Instrument Fitter

Job Description

• Selects type and size of pipe and related material according to job specification
• Installs, repairs, maintains, and adjusts indicating, recording, tele-metering, and controlling instruments and test equipment, used to control and measure variables, such as pressure, flow, temperature, motion, force, and chemical composition, using precision instruments, and hand tools.
• Measures, cuts, bends, threads, assembles and installs primary piping and tubing
• Reads and interprets instructions and documentation and plans work activities.
• Moves materials and equipment to work locations and sets up work sites
• Follows all hazardous waste handling guidelines.
• Completes records, maintains tools and equipment, and performs various clean-up and housekeeping activities.
• May disassemble malfunctioning instruments or test equipment and examine and test mechanisms and circuitry for defects.
• Replaces or repairs defective parts, using hand tools.
• Reassembles instrument or test equipment, and tests assembly for conformance to specifications, using instruments.
• Inspects instruments and test equipment periodically and adjusts calibration to ensure functioning within specified standards.

May calibrate instruments or test equipment according to established standards.

Requirements

May calibrate instruments or test equipment according to established standards.