Instrument Fitter Craftsman

OVERVIEW

Installs and repairs pneumatic, electronic, and electrical instruments and devices including all related tubing, conduit and wiring for control of process systems.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

N/A

EDUCATION:

All first-class Craftsmen shall exhibit the competency of the "NCCER Curriculum" through Level IV and meet the relative S & B job description for their specified craft.

QUALIFICATIONS AND

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of two (2) years as an Instrument Fitter in refinery, chemical, petrochemical, or similar industrial plant construction or maintenance, performing the work described herein. Must be able to perform work within precise limits or standards of accuracy, make decisions based on measured criteria, read and understand drawings and specifications, visualize objects in three dimensions from flat drawings read, understand, and communicate safety instructions, signs and labels, be able to follow and communicate instructions, both verbally and written, and pass a craft-specific test.

OTHER

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• U.S. Citizenship required

• Cuts and installs pipe, tubing or conduit, using hacksaw, pipe cutter or tube cutter for the installation of air or process lines for instrument controls.
• Installs instruments and instrument stands.
• Installs control wiring to valves and strokes valves to verify operation.
• Installs and calibrates switches, recorders, alarms, and other devices.
• Installs and activates DCS Systems.
• Installs process control loops and calibrates to design criterion set for each process unit.
• Has a thorough knowledge of pneumatics, electronics and electricity.

These above duties shall not be construed as a complete listing of all miscellaneous, incidental or similar duties which may be required from day to day.

Ability to effectively verbally communicate directions from craft supervisors and respond to questions from clients, managers and fellow workers.

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

Must work easily and skillfully with hands, lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds, see well (either normally or with correction), hear well (either naturally or with correction) in order to recognize safety alarms and signals and the various sounds of danger associated with construction or maintenance projects, climb and maintain balance on high ladders and scaffolds, stand, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl, maneuver in tight working quarters, and work outdoors in extreme weather conditions associated with refinery, chemical or petrochemical facilities.

Must be medically cleared for respirator usage. Must be able to wear properly fitting respirators.

• Must Constantly wear fall protection equipment, about 5 lbs., when leaving the ground to work in any area.
• A person’s weight and tools/equipment including clothing must comply with manufacturer’s specifications and/or restrictions related to use of ladders and/or fall protection equipment.
• Must be able to climb various heights.
• Project Manager must approve all variances based on availability of work not requiring fall protection equipment.

Physical Demands are a way of describing the physical activities that a job requires. Care was exercised in evaluating the strength categories, particularly in evaluating the force and physical effort a person must exert. All activities are expressed according to the following:

INSTRUMENT FITTER CRAFTSMAN 1 is considered HEAVY WORK.

Limits of Weights Lifted / Carried or Force Exerted

Rating

Occasionally

Frequently

Constantly

Sedentary

Light

Medium

Heavy

Very Heavy

* - 10

* - 20

20 – 40

50 – 100

100 +

*

* - 20

10 –25

25 – 40

50 +

N/A

*

* - 10

10 – 20

20 +

* = Negligible weight; N/A = Not Applicable

Note:

All weight is based on random samples and is not intended to be inclusive in all possible weights.

HSE-02-C prohibits manual lifting over 50 lbs. without assistance.

Frequency categories are defined as follows:

Rarely 0 to 1% of the time

Occasionally 1 to 33% of the time

Frequently 34 to 66% of the time

Constantly 67 to 100% of the time

Walking - Frequently

Move about on foot.

Standing - Frequently

Remaining on one's feet in an upright position at a work station without moving about.

Sitting - Rarely