operating electronic or computerized control panel from a central control room to monitor and optimize physical and chemical processes for several processing units; (b) adjusting equipment, valves, pumps, controls and process equipment; (c) controlling process start-up and shut-down, troubleshooting and monitoring outside process equipment; (d) verifying equipment for malfunctions, testing well pipes for leaks and fractures and arranging for maintenance; (e) analysing sample products, performing tests, recording data and writing production logs.
Included occupations or child groups
Examples of the occupations classified here: - Blender operator (petroleum and natural gas refining) - Gas plant operator - Paraffin plant operator - Petroleum process operator - Refinery process technician - Still operator (still petroleum and natural gas refining)
Excluded occupations
Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Chemical processing plant controllers - 3133 - Chemical products plant and machine operators - 8131
ISCO-88 correspondence
- 8155