Auxiliary Equipment Operators, Power

Control and maintain auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, fans, compressors, condensers, feedwater heaters, filters, and chlorinators, that supply water, fuel, lubricants, air, and auxiliary power for turbines, generators, boilers, and other power-generating plant facilities.

Job Task

• Tends portable or stationary high pressure boilers that supply heat or power for engines , turbines, and steam-powered equipment.
• Opens and closes valves and switches in sequence upon signal from other worker to start or shut down auxiliary units.
• Tightens leaking gland and pipe joints and reports need for major equipment repairs.
• Cleans and lubricates equipment and collects oil, water, and electrolyte samples for laboratory analysis to prevent equipment failure or deterioration.
• Assists in making electrical repairs.
• Reads gauges to verify that units are operating at specified capacity, and listens for sounds warning of mechanical malfunction.
• Replenishes electrolyte in batteries and oil in voltage transformers and resets tripped electric relays.

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