General Overview:

Assembles, calibrates, installs and overhauls mechanical precision instruments and equipment.

Tasks Include:

• fits and assembles instrument parts and sub-assemblies such as springs, valves, plates, bearings, lenses and glass faces
• calibrates instruments using standard weights and measures, jigs and fixtures and hand tools to adjust and align parts and small balancing weights
• installs industrial instruments and equipment such as control panels, meters and fixed cameras
• overhauls instruments and equipment
• dismantles instruments, and repairs or replaces defective parts
• monitors performance using testing and measuring instruments, and makes adjustments
• records action taken