Description
Operate and monitor pump stations to move water, wastewater, or other liquids safely and efficiently, maintaining specified flows, pressures, and storage levels. Use SCADA and onsite equipment to control pumps, valves, and auxiliary systems, ensure compliance, and respond to alarms and emergencies.
Knowledge
Manufacturing and Production
- • Production and Processing
Engineering and Technology
- • Mechanical
Mathematics and Science
- • Mathematics
Arts and Humanities
- • English Language
Skills
Content
- • Reading Comprehension
- • Active Listening
- • Speaking
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Monitoring
Technical Skills
- • Operations Monitoring
- • Operation and Control
- • Troubleshooting
Systems Skills
- • Judgment and Decision Making
Resource Management Skills
- • Time Management
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Written Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
- • Written Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Inductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
- • Flexibility of Closure
- • Perceptual Speed
Spatial Abilities
- • Visualization
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Manual Dexterity
- • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
- • Control Precision
- • Multilimb Coordination
- • Rate Control
Reaction Time and Speed Abilities
- • Reaction Time
Physical Strength Abilities
- • Static Strength
- • Trunk Strength
Flexibility, Balance, and Coordination
- • Extent Flexibility
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
- • Far Vision
- • Visual Color Discrimination
- • Depth Perception
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Hearing Sensitivity
- • Auditory Attention
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Related specializations
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Related Pathways
Supply Chain & Transportation
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
