Profession boiler operator

Boiler operators maintain and operate various types of boilers, turbines and auxiliary equipment to provide power and other utility services for commercial, industrial and institutional buildings.

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Personality Type

• Realistic / Investigative

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Knowledge

• Heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration parts

  The different parts constituing heating, air conditioning and refrigeration systems such as the different valves, fans, compressors, condensers, filters and other components.

• Water pressure

  Physical laws, qualities and applications of liquid or water pressure.

Skills

• Perform risk analysis

  Identify and assess factors that may jeopardise the success of a project or threaten the organisation's functioning. Implement procedures to avoid or minimise their impact.

• Read water meter

  Interpret the measuring instruments which measure the consumption and reception of water in facilities or residences, and note down the results in a correct manner.

• Monitor valves

  Monitor and accordingly adjust the valves in order to allow a specific amount of liquids (such as ammonia sulfuric acid or viscous soap) or steam into the mixer or machine.

• Control steam flows

  Admit steam through lines or fuel to furnace to heat drier.

• Operate boiler

  Operate sealed vessels which contain fluids which are heated or vaporised, not always up to boiling, for heating or power generation, such as in utilities. Ensure safe procedures by monitoring the blower auxiliary equipment closely during operations, and identifying faults and risks.

• Read heat meter

  Interpret the measuring equipment which records the consumption of thermal energy by measuring heat transfer fluid and temperature changes, and record the results correctly.

• Monitor gauge

  Oversee the data presented by a gauge concerning the measurement of pressure, temperature, thickness of a material, and others.

• Operate water-heating equipment

  Operate water-heating equipment, such as electrical equipment, heat exchangers, heat pumps and solar heaters.

• Stand high temperatures

  Stand high temperatures while keeping concentration and efficiency under demanding circumstances.

• Regulate steam pressure

  Regulate steam pressure and temperatures according to specifications.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB