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How exposed to AI is a Gas Plant Operator?

Of the 19 tasks O*NET lists for gas plant operators, 0 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 16 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Compressor Technician (Compressor Tech)Engine Room OperatorGas ControllerGas DispatcherGas Plant OperatorGas Resource Control OperatorGas System OperatorLiquefied Natural Gas Technician (LNG Technician)Liquid Natural Gas Plant Operator (LNG Plant Operator)Plant Operator
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
19
tasks rated for this occupation
0%
hold a degree, from a survey of 20
15k
people do this job in the US
39 of 107
least protected in production

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Only with software built on top

3
  • Record, review, and compile operations records, test results, and gauge readings such as temperatures, pressures, concentrations, and flows
  • Contact maintenance crews when necessary
  • Signal or direct workers who tend auxiliary equipment

Cannot be sped up

16
  • Monitor transportation and storage of flammable and other potentially dangerous products to ensure that safety guidelines are followed
  • Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should
  • Control operation of compressors, scrubbers, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment to liquefy, compress, or regasify natural gas
  • Start and shut down plant equipment
  • Adjust temperature, pressure, vacuum, level, flow rate, or transfer of gas to maintain processes at required levels or to correct problems
  • Clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using hand tools, or request that repair and maintenance work be performed
  • Collaborate with other operators to solve unit problems
  • Determine causes of abnormal pressure variances, and make corrective recommendations, such as installation of pipes to relieve overloading
  • Read logsheets to determine product demand and disposition, or to detect malfunctions
  • Test gas, chemicals, and air during processing to assess factors such as purity and moisture content, and to detect quality problems or gas or chemical leaks
  • Change charts in recording meters
  • Distribute or process gas for utility companies or industrial plants, using panel boards, control boards, and semi-automatic equipment
  • Control equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas to feedlines of boilers, furnaces, and related steam-generating or heating equipment
  • Control fractioning columns, compressors, purifying towers, heat exchangers, and related equipment to extract nitrogen and oxygen from air
  • Calculate gas ratios to detect deviations from specifications, using testing apparatus
  • Operate construction equipment to install and maintain gas distribution systems
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.