Job Description:

• 1) Installs and services automatic oil burners in furnaces in homes and commercial establishments, using handtools and pipe-threading tools: Assembles and positions oil-storage tank between furnace and wall of building.

• 2) Drills holes in wall and affixes oil inlet and outlet pipes from storage tank through holes to outside of building.

• 3) Removes ashpit and grate bars from furnace and installs burner in opening.

• 4) Seals space around burner with plaster.

• 5) Connects pipe to storage tank and burner to convey oil.

• 6) Installs thermostatic control and damper in chimney.

• 7) Observes color and height of flame and volume of smoke emitted to determine causes of faulty operation.

• 8) Examines flue draft, using draftstat, and changes balance weight to adjust damper.

• 9) May install and service automatic coal stokers.