Job Description:

• 1) Inspects consignments of crude or refined petroleum to certify that consignments conform to contract specifications: Lowers container into tank and withdraws samples from top, middle, and bottom of tank.

• 2) Pours samples into bottles and routes samples to laboratory for analysis.

• 3) Examines petroleum during transfer into receiving tank for discoloration or water.

• 4) Sounds shore tank with steel tape and consults calibration tables to determine quantity of consignment.

• 5) Writes report of findings.

• 6) May conduct laboratory analyses.

• 7) May calibrate tanks, meters, and tank cars.