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Updated: 05/21/2013
Engineer Watch: Operates and sustains stationary engines and mechanical equipment, such as steam engines, air compressors, generators, motors, turbines, and steam boilers, to provide utilities, such as light, heat, or power for buildings and industrial processes.
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Engineer Watch: Operates and sustains stationary engines and mechanical equipment, such as steam engines, air compressors, generators, motors, turbines, and steam boilers, to provide utilities, such as light, heat, or power for buildings and industrial processes.
Reads meters and gauges or automatic recording devices at specified intervals to verify operating conditions. Records data, such as temperature of equipment, hours of operation, fuel consumed, temperature or pressure, water levels, analysis of flue gases, voltage load and generator balance. Moves manual controls or overrides automatic controls to bring equipment into recommended or prescribed operating ranges, switch to backup equipment or systems, or to shut down equipment. Visually inspects equipment at periodic intervals to detect malfunctions or need for repair, adjustment or lubrication. Maintains equipment by tightening fittings, repacking bearings, replacing packing glands, gaskets, valves, recorders, and gauges, and cleaning or replacing burners or other components, using hand tools and power tools. May be required to hold license issued by state or municipality, restricting equipment operated to specified types and sizes. May perform water titration tests and pour chemical additives, such as water softener, into treatment tank to prevent scale buildup and to clean boiler lines. May record operation and maintenance actions taken during shift in operators' logbook. May specialize in equipment designed for industrial processes. (Source: eDOT Job Description) [-] Less
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A renter's cost of living for someone making $57,490 in Ferriday, Louisiana is 89% of the US National Average. For more information, or to compare cost of living data between two cities, click here.
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