Army MOS · Logistics
92F Petroleum Supply Specialist
Overview
A petroleum supply specialist receives, stores, accounts for, and cares for bulk or packaged petroleum, oils, and lubricants. The specialist supervises or performs the dispensing, issuing, and shipping of these products.
Core Skills
- inventory management
- fuel quality control and testing
- supply chain coordination
- warehouse operations
- safety and hazardous materials handling
- data entry and accountability
- use of logistics information systems
- documentation and reporting
- risk management
- procedural compliance
Civilian Software & Tools
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Operational databases
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
Civilian Career Paths
- Supply Chain Management
- Warehouse Operations
- Transportation Management
- Inventory Management
Training & Development
Getting Started
- Certified Petroleum Apprentice (CPA): Level 1 · Funded · Promotion points · STAR
- Certified Petroleum Journeyman (CPJ): Level 2 · Funded · Promotion points · STAR
- Certified Petroleum Specialist (CPS): Level 3 · Funded · Promotion points · STAR
Career Growth
- Certified Petroleum Craftsman (CPC): Level 4 · Funded · Promotion points · STAR
- Certified Petroleum Professional (CPP): Level 5 · Funded · Promotion points · STAR
- API 653 Above Ground Storage Tank Inspector
Also Common
- API 580 Risk-Based Inspection
What the Work Involves
- Monitor gauges and flowmeters and inspect equipment to ensure that tank levels, temperatures, chemical amounts, and pressures are at specified levels, reporting abnormalities as necessary.
- Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.
- Plan movement of products through lines to processing, storage, and shipping units, using knowledge of interconnections and capacities of pipelines, valve manifolds, pumps, and tankage.
- Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.
- Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.
Related Occupations
- Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
- Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
- Wellhead Pumpers
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Typical preparation for these civilian roles: a high school diploma and some on-the-job training.
Formerly Known As (Legacy)
Retired codes that converted into 92F. Each legacy page documents the cited history.
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