Job Description:

• 1) Repairs, calibrates, and tests instruments, such as voltmeters, ammeters, resistance bridges, galvanometers, temperature bridges, and temperature controlling and recording gauges and instruments, using jewelers' tools, electricians' tools, handtools, and measuring instruments: Tests instruments for resistance, voltage, and other characteristics, using potentiometer, voltage divider, and other testing devices.

• 2) Disassembles instruments, using handtools, and examines parts for defects.

• 3) Measures, cuts, and fits glass for meters and instruments, using glass cutter.

• 4) Repairs or replaces defective parts of instruments, using handtools, soldering equipment, grinders, calipers, micrometers, and dividers.

• 5) Reassembles instruments, following circuit diagrams and using jewelers' tools.

• 6) Tests new and repaired instruments, using test board.

• 7) May operate lathe and drill press to make replacement parts.

• 8) May plan, construct, and assemble test panels for experimental and production testing.

• 9) May keep records on repair and calibration of instruments.

• 10) May rebuild induction cores for electric furnaces.

• 11) May install, repair, and adjust electronically controlled dynamometers and be known as Dynamometer Repairer.