A Stationary Engineer operates and maintains stationary engines and mechanical equipment to provide utilities for buildings or industrial processes.
Primary Objectives:
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The Stationary Engineer operates equipment such as steam engines, generators, motors, turbines, and steam boilers.
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The Stationary Engineer must make sure that all the equipment that he is in charge is maintained on a regular basis.
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The Stationary Engineer adjusts controls and valves on equipment to provide power and regulate and set operations of system and industrial processes.
The Stationary Engineer is responsible for his equipment. The equipment must be kept lubricated and repaired by the Stationary Engineer. In order for the Stationary Engineer to maintain his machine he must use hand tools and power tools. The Stationary Engineer tests electrical systems to determine the voltage by using a voltage meter. He cleaned the equipment, using air holes, brushes, and rags, and drains water from pipes and air reservoir. The Stationary Engineer records temperature, pressure, water levels, fuel consumption, and other data at specified intervals in his log book.
The Stationary Engineer adds chemicals or tends equipment to maintain temperature of fluids or atmosphere or to present scale buildup. He reads the dials of, pressure, and ampere gauges and leaders to detect mouse functions. The Stationary Engineer ensures specified operations of equipment to the customer. The Stationary Engineer examines equipment to determine when it needs to be repaired, lubricated, or adjusted. The Stationary Engineer lights burners and opens valves on equipment, such as condensers, pumps and compressors to prepare a system for operation.
The Stationary Engineer must have a good mechanical knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance. The Stationary Engineer must have knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. The Stationary Engineer must have knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, there interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, and sub -atomic structures and processes.
The Stationary Engineer performs routine maintenance on equipment and determines when and what kind of maintenance is needed. He is in full charge of controlling operations of equipment or systems. The Stationary Engineer watches gauges, dials or other indicators to make sure the machine is working properly. The Stationary Engineer determines causes of operating errors and decides what to do about it. The Stationary Engineer is in charge of quality control analysis. He conducts tests and inspections of products, services or processes to evaluate quality or performance. The company will base the decision to repair or replace any machinery on the opinion Of the Stationary Engineer. That is why the Stationary Engineer must have the ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. He does not need to solve the problem, but only be capable of recognizing the fact that there is a problem. He must be capable of determining what the problem is, and the seriousness of the problem. The Stationary Engineer must have the ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
The Stationary Engineer must have the ability to quickly move his hand to gather with his arm or use both hands to grasp, manipulate, or a assemble object. The Stationary Engineer has the following job activities that relate to his position.
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Repairing and maintaining mechanical equipment — The Stationary Engineer services, repairs, adjusts, and tests machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical not electronic principles.
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Controlling machines and processes — The Stationary Engineer uses either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes, not including computers or vehicles.
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Inspecting each equipment, structures, or materials — The Stationary Engineer must inspect equipment, structures or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
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Monitor processes, materials, or surroundings — The Stationary Engineer monitors and reviews information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
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Handling and moving objects — The Stationary Engineer must be capable of using his hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
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Performing general physical activities — The Stationary Engineer must be capable of performing physical activities that require considerable use of the arms and legs. He also must be able to climb, lift, balance, walk, stoop and handle materials.
The Stationary Engineer must be very observant, when it comes to receiving and obtaining information. He is expected to compile, code, categorize, calculate, tabulate, odd it, or verify information or data. The Stationary Engineer is a very unique individual with a lot of responsibilities.