Job Description:

• 1) Controls equipment to regulate flow and pressure of gas from mains to fuel feedlines of gas-fired boilers, furnaces, kilns, soaking pits, smelters, and related steam-generating or heating equipment in such establishments as power plants, steel mills, pottery works, chemical plants, and petroleum refining facilities: Opens valve on feedlines to supply adequate gas for fuel when boilers are to be put in operation and to maintain standard pressure on gaslines.

• 2) Closes valve to reduce gas pressure when increase in gas consumption by boilers causes pressure to rise.

• 3) Observes, records, and reports flow and pressure gauge readings on gas mains and fuel feedlines.