Skills to evaluate against your experience
These are the highest-rated skills in our O*NET selection for pump operators, except wellhead pumpers. Importance uses O*NET’s 1–5 scale; it is not an ATS score or a checklist every employer requires. Include a skill only when you can demonstrate it.
| Skill | Importance / 5 |
|---|---|
| Operations Monitoring | 3.88 |
| Monitoring | 3.5 |
| Operation and Control | 3.5 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.12 |
| Active Listening | 3.12 |
| Speaking | 3.12 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.12 |
| Troubleshooting | 3 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3 |
| Time Management | 3 |
| Writing | 2.88 |
| Active Learning | 2.88 |
Software examples associated with this occupation
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- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Operational databases
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
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Monitor gauges and flowmeters and inspect equipment to ensure that tank levels, temperatures, chemical amounts, and pressures are at specified levels, reporting abnormalities as necessary.
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