Valve Installer
- Ideal for those who love hands-on work with mechanical systems and devices.
- Ensure safety and efficiency by maintaining essential control devices in various settings.
- Unique role involving precision tools to repair and optimize vital mechanical parts.
💰 Earn $75K-$117K
📚 High School Diploma or GED
Overview
Install, repair, and maintain mechanical regulating and controlling devices, such as electric meters, gas regulators, thermostats, safety and flow valves, and other mechanical governors.Scoop
High School Diploma or GED
Good (Increasing by 1-5%)
Day-to-Day
- Record maintenance information, including test results, material usage, and repairs made.
- Disassemble and repair mechanical control devices or valves, such as regulators, thermostats, or hydrants, using power tools, hand tools, and cutting torches.
- Lubricate wearing surfaces of mechanical parts, using oils or other lubricants.
- Calibrate instrumentation, such as meters, gauges, and regulators, for pressure, temperature, flow, and level.
- Install, inspect and test electric meters, relays, and power sources to detect causes of malfunctions and inaccuracies, using hand tools and testing equipment.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Using data or completing tasks
- Working with my hands
- Thinking and problem solving
You are skilled in 💫
- Operations Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Quality Control Analysis
- Active Listening
You value 🙏
- Having support
- Job security
- Having freedom
In Action
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Valve Installer
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