Operate or maintain stationary engines, boilers, or other mechanical equipment to provide utilities for buildings or industrial processes. Operate equipment, such as steam engines, generators, motors, turbines, and steam boilers.
<ul><li>Activate valves to maintain required amounts of water in boilers, to adjust supplies of combustion air, and to control the flow of fuel into burners.</li><li>Monitor and inspect equipment, computer terminals, switches, valves, gauges, alarms, safety devices, and meters to detect leaks or malfunctions and to ensure that equipment is operating efficiently and safely.</li><li>Monitor boiler water, chemical, and fuel levels, and make adjustments to maintain required levels.</li><li>Observe and interpret readings on gauges, meters, and charts registering various aspects of boiler operation to ensure that boilers are operating properly.</li><li>Test boiler water quality or arrange for testing and take necessary corrective action, such as adding chemicals to prevent corrosion and harmful deposits.</li><li>Analyze problems and take appropriate action to ensure continuous and reliable operation of equipment and systems.</li><li>Operate or tend stationary engines, boilers, and auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, compressors, or air-conditioning equipment, to supply and maintain steam or heat for buildings, marine vessels, or pneumatic tools.</li><li>Adjust controls and/or valves on equipment to provide power, and to regulate and set operations of system or industrial processes.</li><li>Switch from automatic to manual controls and isolate equipment mechanically and electrically to allow for safe inspection and repair work.</li><li>Maintain daily logs of operation, maintenance, and safety activities, including test results, instrument readings, and details of equipment malfunctions and maintenance work.</li><li>Develop operation, safety, and maintenance procedures or assist in their development.</li><li>Investigate and report on accidents.</li><li>Perform or arrange for repairs, such as complete overhauls, replacement of defective valves, gaskets, or bearings, or fabrication of new parts.</li><li>Install burners and auxiliary equipment, using hand tools.</li><li>Check the air quality of ventilation systems and make adjustments to ensure compliance with mandated safety codes.</li><li>Weigh, measure, and record fuel used.</li><li>Clean and lubricate boilers and auxiliary equipment and make minor adjustments as needed, using hand tools.</li><li>Contact equipment manufacturers or appropriate specialists when necessary to resolve equipment problems.</li></ul>