Meter Mechanics

Test, adjust, and repair gas, water, and oil meters.

Job Task

• Reassembles meter and meter parts, using soldering gun, power tools and hand tools.
• Lubricates moving meter parts, using oil gun.
• Records test results, materials used, and meters needing repair on log or card and segregates meters requiring repair.
• Caps meter housing and activates controls on paint booth to spray paint meter case.
• Cleans plant growth, scale, and rust from meter housing, using wire brush, buffer, sandblaster, or cleaning compounds.
• Analyzes test results to determine cause of persistent meter registration errors.
• Adjusts meter and repeats test until meter registration is within specified limits.
• Inspects, repairs and maintains gas meters at wells or processing plants.
• Dismantles meter and replaces defective parts, such as case, shafts, gears, disks, and recording mechanisms, using soldering iron and hand tools.
• Connects gas, oil, water, or air meter to test apparatus to detect leaks.

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