"Gas fuel is essential to our everyday lives. It influences our comfort and functionality. My time in this industry has given me job security, a good team to work with, and good pay. A big part of our job is preparing gas lines, making sure that they're functioning correctly, and extracting and treating gas so that homes and businesses have safe, uninterrupted service. Although this is a high-risk and dangerous job, what we do is important, and I am really proud of my job."

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Job Description

SOC Code: 51-8092

Gas Plant Operators distribute or process gas for utility companies and others by controlling compressors to maintain specified pressures on main pipelines.*

*Source: This information is based on O*NET™ data. O*NET is a trademark registered to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.

Top Job Skills:

• Diagnose equipment malfunctions
• Monitor equipment operation
• Maintain equipment
• Clean production equipment
• Repair equipment or tools

General Work Activities:

• Interacting With Others
  • Advise others on ways to improve processes or products
  • Confer with others to resolve production problems or equipment malfunctions
  • Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs
• Information Input
  • Inspect production equipment
  • Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements
  • Test chemical or physical characteristics of materials or products
• Work Output
  • Operate natural gas distribution and/ or generation equipment
  • Record operational or production data
  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate gas flow

Source: SC Works Online Services (SCWOS)

*All data is factual, but names, Images, and quotations have been adapted to protect the Identity of employees and businesses.

Job Statistics

 

Examples of Workforce Areas with Job Openings

• Lower Savannah
• Waccamaw
• Pee Dee
• Midlands
• Trident

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Examples of Employers with Job Openings

• Dominion Energy
• Mac's Enterprises, Inc.

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Related Occupations

• Biomass Plant Technicians
• Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
• Power Plant Operators
• Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers

NOTE: All data based on state averages. Information may vary depending on region, experience, and specific employment situation. Last Updated: 2025

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