Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a pipeline pump operator can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a pipeline pump operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Pipeline pump operators tend pump equipment and systems to transfer liquids and substances (e.g. such as chemical solutions, crude oil, gases, and others) from one point to the next. They operate hoses, pumps, and other equipment according to the good to be transferred. They ensure smooth circulation and flow of the goods in the pipelines.

Also known as pipeline goods transfer operator, oil transfer operator, pump tender, pipe tender, pipeline tender, gas transfer operator.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 30 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: pipeline maintenance worker, 48%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
pipeline maintenance worker 48% covered petroleum pump system operator 25% covered pipeline engineer 22% covered pipe welder 20% covered fibre machine tender 19% covered pipeline pump operator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from pipeline pump operator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a pipeline pump operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A pipeline pump operator needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • transfer liquid goods handling and moving
  • transfer oil handling and moving
  • monitor storage vessels used to transport goods via pipeline information skills
  • contribute to bilge and ballast operations working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain pipeline coating properties working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain tanks handling and moving
  • act with a high level of safety awareness assisting and caring
  • regulate the flow of substances in pipelines assisting and caring
  • use rigging equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • pipeline coating properties engineering, manufacturing and construction
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Pipeline pump operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a pipeline pump operator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.