Also called: Liquefied Natural Gas Operator, LNG Process Technician
Runs the huge plants on the Gulf Coast that chill natural gas to minus 260°F so it can be shipped overseas on tankers.
From the control room you run trains of compressors and heat exchangers that turn gas into a liquid. When a tanker the length of three football fields docks, you help load it through frosty pipes. The U.S. is now the world's top LNG exporter, so new plants keep opening.
Estimated; LNG operators earn above the refinery operator average.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Two-year process technology degree is the usual route in.
Ways in: 2-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Process Technology (2-year).
Growing faster than average. Several new export terminals are under construction on the Gulf Coast.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. LNG plants are automated, but the export boom keeps hiring; outside rounds and safety stay human.
Classes: Chemistry, Physics, Algebra 2.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-8093.
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