Profession rotating equipment mechanic

Rotating equipment mechanics are responsible for preventive and corrective maintenance activities for rotating equipment such as turbines, compressors, engines, and pumps. They ensure the availability and integrity of the installed systems and equipment in terms of safety and reliability.

Personality Type

• Enterprising / Conventional
• Realistic / Conventional
• Realistic / Investigative

Knowledge

• Mechanics

  Theoretical and practical applications of the science studying the action of displacements and forces on physical bodies to the development of machinery and mechanical devices.

• Types of rotating equipment

  The types of equipment and machinery that have rotating parts, such as turbines, pumps, ventilators, centrifuges, engines and gearboxes.

Skills

• Assemble machines

  Assemble machines according to instructions and specifications.

• Troubleshoot

  Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

• Apply health and safety standards

  Adhere to standards of hygiene and safety established by respective authorities.

• Inspect quality of products

  Use various techniques to ensure the product quality is respecting the quality standards and specifications. Oversee defects, packaging and sendbacks of products to different production departments.

• Maintain rotating equipment

  Perform routine maintenance on rotating equipment to ensure that it is clean and in safe, working order.

• Use technical documentation

  Understand and use technical documentation in the overall technical process.

• Operate welding equipment

  Use welding equipment to melt and join together pieces of metal or steel; wear protective eyewear during the working process.

• Operate soldering equipment

  Use soldering equipment, such as a soldering gun, a soldering torch or a gas-powered iron, to melt and join together pieces of metal or steel.

• Fasten components

  Fasten components together according to blueprints and technical plans in order to create subassemblies or finished products.

• Resolve equipment malfunctions

  Identify, report and repair equipment damage and malfunctions; communicate with field representatives and manufacturers to obtain repair and replacement components.

• Read engineering drawings

  Read the technical drawings of a product made by the engineer in order to suggest improvements, make models of the product or operate it.

• Repair rotating equipment

  Repair rotating equipment and replace defective components, parts and systems when necessary, using hand and power tools.

• Conduct routine machinery checks

  Check machinery and equipment to ensure reliable performance during use and operations in worksites.

• Read standard blueprints

  Read and comprehend standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings.

• Align components

  Align and lay out components in order to put them together correctly according to blueprints and technical plans.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB