Engineer of process pumps and compressors. What does a process pump operator do? Professionals should be well aware

It is very difficult to imagine modern life without pipelines through which vaporous, gaseous and liquid products are transported. On the territory of the state there are a large number of technological and main pipelines that require constant maintenance. The supply of any substance through pipelines is provided by special equipment. The maintenance of such equipment is carried out by the engineer of technological pumps and compressors.

All branches of industry are well developed in our country. Many enterprises use internal communications operating under a certain pressure to transport raw materials or industrial waste, so the specialty of a process pump and compressor driver will always be in great demand in the labor market.

Qualification

The main responsibilities of the profession of a process pump and compressor operator include:

The job description of specialists SPO 240101.02 "Technological pumps and compressors operator" provides for the mandatory availability of certain knowledge.

Professionals should be familiar with:

Education

There are a lot of colleges and technical schools in Russia where those who wish can study and master such a profession as a machinist of process pumps and compressors. All specialized educational institutions each year recruit students who have graduated high school. The period of study directly depends on the available education (9 or 11 grades) and the form of attending an educational institution.

After graduating from a specialized college or technical school, each graduate receives an appropriate diploma. Young specialists can easily find a job in the specialty of SPO "Technological pumps and compressors operator".

All graduates of specialized technical schools are able to:

• to carry out the decommissioning of pumping equipment for subsequent transfer for repair;
• regulate work compressor units;
• work with apparatus for drying gas;
• find and eliminate minor problems in the operation of installations;
• prepare units for launch;
• exercise control over the transportation of substances through pipelines;
• keep records;
• comply with the rules of industrial and environmental safety.

All students of specialized colleges, mastering the specialty of a machinist of technological pumps and compressors, undergo an internship at existing enterprises. This allows you to consolidate the acquired knowledge well.

The curriculum includes the study of the following subjects:

Employment

After graduating from an educational institution, young people with the specialty "engineer of technological pumps and compressors" will always be able to pick up appropriate place for employment and choose who they will work on it. Any enterprise using internal and main pipelines will gladly accept such specialists in its own staff.

Process pump operators will always be in high demand at many enterprises. Workers in this specialty receive good wages and have excellent prospects. career development.

II. Abbreviations Used

The following abbreviations are used in this standard:

SPO - average professional education;

GEF SPO - federal state educational standard of secondary vocational education;

PPKRS - training program for skilled workers, employees by profession;

OK - general competence;

PC - professional competence;

PM - professional module;

MDK is an interdisciplinary course.

III. Characteristics of training by profession

3.1. The terms for obtaining SPO by profession 240101.02 Full-time process pump and compressor driver and the corresponding qualifications are given in Table 1.

Table 1

Level of education required for admission to PPCR training	Name of qualification (professions according to All-Russian classifier professions of workers, positions of employees and wage categories)	Deadline for obtaining SVE on PPKRS in full-time education
secondary general education	Compressor unit operator Pumping unit operator Process pump operator Technological compressor operator Gas drying operator
basic general education

5.2. A graduate who has mastered the PPKRS should have professional competencies corresponding to the types of activity:

5.2.1. Maintenance and repair of technological compressors and pumps, compressor and pumping units, gas drying equipment.

PC 1.1. Troubleshoot and troubleshoot equipment and communications.

PC 1.2. Take out technological equipment for repair, participate in the delivery and acceptance of it from repair.

PC 1.3. Comply with safety regulations when repairing equipment and installations.

5.2.2. Operation of technological compressors and pumps, compressor and pumping units, gas drying equipment.

PC 2.1. Prepare equipment, installation for start-up and shutdown under normal conditions.

PC 2.2. Control and regulate operating modes technological equipment using automation equipment and instrumentation.

PC 2.3. Keep records of the consumption of gases, transported products, electricity, fuel lubricants.

PC 2.4. Ensure compliance with the rules of labor protection, industrial, fire and environmental safety.

VI. Requirements for the structure of the training program for skilled workers, employees

6.1. PPKRS provides for the study of the following training cycles:

general professional;

professional

and sections:

Physical Culture;

educational practice;

Internship;

intermediate certification;

6.2. The mandatory part of the PPCR should be about 80 percent of the total time allotted for its development. The variable part (about 20 percent) makes it possible to expand and (or) deepen the training, determined by the content of the compulsory part, to obtain additional competencies, skills and knowledge necessary to ensure the competitiveness of the graduate in accordance with the demands of the regional labor market and opportunities for continuing education. Disciplines, interdisciplinary courses and professional modules of the variable part are determined educational organization.

The general professional training cycle consists of general professional disciplines, the professional training cycle consists of professional modules in accordance with the types of activities corresponding to the qualifications assigned. The professional module includes one or more interdisciplinary courses. When students master professional modules, educational and (or) work practice is carried out.

The obligatory part of the professional training cycle of the PPKRS should include the study of the discipline "Life Safety". The volume of hours for the discipline "Life Safety" is 2 hours per week during the period of theoretical training (mandatory part of the training cycles), but not more than 68 hours, of which 70 percent of the total amount of time allotted for the specified discipline is for mastering the basics of military service.

6.3. An educational organization, when determining the structure of the PPKRS and the complexity of its development, can use a system of credits, while one credit corresponds to 36 academic hours.

The structure of the training program for skilled workers, employees

table 2

	Name of training cycles, sections, modules, requirements for knowledge, skills, practical experience	Total maximum student workload (hour/week)	Incl. hours of compulsory training	Index and name of disciplines, interdisciplinary courses (MDC)	Codes of generated competencies
	Mandatory part of the training cycles of the PPCR and the section " Physical Culture"
	General professional training cycle
	As a result of studying the compulsory part of the educational cycle, a student in general professional disciplines must: general information about assembly drawings, the appointment of conventions and simplifications used in the drawings, the rules for preparing and reading working drawings; main provisions of design, technological and other regulatory documentation; geometric constructions and rules for drawing technical details, methods of graphical representation of technological equipment and execution of technological schemes; requirements of ESKD and ESTD standards for the design and preparation of drawings and diagrams			OP.01. technical drawing
	control the implementation of grounding, grounding; start and stop the electric motors installed on the operated equipment; calculate parameters, draw up and assemble circuits for switching on devices when measuring various electrical quantities, electrical machines and mechanisms; take readings of work and use electrical equipment in compliance with safety standards and operating rules; carry out splicing, soldering and insulation of wires and control the quality of work performed; basic concepts of direct and alternating electric current, series and parallel connection of conductors and current sources, units of measurement for current, voltage, power electric current, resistance of conductors, electric and magnetic fields; essence and methods of measuring electrical quantities, design and technical characteristics of measuring instruments; basic laws of electrical engineering; rules for graphic representation and drawing up electrical circuits; methods for calculating electrical circuits; symbols of electrical devices and electrical machines; main elements electrical networks; principles of operation, device, main characteristics of electrical measuring instruments, electrical machines, control and protection equipment, power supply schemes; DC and AC motors, their device, the principle of operation of the start, stop rule; ways to save electricity; rules for splicing, soldering and insulation of wires; types and properties of electrical materials; safety regulations for working with electrical appliances			OP.02. electrical engineering
	use means of individual and group protection; apply safe labor practices on the territory of the enterprise and in production premises; use eco-bioprotective and fire-fighting equipment; identify and analyze traumatic and harmful factors in the field of professional activity; types and rules for conducting labor protection briefings; possible dangers and harmful factors and means of protection; the effect of toxic substances on the human body; fire and explosion prevention measures; regulations on labor protection and health, the basics of professional hygiene, professional sanitation and fire safety; general safety requirements on the territory of the enterprise and in production premises; main causes of fires and explosions; legal and organizational foundations of labor protection at the enterprise, a system of measures for safe operation dangerous production facilities and reduce the harmful effects on environment, preventive actions on safety and industrial sanitation; rights and obligations of employees in the field of labor protection; principles of forecasting the development of events and assessing the consequences of man-made emergencies and natural phenomena; means and methods for improving security technical means and technological processes			Occupational Safety and Health
	determine the properties and classify materials used in production by composition, purpose and method of preparation; select basic structural materials with similar coefficients of thermal expansion; perform general plumbing work: marking, cutting, straightening, bending, cutting, filing, metal scraping, drilling, countersinking and reaming of holes, riveting, soldering, tinning and gluing, threading; use tools and instrumentation when performing plumbing work; basic information about the purpose and properties of metals and alloys, about the technology of their production; main types, properties and applications of structural metallic and non-metallic materials used in production; features of the structure of metals and alloys; types of gaskets and sealing materials; classification and properties of metals and alloys, basic protective materials, composite materials; types of mechanical, chemical and heat treatment of metals and alloys; methods for measuring parameters and determining the properties of materials; basic information about crystallization and structure of melts; basic properties of polymers and their use; methods of heat treatment and protection of metals from corrosion; types of plumbing work and technology for their implementation; device, purpose, rules for the selection and use of tools and instrumentation used in the performance of plumbing work; requirements for the quality of processing parts; types of wear of parts and assemblies; lubricant properties			OP.04. Fundamentals of materials science and technology of general plumbing work
	assemble structures from parts according to drawings and diagrams; determine stresses in structural elements; types of wear and deformation of parts and assemblies; types of lubricants, requirements for the properties of oils used to lubricate components and parts, rules for storing lubricants; kinematics of mechanisms, connections of machine parts, mechanical transmissions, types and arrangement of gears; purpose and classification of bearings; main types of lubricating devices; types, purpose, device of reducers; friction, its types, the role of friction in technology; arrangement and purpose of tools and instrumentation used in the maintenance and repair of equipment; a method for calculating structural elements for strength, stiffness and stability under various types of deformation			OP.05. Fundamentals of technical mechanics
	organize and carry out activities to protect workers and the public from the negative impacts of emergency situations; take preventive measures to reduce the level of hazards different kind and their consequences in professional activity and everyday life; use means of individual and collective protection against weapons of mass destruction; apply primary funds fire extinguishing; navigate the list of military registration specialties and independently determine among them those related to the received profession; apply professional knowledge in the course of performing the duties of military service on military positions in accordance with the received profession; own ways of conflict-free communication and self-regulation in everyday activities and extreme conditions of military service; provide first aid to the injured; the principles of ensuring the sustainability of economic facilities, forecasting the development of events and assessing the consequences in man-made emergencies and natural phenomena, including in the context of countering terrorism as a serious threat to Russia's national security; the main types of potential hazards and their consequences in professional activities and everyday life, the principles for reducing the likelihood of their implementation; fundamentals of military service and defense of the state; tasks and main activities of civil defense; ways to protect the population from weapons of mass destruction; measures fire safety and rules of safe behavior in case of fires; organization and procedure for conscription of citizens for military service and admission to it on a voluntary basis; main types of weapons military equipment and special equipment, which are in service (equipment) of military units, in which there are military registration specialties related to the professions of SPO; scope of received professional knowledge in the performance of military service duties; procedure and rules for providing first aid to victims			OP.06. Life safety
	Professional study cycle
	Professional modules
	Maintenance and repair of process compressors, pumps, compressor and pumping units, gas drying equipment have practical experience: maintenance and repair; performing plumbing work; ensuring safe working conditions; follow the rules for the maintenance of pumps, compressors, gas dehydration equipment; prepare equipment for repair; repair equipment and installations; observe the rules of fire and electrical safety; prevent and eliminate malfunctions in the operation of pumps, compressors, gas dehydration equipment; control waste generated during the production of products, sewage, emissions into the atmosphere, methods of disposal and processing; to fulfill the requirements of labor protection, industrial and fire safety during the repair of equipment and installations; assess the state of safety, ecology at gas dehydration units, in pumping and compressor units; draw up technical documentation; device and principle of operation of equipment and communications; maintenance rules; layout of shop pipelines and inter-shop communications; rules and instructions for the production of hot and gas hazardous work; rules of conduct technical documentation; technology for draining and pumping liquids, gas drying; rules for preparing for repair and repair of equipment, installations; pipelines and pipeline fittings; ways to prevent and eliminate malfunctions in the operation of pumps, compressors, gas dryers; labor safety rules during repairs			MDK.01.01. Maintenance and repair of equipment and installations
	Operation of process compressors, pumps, compressor and pumping units, gas drying equipment As a result of studying the professional module, the student must: have practical experience: conducting the process of transportation of liquids and gases in accordance with the established regime; regulation of the parameters of the process of transportation of liquids and gases in the serviced area; conducting the gas drying process; regulation of the technological mode of gas drying; operation of electrical equipment; ensuring the safe operation of production; ensure compliance with process parameters; operate equipment for transporting liquid, gas and gas drying; control the consumption of transported products according to instrumentation readings; take samples for analysis; carry out bottling, packaging and transportation of products to the warehouse; keep records of the consumption of products, operated and fuels and lubricants, energy resources; maintain reporting and technical documentation; comply with the requirements of labor protection, industrial and fire safety; comply with the rules of environmental safety; the main regularities of the technology of transportation of liquid, gas; basic laws of gas drying technology; technological parameters of processes, rules for their measurement; purpose, device and principle of operation of automation equipment; schemes of pumping and compressor units, rules for their use; diagrams of gas drying installations; industrial ecology; fundamentals of industrial and fire safety; labor protection; metrological control; rules and methods of sampling; possible violations of the regime, causes and remedies, warning; maintenance of reporting and technical documentation on the operation of equipment and installations			MDK.02.01. Operation of equipment for transportation of gas, liquids and gas drying
	Physical Culture As a result of studying the section "Physical culture" the student must: use physical culture and health-improving activities to improve health, achieve life and professional goals; about the role of physical culture in general cultural, professional and social development person; basics healthy lifestyle life
	Variable part of the training cycles PPKRS (determined by the educational organization)
	Total for the mandatory part of the PPKRS, including the section "Physical culture", and the optional part of the PPKRS
	Educational practice
	Internship
	Intermediate certification
	State final certification

The term for obtaining secondary vocational education in full-time PPKRS is 43 weeks, including:

Training in educational cycles and the section "Physical culture"
Educational practice
Internship
Intermediate certification
State final certification
vacation

VII. Requirements for the conditions for the implementation of the training program for skilled workers, employees

7.1. The educational organization independently develops and approves the PPKRS in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standards of the SPO, determining the profession or group of occupations of workers (positions of employees) according to OK 016-94 (based on the recommended list of their possible combinations in accordance with paragraph 3.2 of the Federal State Educational Standards of the SPO), taking into account the corresponding exemplary PPKRS.

Before starting the development of the PPCR, an educational organization must determine its specifics, taking into account the focus on meeting the needs of the labor market and employers, specify final results learning in the form of competencies, skills and knowledge, acquired practical experience.

The specific types of activities for which the student is preparing must correspond to the qualifications assigned, determine the content of the educational program developed by the educational organization together with interested employers.

When forming the PPKRS educational organization:

has the right to use the amount of time allotted for the variable part of the training cycles of the PPKRS, while increasing the amount of time allotted for the disciplines and modules of the mandatory part, or introducing new disciplines and modules in accordance with the needs of employers and the specifics of the activities of the educational organization;

is obliged to update the PPKRS annually, taking into account the requests of employers, the peculiarities of the development of the region, science, culture, economics, engineering, technology and social sphere within the framework established by this GEF SPO;

is obliged in the work programs of all disciplines and professional modules to clearly formulate the requirements for the results of their development: competencies, acquired practical experience, knowledge and skills;

must provide effective independent work students in combination with the improvement of its management by teachers and masters of industrial training;

is obliged to provide students with the opportunity to participate in the formation of an individual educational program;

is obliged to form a socio-cultural environment, create the conditions necessary for the comprehensive development and socialization of the individual, preserve the health of students, promote the development of the educational component of the educational process, including the development of self-government, the participation of students in work public organizations, sports and creative clubs;

should provide for the implementation of the competency-based approach, the use in the educational process of active forms of conducting classes using electronic educational resources, business and role-playing games, individual and group projects, analysis of production situations, psychological and other trainings, group discussions in combination with extracurricular work for the formation and development general and professional competencies of students.

7.2. When implementing the PPKRS, students have academic rights and obligations in accordance with the Federal Law of December 29, 2012 N 273-FZ "On Education in Russian Federation"*(3) .

7.3. The maximum volume of the student's study load is 54 academic hours per week, including all types of classroom and extracurricular (independent) study work on the development of PPCR and consultations.

7.4. The maximum amount of classroom teaching load in full-time education is 36 academic hours per week.

7.5. The maximum amount of classroom teaching load in part-time education is 16 academic hours per week.

7.6. The total duration of the holidays is at least 10 weeks per academic year with a study period of more than 1 year and at least 2 weeks in winter period with a study period of 1 year.

7.7. In the discipline "Physical culture", 2 hours of independent study load can be provided weekly, including game types of training (due to various forms of extracurricular activities in sports clubs, sections).

7.8. An educational organization has the right for subgroups of girls to use 70 percent of the study time of the discipline "Life Safety", allotted for studying the basics of military service, for mastering the basics of medical knowledge.

7.9. Obtaining open source software based on the main general education is carried out with the simultaneous receipt of secondary general education within the PPKRS. In this case, the PPKRS, implemented on the basis of basic general education, is developed on the basis of the requirements of the relevant federal state educational standards for secondary general and secondary vocational education, taking into account the received profession of secondary vocational education.

The term for mastering the PPKRS in full-time education for persons studying on the basis of basic general education is increased by 82 weeks at the rate of:

7.10. Consultations for students in full-time and part-time forms of education are provided by the educational organization at the rate of 4 hours per student for each academic year, including during the implementation of the educational program of secondary general education for persons studying on the basis of basic general education. Forms of consultations (group, individual, written, oral) are determined by the educational organization.

7.12. Practice is a mandatory section of the PPCR. It is a kind learning activities aimed at the formation, consolidation, development of practical skills and competencies in the process of performing certain types of work related to future professional activities. When implementing the PPKRS, the following types of practices are envisaged: educational and industrial.

Educational practice and work practice are carried out by an educational organization when students master professional competencies within the framework of professional modules and can be implemented both concentratedly in several periods, and dispersed, alternating with theoretical classes within the framework of professional modules.

Goals and objectives, programs and reporting forms are determined by the educational organization for each type of practice.

Industrial practice should be carried out in organizations whose activities correspond to the profile of training students.

Certification based on the results industrial practice is carried out taking into account (or on the basis of) the results confirmed by the documents of the relevant organizations.

7.13. The implementation of the PPKRS should be provided by teaching staff with secondary vocational or higher education corresponding to the profile of the taught discipline (module). Masters of industrial training should have 1 - 2 ranks in the profession of a worker higher than that provided for by the Federal State Educational Standard for secondary vocational education for graduates. Experience in organizations of the relevant professional field is mandatory for teachers responsible for mastering the student's professional training cycle, these teachers and masters of industrial training receive additional professional education through advanced training programs, including in the form of internships in specialized organizations at least once every 3 years.

7.14. PPKRS should be provided with educational and methodological documentation for all disciplines, interdisciplinary courses and professional modules of PPKRS.

Extracurricular work should be accompanied by methodological support and justification for calculating the time spent on its implementation.

The implementation of the PPKRS should be ensured by the access of each student to databases and library funds, formed according to the full list of disciplines (modules) of the PPKRS. During self-study, students must be provided with access to the Internet.

Each student must be provided with at least one educational printed and / or electronic publication for each discipline of the general professional educational cycle and one educational and methodological printed and / or electronic publication for each interdisciplinary course (including electronic databases of periodicals).

The library fund should be completed with printed and / or electronic editions of basic and additional educational literature in the disciplines of all educational cycles published over the past 5 years.

The library fund, in addition to educational literature, should include official, reference and bibliographic and periodicals in the amount of 1-2 copies for every 100 students.

Each student should have access to the kits library fund, consisting of at least 3 titles of domestic journals.

An educational organization should provide students with the opportunity to quickly exchange information with domestic organizations, including educational organizations, and access to modern professional bases data and information resources the Internet.

7.15. Admission to study under the PPKRS at the expense of the budgetary allocations of the federal budget, the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and local budgets is public, unless otherwise provided by paragraph 4 of Article 68 *(3) . Financing for the implementation of the PPCR should be carried out in an amount not lower than the established state standard costs to provide public service in education for that level.

7.16. An educational organization implementing PPKRS should have a material and technical base that ensures the conduct of all types of laboratory work and practical exercises, disciplinary, interdisciplinary and modular training, educational practice provided by the curriculum of the educational organization. The material and technical base must comply with the current sanitary and fire safety standards.

List of offices, laboratories, workshops and other premises

Cabinets:

technical drawing;

labor protection;

electrical engineering;

materials science and technology of general plumbing work;

technical mechanics;

life safety.

Laboratories:

hydromechanical and thermal processes;

equipment for pumping and compressor units;

automation of technological processes.

Workshop:

locksmith and repair.

Sports complex:

gym;

an open wide-profile stadium with elements of an obstacle course;

shooting range (in any modification, including electronic) or a place for shooting.

library, reading room with Internet access;

auditorium.

The implementation of the PPCR should ensure:

performance by students of laboratory work and practical exercises, including as a mandatory component practical tasks using personal computers;

the development of professional modules by students in the conditions of the created appropriate educational environment in an educational organization or in organizations, depending on the specifics of the type of professional activity.

An educational organization must be provided with the necessary set of licensed software.

7.17. The implementation of the PPKRS is carried out by an educational organization in the state language of the Russian Federation.

The implementation of the PPKRS by an educational organization located on the territory of the republic of the Russian Federation may be carried out in the state language of the republic of the Russian Federation in accordance with the legislation of the republics of the Russian Federation. The implementation of the PPKRS by an educational organization in the state language of the Republic of the Russian Federation should not be carried out to the detriment of the state language of the Russian Federation.

VIII. Requirements for the results of mastering the training program for skilled workers, employees

8.1. The assessment of the quality of the development of PPKRS should include current control progress, intermediate and state final certification of students.

8.2. Specific forms and procedures for monitoring progress, intermediate certification for each discipline and professional module are developed by the educational organization independently and brought to the attention of students within the first two months from the start of training.

8.3. In order to certify students for the compliance of their personal achievements with the step-by-step requirements of the relevant PPKRS (current progress control and intermediate certification), funds of assessment tools are created to assess skills, knowledge, practical experience and mastered competencies.

Funds of assessment tools for intermediate certification in disciplines and interdisciplinary courses as part of professional modules are developed and approved by the educational organization independently, and for intermediate certification in professional modules and for the state final certification, they are developed and approved by the educational organization after a preliminary positive opinion of employers.

For intermediate certification of students in disciplines (interdisciplinary courses), in addition to teachers of a specific discipline (interdisciplinary course), teachers of related disciplines (courses) should be actively involved as external experts. In order to bring the programs of intermediate certification of students in professional modules as close as possible to the conditions of their future professional activity, the educational organization should actively involve employers as freelance experts.

8.4. The assessment of the quality of training of students and graduates is carried out in two main directions:

assessment of the level of mastering disciplines;

assessment of students' competencies.

For young men, an assessment of the results of mastering the basics of military service is provided.

8.5. Students who do not have academic debts and who have fully completed the curriculum or individual curriculum for PPKRS are allowed to the state final certification, unless otherwise established by the procedure for conducting the state final certification for educational programs of secondary vocational education * (5) .

8.6. The state final certification includes the defense of the final qualifying work (final practical qualifying work and written examination paper). Mandatory requirements- correspondence of the subject of the final qualifying work to the content of one or more professional modules; final practical qualifying work should provide for the complexity of the work not lower than the level of the profession of a worker, provided for by the Federal State Educational Standard.

The state exam is introduced at the discretion of the educational organization.

8.7. PPKRS students who do not have a secondary general education, in accordance with part 6 of Article 68 federal law dated December 29, 2012 N 273-FZ "On Education in the Russian Federation" * (3) has the right to pass the state final certification free of charge, which completes the development of educational programs of secondary general education. Upon successful completion of the specified state final certification by an accredited educational organization, students are issued a certificate of secondary general education.

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*(1) Part 1 of Article 15 of the Federal Law of December 29, 2012 N 273-03 "On Education in the Russian Federation" (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii, 2012, N 53, Art. 7598; 2013, N 19, Art. 2326 ).

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Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation of August 2, 2013 N 917 "On approval of the federal state educational ...

The process compressor driver is a specialist who ensures the smooth functioning of compressor units. He is engaged in their maintenance, preparation for launch and stop. Such an employee, using automatic means, measuring instruments, protection and blocking systems, inspects the equipment, identifies breakdowns and eliminates them. In the article, we will consider the profession, learn about the requirements for such specialists, and find out the level of their wages in Russia.

About the profession

The process compressor driver maintains special equipment necessary for the operation of pipelines. For their normal functioning, it is necessary to carry out regular maintenance, repair and checks of the equipment. This is what the specialist described in the article does.

The profession in the labor market is quite in demand, and in the near future the demand for it will not fall. The work is difficult and requires excellent physical preparation. Usually, an employee is dismissed if there are health problems. The driver must be able to get along in a huge team, this skill is very important.

Requirements

To work by profession, you must meet certain requirements, we will discuss them below.

Qualifications

Initially, to work in the described specialty, you need to get the appropriate education. You can study at a college or technical school. Good knowledge of chemistry, physics, electrical engineering. You also need to be competent in the following areas:

• It is required to know the automation device and the principle of operation of pumping units.
• You need to know how the compressor equipment is arranged, and understand its settings.
• You need to know the instructions on how to act during an accident.
• You need to be able to start transportation through pipelines, how to regulate pressure, how protective units are arranged, and so on.

You also need to know how to use control devices and understand the basics of their operation. That's not all qualification requirements but only the main ones. You need to know how everything goes technological processes used in production.

Discharges

Drivers can have 6 qualification categories. The sixth is considered the highest. Workers of different categories have different official duties. Let's consider them in detail.

Second rank

A specialist with a second category is engaged in servicing compressors, the operating pressure of which is up to 10 kgf / cm2 (1 MPa), and the flow rate for such units is not more than 5 m3 / min. The duties of an employee are:

• Starting, regulating and stopping compressors.
• Performance monitoring additional equipment and compressors.
• Lubrication of the most critical components and parts.
• Prevention of breakdowns of units.
• Fault repair.
• Control of safety devices.
• Engine repair work.
• Filling emergency and service tanks with oil and pumping it out.
• Repair of compressor equipment.

A driver with a second category must have the following professional knowledge:

• To know how compressors of various device principles work, how steam engines work.
• How to repair engine and compressor failures.
• Methods of using control and measuring instruments, their purpose.
• Piping layouts.
• The level of working pressure and air temperature, which corresponds to each of the modes.
• Permissible temperature regime of the operating unit of the unit.
• Ways to eliminate overheating and measures that make it possible to prevent it.

You also need to know which brands of lubricants are used for certain components.

Third rank

After completing advanced training courses, you can get the third category. Such a specialist is engaged in servicing turbochargers and stationary compressors, the operating pressure of which is up to 10 kgf / cm2 (1 MPa) at a flow rate of more than 5 m3 / min. and up to 100 m3 / min or units with a pressure of more than 10 kgf / cm2 (1 MPa), flow less than 5 m3 / min. If work is carried out with gases that are non-hazardous driven by various engines. Employees with the third category have the following job responsibilities:

• Adjustment and start of compressors, as well as engines.
• Support of the necessary parameters of the installation functioning.
• Switching different units.
• Prevention of emergency situations.
• Preparation of technical documentation relating to the operation and maintenance of the station.
• Participation in the repair work of components and other devices.

A specialist with a third category is required to have the following knowledge:

• How the piston and turbocompressor, electric engine and internal combustion, steam engines and installations are arranged.
• Be thoroughly familiar with technical specifications these units, also know the rules for their maintenance.
• You need to know how the control and measuring equipment is arranged, their technical data and operating standards.
• Know the piping layout.
• Documentation necessary for the operation of the installation.
• Be familiar with thermodynamics and electrical engineering.

Fourth rank

A specialist with the fourth category is engaged in servicing units up to 10 kgf / cm2 (1 MPa), with a supply of more than 100 m3 / min. He has the following responsibilities:

• Installs and maintains optimal mode the functioning of the unit.
• Supervises the correct operation of engines and other mechanisms.
• Inspects and repairs equipment.

The employee must have the following knowledge:

• Understand the features of the types of compressors, electric motors and internal combustion, measuring instruments, fittings and steam engines.
• Know the scheme of how pipelines and other technological fittings are located at the compressor station.
• The layout of the automatic installation, blocking the functionality of the station.
• Technical data of serviced units.
• Established norms for power consumption for the operation of the station.

It is also required to understand how much materials are consumed to produce gas or compressed air.

Fifth rank

A mechanic who has received rank 5 is required to understand the structure of compressors and other components very well. He must know:

• Kinematic diagrams of engines (electric and internal combustion) and turbochargers.
• How high pressure units are arranged.
• Rules for the operation of all auxiliary devices.
• Technological processes of the station.
• Efficiency (efficiency factor) of compressors and other units.

This knowledge is required.

Sixth rank

A person with a 6th category maintains devices with maximum power and throughput. Such an employee must:

• Monitor the correct functioning of all devices and the station as a whole.
• Compile defect reports.
• Repair all equipment.

You also need to have the following knowledge:

• Know about design features turbocharger.
• Understand kinematics.
• Know everything about power equipment.

He also needs to know the detailed characteristics of how the power plants of the units are operated.

Profession in the Russian labor market

The profession of a process compressor driver in the Russian Federation is quite in demand. Consider how much such specialists earn in different regions of the country.

Average salary by position

The average income for positions of a process compressor driver in the Russian Federation, taking into account all specializations, is 55 thousand rubles.

Distribution of the number of vacancies by salary

The number of vacancies by profession and salary looks like this:

Average salary including all positions by region

On average, in the regions of Russia, taking into account all positions, the salary is as follows:

Work safety

Labor in the described profession is protected by the current legislation of the Russian Federation. This law establishes and regulates certain work safety standards. It provides for the mode of operation of the mechanic, safe for his health. The mode of work depends on the qualifications and health of the employee.

Jobs

Employees of this profession are quite in demand, especially if they have solid work experience. You can always get serious manufacturing enterprises. To do this, you should follow the labor market on the Internet and other resources and find vacancies. They appear frequently.

At remote courses, students will learn about the methods of safe operation of equipment and devices, the requirements for employees, the nuances and subtleties of the profession. Educational programs adapted for remote passage, so that the employee acquires new knowledge and skills without interrupting production.

The training is aimed at training specialists, taking into account the current legislative and professional requirements. Training includes the development of the necessary theoretical knowledge, followed by practical training at the place of work. After completing the courses, students undergo certification, according to the results of which the corresponding official certificates are issued. CPPC invites everyone to distance courses for getting a job.

It should be noted that only unscrupulous training centers instead of training, they offer the purchase of a certificate or a crust. Buying a crust will not make an ordinary person a real professional and expert in his field, will not help to get a job in a good company. The center for professional training is not engaged in the sale of crusts, but full-fledged distance learning.

The driver of technological pumps is a very important and necessary profession. All features of this work will be discussed in this article.

Who is a process pump operator?

The specialist, which will be discussed in this article, is engaged in the maintenance of special equipment for pipelines. It does not matter what it may be or vaporous, intended for liquid substances or for gaseous ones. In order for certain substances to circulate, it is necessary to maintain, repair and constantly check the existing equipment. This is exactly what the representative of the profession in question does.

And what can be said about the demand for the profession? Since most enterprises in the CIS countries operate using internal communications operating under a certain pressure, the work of a process pump driver is still for a long time will remain in demand and needed in the labor market.

About professional responsibilities

The engineer of process pumps, like any other employee, has many duties, tasks and functions.

Here are the most basic of those that can be called:

• Timely repair of elements elimination of problems and malfunctions.
• Ensuring optimal transport of substances through the pipeline.
• Inspection and repair of pump units.
• Work with pumping units - their adjustment.
• Training liquid fuel to transportation.
• Work with liquid substances - their discharge and pumping.
• Work with reports.
• Carrying out technical inspection according to the plan.
• Adjustment of pressure in pipelines.

It has, of course, a process pump driver and many other functions. But it depends on the level of the specialist.

Required education for work

A representative of the profession in question, of course, could not work without proper education. Almost anyone today can enter a college or technical school with a degree in process pumps and compressors. And what knowledge and skills are needed to work in the specialty in question? Here are just a few things an employee should be aware of:

• The principle of operation and the device of automation.
• Design features of compressor equipment.
• Equipment setup.
• Actions in case of accidents.
• Start of pipeline transportation.
• Shutoff valve design.
• Pressure regulation.
• Protective units - their device.
• The use of control devices, the basics of their operation.

The above are just a few of the points that will need to be learned during the training. It is also worth noting that in a college or technical school you will have to master the following subjects:

• Materials Science;
• drawing;
• electrical engineering;
• technical mechanics;
• basics of transportation of substances and some others.

Thus, it will not be possible to just take a job in the specialty "technological pump operator". Education is a necessary and essential part of the profession.

On the demand for the profession

Young people who have graduated from an educational institution in the required specialty are unlikely to find themselves in a difficult situation with finding a job.

The profession "technological pump operator" is in high demand today. Those who wish to work in the specialty under consideration will easily find the optimal one. After all, almost any enterprise that has and operates pipelines needs competent, educated specialists.

It is worth noting that the profession in question is not suitable for everyone. In the workplace, it is unlikely that physically weak people will feel comfortable and confident, weak people. After all, the work in question is truly masculine, to some extent difficult and difficult. But it is offset by excellent career opportunities and a good

About the second category according to the job description

Workers of the second category are, as a rule, beginners who are just beginning to master all the subtleties of the profession. What are the responsibilities of these professionals?

A worker of the second category is obliged to serve as well as installations that pump or prepare oil. Preparation of technological piping schemes, elimination of product leakage (under the guidance of a worker with a higher category) - all this is also within the competence of the worker. It is necessary, among other things, to constantly monitor the operation of pumps, cooling systems, lubrication, ventilation, etc. Control over the serviceability of various valves, measuring instruments, pipelines also falls on a second-class specialist.

Some other features worth mentioning are:

• taking specific samples;
• check valves, as well as their closing and opening;
• wiping, starting and stopping pumping units;
• change of pads.

Naturally, far from all the functions of the working second category were named above. After all, duties and their number depend on the enterprise in which professional activities are carried out.

About the third category according to the job description

A worker with the third category is obliged to carry out constant checks of pumping stations, to service them (we are talking about stations that pump and prepare oil products with a capacity of 500 cubic meters / h).

This also includes the inspection and repair of electric motors (from 500 kW), as well as the maintenance of technological pumping units (no more than 1000 cubic meters / h).

However, this is not all duties. The instruction of the driver of technological pumps prescribes the following functions for a specialist of the third category:

• Monitoring the load of electric motors, pressure in pipes and pumps, lubrication systems, ventilation and cooling systems, etc. All observations are carried out using instrumentation.
• Working with electric motors: starting and stopping them.
• Checking the correct amount of lubricant in certain devices.
• Checking the mode of operation of equipment.

About the fourth category according to the job description

What functions does the representative of the fourth category assign job description? What are the duties of a process pump operator here?

The shift accepted by the worker with the fourth category looks something like this: the specialist keeps all the necessary entries in the journal. Next, the following areas are cared for:

drives of contactors of alkylation units;

• pumping stations (from 500 to 1 thousand cubic meters per hour);
• pumping technological installations(productivity - from 1 thousand to 3 thousand cubic meters / h);
• sections with pumping motors (power from 500 to 3 thousand kW).

In addition, the specialist is obliged to monitor the necessary pressure on the pumping discharges. Control over (under the guidance of a worker with a higher rank) is also the responsibility of a specialist with a fourth rank.

Depending on the place where the specialist works, the functions may vary slightly.

About the fifth category according to the job description

The driver of technological pumps of the fifth category is obliged to perform the following functions:

Among other things, a worker with the fifth category is obliged to comply with labor safety rules, competently organize the workplace, provide first aid medical care and etc.

About the sixth category according to the job description

What is a worker with the sixth category obliged to do? What are its functions?

The following points can be distinguished with which the specialist in question is dealing:

• Starting and stopping the existing equipment of the pumping station; check the operation of this station.
• Detection and elimination of various problems in the operation of technical pumping stations.
• Repair and inspection of pumping stations (capacity from 3 thousand cubic meters per hour).

It is also worth adding that a specialist with the sixth category already has the right (or rather the duty) to supervise workers with lower qualifications. There are many tasks here: this is work control, the process of teaching workers certain skills, etc. Again, the number of duties will depend only on production.

About the seventh category according to the job description

A worker with the seventh category is endowed with the following functions and responsibilities:

• adjustment and check of the modes of pumping stations;
• selection of necessary modes at pumping stations;
• maintenance of various pump pipelines, units, electric motors;
• work on the management of pumping stations that pump and prepare oil products (with a capacity of 3,500 cubic meters per hour);
• carrying out various operations to detect and eliminate malfunctions in the operation of pumping units.

In addition to all of the above, the seventh grade process pump operator is required to work with documentation. Making plans for testing, checking and repairing pumping equipment is also the responsibility of the employee. Plans are also being drawn up for the development of operations to improve service, to increase the operation of various instruments. Also, a specialist with the seventh category is obliged to supervise workers with lower qualifications. Everything here will directly depend on the enterprise: the competence of an employee with the highest rank will be only those functions that the authorities will endow.

Pros and cons of the profession

As in any other profession, there are enough advantages and disadvantages in the work of the specialist in question.

What are the advantages of the profession of a process pump operator?

• Salary. Of course, the level of income will depend on the available category. The higher the qualification, the higher the salary. However, it is worth considering that the specialist referred to in this article, even if he has the second category, receives very good money.
• Opportunity for rapid career growth. As already mentioned, there are as many as seven categories in the profession. With proper effort, you can easily improve your skills.

But the profession in question also has disadvantages. Among them are:

• Problems with employment. Workplace may not be available immediately. This is what you should pay attention to before entering the specialty "technological pump operator". Vacancies, unfortunately, are far from everywhere.
• High responsibility. Workers have a lot of functions and responsibilities. Almost every process pump operator will agree with this. However, training in a profession will help you fully get used to it and get everything necessary knowledge and skills.