According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Record maintenance information, including test results, material usage, and repairs made. | 82% |
| Install, inspect and test electric meters, relays, and power sources to detect causes of malfunctions and inaccuracies, using hand tools and testing equipment. | 79% |
| Calibrate instrumentation, such as meters, gauges, and regulators, for pressure, temperature, flow, and level. | 79% |
| Test valves and regulators for leaks and accurate temperature and pressure settings, using precision testing equipment. | 79% |
| Record meter readings and installation data on meter cards, work orders, or field service orders, or enter data into hand-held computers. | 79% |
| Turn meters on or off to establish or close service. | 79% |
| Shut off service and notify repair crews when major repairs are required, such as the replacement of underground pipes or wiring. | 78% |
| Install regulators and related equipment such as gas meters, odorization units, and gas pressure telemetering equipment. | 77% |
| Cut seats to receive new orifices, tap inspection ports, and perform other repairs to salvage usable materials, using hand tools and machine tools. | 77% |
| Turn valves to allow measured amounts of air or gas to pass through meters at specified flow rates. | 77% |
| Disassemble and repair mechanical control devices or valves, such as regulators, thermostats, or hydrants, using power tools, hand tools, and cutting torches. | 77% |
| Vary air pressure flowing into regulators and turn handles to assess functioning of valves and pistons. | 77% |
| Report hazardous field situations and damaged or missing meters. | 77% |
| Examine valves or mechanical control device parts for defects, dents, or loose attachments, and mark malfunctioning areas of defective units. | 76% |
| Mount and install meters and other electric equipment such as time clocks, transformers, and circuit breakers, using electricians' hand tools. | 76% |
| Investigate instances of illegal tapping into service lines. | 76% |
| Connect regulators to test stands, and turn screw adjustments until gauges indicate that inlet and outlet pressures meet specifications. | 76% |
| Trace and tag meters or house lines. | 75% |
| Repair electric meters and components, such as transformers and relays, and replace metering devices, dial glasses, and faulty or incorrect wiring, using hand tools. | 75% |
| Lubricate wearing surfaces of mechanical parts, using oils or other lubricants. | 75% |
| Replace defective parts, such as bellows, range springs, and toggle switches, and reassemble units according to blueprints, using cam presses and hand tools. | 74% |
| Recondition displacement type gas meters and governors, fabricating, machining, or modifying parts needed for repairs. | 74% |
| Measure tolerances of assembled and salvageable parts for conformance to standards or specifications, using gauges, micrometers, and calipers. | 74% |
| Clean internal compartments and moving parts, using rags and cleaning compounds. | 73% |
| Dismantle meters, and replace or adjust defective parts such as cases, shafts, gears, disks, and recording mechanisms, using soldering irons and hand tools. | 73% |
| Disconnect or remove defective or unauthorized meters, using hand tools. | 73% |
| Reassemble repaired equipment, and solder top, front, and back case panels in place, using soldering guns, power tools, and hand tools. | 72% |
| Attach air hoses to meter inlets, plug outlets, and observe gauges for pressure losses to test internal seams for leaks. | 72% |
| Make adjustments to meter components, such as setscrews or timing mechanisms, so that they conform to specifications. | 71% |
| Recommend and write up specifications for changes in hardware, such as house wiring. | 71% |
| Clamp regulator units into vises on stages above water tanks, and attach compressed air hoses to intake ports. | 70% |
| Repair leaks in valve seats or bellows of automotive heater thermostats, using soft solder, flux, and acetylene torches. | 69% |
| Collect money due on delinquent accounts. | 69% |
| Attach pressurized meters to fixtures which submerge them in water, and observe meters for leaks. | 67% |
| Splice and connect cables from meters or current transformers to pull boxes or switchboards, using hand tools. | 67% |
| Advise customers on proper installation of valves or regulators and related equipment. | 67% |
| Calibrate thermostats for specified temperature or pressure settings. | 66% |
| Clean plant growth, scale, paint, soil, or rust from meter housings, using wire brushes, scrapers, buffers, sandblasters, or cleaning compounds. | 62% |
| Connect hoses from provers to meter inlets and outlets, and raise prover bells until prover gauges register zero. | 62% |
