Job Profile:      Air Valve Repairer


Install, repair, and maintain mechanical regulating and controlling devices, such as electric meters, gas regulators, thermostats, safety and flow valves, and other mechanical governors.

49-9012
Job Information
   
   
48,190 80,490 127,140

Select Tasks
Turn valves to allow measured amounts of air or gas to pass through meters at specified flow rates. Report hazardous field situations and damaged or missing meters. Record meter readings and installation data on meter cards, work orders, or field service orders, or enter data into hand-held computers.
Connect regulators to test stands, and turn screw adjustments until gauges indicate that inlet and outlet pressures meet specifications. Disassemble and repair mechanical control devices or valves, such as regulators, thermostats, or hydrants, using power tools, hand tools, and cutting torches. Record maintenance information, including test results, material usage, and repairs made.
Disconnect or remove defective or unauthorized meters, using hand tools. Lubricate wearing surfaces of mechanical parts, using oils or other lubricants. Test valves and regulators for leaks and accurate temperature and pressure settings, using precision testing equipment.
Install regulators and related equipment such as gas meters, odorization units, and gas pressure telemetering equipment. Shut off service and notify repair crews when major repairs are required, such as the replacement of underground pipes or wiring. Examine valves or mechanical control device parts for defects, dents, or loose attachments, and mark malfunctioning areas of defective units.
Attach air hoses to meter inlets, plug outlets, and observe gauges for pressure losses to test internal seams for leaks. Dismantle meters, and replace or adjust defective parts such as cases, shafts, gears, disks, and recording mechanisms, using soldering irons and hand tools. Advise customers on proper installation of valves or regulators and related equipment.
Connect hoses from provers to meter inlets and outlets, and raise prover bells until prover gauges register zero. Make adjustments to meter components, such as setscrews or timing mechanisms, so that they conform to specifications. Replace defective parts, such as bellows, range springs, and toggle switches, and reassemble units according to blueprints, using cam presses and hand tools.
Investigate instances of illegal tapping into service lines. Install, inspect and test electric meters, relays, and power sources to detect causes of malfunctions and inaccuracies, using hand tools and testing equipment. Trace and tag meters or house lines.
Mount and install meters and other electric equipment such as time clocks, transformers, and circuit breakers, using electricians' hand tools. Vary air pressure flowing into regulators and turn handles to assess functioning of valves and pistons. Attach pressurized meters to fixtures which submerge them in water, and observe meters for leaks.
Measure tolerances of assembled and salvageable parts for conformance to standards or specifications, using gauges, micrometers, and calipers. Repair leaks in valve seats or bellows of automotive heater thermostats, using soft solder, flux, and acetylene torches. Clean internal compartments and moving parts, using rags and cleaning compounds.
Repair electric meters and components, such as transformers and relays, and replace metering devices, dial glasses, and faulty or incorrect wiring, using hand tools. Recondition displacement type gas meters and governors, fabricating, machining, or modifying parts needed for repairs. Cut seats to receive new orifices, tap inspection ports, and perform other repairs to salvage usable materials, using hand tools and machine tools.
Reassemble repaired equipment, and solder top, front, and back case panels in place, using soldering guns, power tools, and hand tools. Calibrate thermostats for specified temperature or pressure settings. Collect money due on delinquent accounts.
Recommend and write up specifications for changes in hardware, such as house wiring. Splice and connect cables from meters or current transformers to pull boxes or switchboards, using hand tools. Clean plant growth, scale, paint, soil, or rust from meter housings, using wire brushes, scrapers, buffers, sandblasters, or cleaning compounds.
Clamp regulator units into vises on stages above water tanks, and attach compressed air hoses to intake ports. Calibrate instrumentation, such as meters, gauges, and regulators, for pressure, temperature, flow, and level.





Select Abilities
The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.
The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object. The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs. The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). The ability to see details at a distance. The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
The ability to see under low light conditions. The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.




Tools Used
Adjustable wrenches Air compressors Ammeters
Bench vises Bucket trucks Burden testers
Cable cutters Circuit testers Clamp-on meters
Claw hammers Conduit benders Copper cutters
Crescent wrenches Cutting torches Dataloggers
Desktop computers Diagonal cutting pliers Electrician's pliers
Fish tapes Flow meters Flow recorders
Forklifts Grease guns Grinding tools
Groove-joint pliers Hacksaws Hand saws
Handheld computers Handheld transmitters Hydraulic pumps
Hydraulic truck-mounted cranes Hydraulic wrenches Infrared cameras
Insulated adjustable widemouth pliers Insulated screwdrivers Insulated wrenches
Keyhole saws Ladders Laptop computers
Layout squares Locking pliers Longnose pliers
Measurement calipers Measuring tapes Metal cutting dies
Metal cutting taps Micrometers Mobile data terminals
Multimeters Nut drivers Overhead cranes
Paint spray booths Paint spray guns Personal computers
Phasemeters Phillips head screwdrivers Pipe cutters
Pop rivet guns Portable welding equipment Power drills
Power saws Power screwdrivers Power system analyzers
Power wrenches Precision levels Pressure gauges
Pressure recorders Punches Quick wrenches
Rasps Robertson screwdrivers Rubber gloves
Sandblasters Scaffolding Scrapers
Side cutting pliers Single-cut mill saw files Slip joint pliers
Soldering irons Steel chisels Straight screwdrivers
Test lamps Tongs Two way radios
Utility knives Voltmeters Watt-hour test meters
Wire brushes Wire crimpers Wire cutters
Wire strippers

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