How to become a Petroleum and Natural Gas Refining Plant Operator
Official title: Petroleum and Natural Gas Refining Plant Operators
Operates and monitors equipment in the central control room of an oil or gas refinery, and adjusts and maintains oil and gas processing units.
Main tasks
- Operate electronic or computer control panels in the central control room to monitor refining processes and keep them running effectively
- Adjust oil and gas refining units, valves and pumps, and operate units and processing equipment
- Start up and shut down oil and gas refining equipment, troubleshoot and monitor processing units; check for equipment faults, inspect well pipelines for cracks and arrange repairs
Ways in
- Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: chemical engineering and processes (0711). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 11, five-year junior college (五專) 1. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Demand for Science and engineering jobs is projected at about 952,000 in 2024 and about 1,072,000 in 2030. (+12.6%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Other Process Control Technicians
- Power Production Plant Operators
- Incinerator,Water Treatment and Related Plant Operators
- Chemical Processing Plant Controllers
- Metal Production Process Controllers
Not sure this is for you? Take the 2-minute career quiz
Questions people ask
How do I become a Petroleum and Natural Gas Refining Plant Operator?
Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme.
Is a Petroleum and Natural Gas Refining Plant Operator a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 12.6% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Petroleum and Natural Gas Refining Plant Operator?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026