Jobs / Transportation and material moving / 53-7073.00
Wellhead Pumpers
Operate power pumps and auxiliary equipment to produce flow of oil or gas from wells in oil field.
- US jobs
- 17,990
- Median wage
- $69,960 a year
- Job family
- Transportation and material moving
Can agents do the work of wellhead pumpers?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Transportation and material moving: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 23%Operate pumping systems or equipmentNot measured
- 15%Monitor equipment operationNot measured
- 11%Assemble equipment or componentsNot measured
- 8%Maintain vehicles in working conditionNot measured
- 7%Repair workpieces or productsNot measured
- 5%Test performance of equipment or systemsNot measured
- 5%Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipmentNot measured
- 5%Connect components or supply lines to equipment or toolsNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in transportation and material moving, not always this occupation's tasks.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
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Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Monitor pumps and flow lines for gas and fluid leaks.
- Gauge oil and gas production.
- Start compressor engines and divert oil from storage tanks into compressor units and auxiliary equipment to recover natural gas from oil.
- Monitor control panels during pumping operations to ensure that materials are being pumped at the correct pressure, density, rate, and concentration.
- Operate engines and pumps to shut off wells according to production schedules, and to switch flow of oil into storage tanks.
- Repair gas and oil meters and gauges.
- Perform routine maintenance on vehicles and equipment.
- Open valves to return compressed gas to bottoms of specified wells to repressurize them and force oil to surface.
- Change water filters.
- Prepare trucks and equipment necessary for the type of pumping service required.
- Attach pumps and hoses to wellheads.
- Mix acids, chemicals, or dry cement as required for a specific job.
Other job titles for this occupation (19)
Field Operator · Lease Attendant · Lease Operator · Oilfield Plant Operator · Pumper · Well Field Technician · Well Head Pumper · Well Tender · Wellhead Pumper · Gas Lease Pumper · Gas Well Pumper · Oil Field Operator · Oil Field Plant Operator · Oil Field Pumper · Oil Field Technician · Oil Field Worker · Oil Pumper · Oil Well Pumper · Oil Well Service Operator