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Oil refinery control room operator

Latest available data: March 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Control room technician Monitoring and control technician Oil refinery control room operator Oil refinery control room operators Operations supervisor Petroleum process operator Process operator Refinery process operator Refinery process technician Supervisor

Oil refinery control room operators perform a range of tasks from the control room of an oil refinery. They monitor the processes through electronic representations shown on monitors, dials, and lights. Control room operators make changes to variables and communicate with other departments to make sure processes keep running smoothly and according to established procedures. They take appropriate actions in case of irregularities or emergencies.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Operating electronic or computerized control panel from a central control room to monitor and optimize physical and chemical processes for several processing units;
(b) Adjusting equipment, valves, pumps, controls and process equipment;
(c) Controlling process start-up and shut-down, troubleshooting and monitoring outside process equipment;
(d) Verifying equipment for malfunctions, testing well pipes for leaks and fractures and arranging for maintenance;
(e) Analysing sample products, performing tests, recording data and writing production logs.

Knowledge

  • Chemical engineering and processes
  • Chemistry
  • Electricity and energy
  • Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
  • Mechanics and metal trades

Digital competencies

  • Communicating with colleagues and clients
  • Developing solutions
  • Developing contingency and emergency response plans
  • Complying with health and safety procedures
  • Installing wooden and metal components

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Professional groups of the occupation

Technicians and associate professionals

Science and engineering associate professionals

Process control technicians

Petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators

12

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

27,27%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-50,00% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

58,33%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

,00%

Part-time contracts

1,00% Turnover index

3

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-26%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Science and engineering associate professionals

69%

31%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Science and engineering associate professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Process control technicians

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators

No experience
8%
Less than 1 year
22%
Between 1 and 2 years
14%
Between 2 and 4 years
42%
Between 4 and 8 years
4%
More than 8 years
10%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
27%
Administrative and support service activities
19%
Manufacturing
19%
Education
8%
Information and communication
5%
Others
22%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.