Instrument technician job scope
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Currently, due to a shortage of staff in the instrumentation department, there are frequent disagreements with the workshop when dealing with certain issues. For example, on-site double-flange level gauges need to be recalibrated; generally, the workshop is responsible for disassembling and assembling them, while the instrumentation department is in charge of the calibration. I would like to ask my colleagues: how is the scope of work for the instrumentation departments defined in the field?
Wow, you still have someone in charge of disassembling and assembling here? Disassembly, calibration – all these relate to our instruments; there’s no really clear distinction in any case
How could it be assembly and disassembly in the workshop? What does a meter reader do?
The disassembly, assembly, and calibration of instruments must all be carried out by the instrument technician themselves! Don’t underestimate instrument installation. Many problems stem from improper installation.
It needs to be removed by a technician; it’s a professional issue...
Whoa, there’s even such a thing. Usually, valves and flow meters with a rating of 80 or below are disassembled by us; during maintenance work, we’ve even taken down 1.5-meter-large valves ourselves.
There is no fixed division of labor for these tasks; it varies from factory to factory. The design assignments from the design institute serve as a reference, which is then adjusted according to the actual conditions of each factory.
Your company is still looking for people, right? Here, apart from the on-site pressure gauges and bimetallic thermometers which are maintained independently as part of the process, all valves – from the smallest ones of 25 inches in diameter to the largest ones of 16 inches – are related to instrumentation; likewise, the electric valves with a diameter of 1200–1400 inches also fall under the category of instrumentation.
I am in charge of the design and construction of everything related to instruments.
Only those with a DN50 size or smaller are considered instruments here! But it is mainly aimed at valves. And tasks like disassembling and assembling double-flange differential pressure transmitters should fall under the responsibility of instrument technicians; even when process engineers are tasked with disassembling and assembling such instruments, they still need to be kept informed. Also, our pressure gauges, bimetallic thermometers, and on-site level gauges are all types of instruments. Ugh, when installing this thing, it’s not even an item ordered by the instrument department, and yet it still requires maintenance by that department! Who can I go to reason with? With this status, it’s just a supporting role!