king's daughters
Job Location :
Ashland,KY, USA
Posted on :
2024-12-21T09:13:50Z
Job Description :
- JOB SUMMARY
- Operates automatically fired boilers to generate steam that supplies heat for buildings or industrial processes.
- DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Overall performance rating of below indicated essential job duties:
- Lights gas or oil fed burners.
- Observes pressure, temperature, and draft meters on panel to verify specified operation of automatic combustion control systems, feeds water regulators, and burners.
- Turns valves and adjusts controls to set specified fuel feed, draft openings, water level, and steam pressure of boiler.
- Observes boiler and auxiliary units to detect malfunctions and makes repairs, such as changing burners and tightening pipes and fittings.
- Tests and treats boiler feed water.
- Maintains log of meter and gauge readings and records data such as water test results and quantity of fuel consumed.
- EDUCATION/LICENSE/ CERTIFICATIONS/OTHER REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum requirement:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
- State Issued Boiler's License or a minimum of two years of documented experience in a related field.
- Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school
- Current driver's license
- Preferred qualifications:
- WORKING ENVIRONMENT
- Constantly works near moving mechanical parts.
- Frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
- Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and extreme heat.
- Frequently exposed to a risk of electrical shock.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Constantly required to move about throughout the department and facility.
- Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments/devices.
- Occasionally required to operate a computer and other equipment.
- Frequently required to lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
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