Mechanic Welder
Competency-based
ONET: 49-9041.00
3
Years
111
Skills
609h
Related instructions
Curriculum
- Performing Basic Welding (Welding Principles)
- Completing a 6G Pipe Qualification
- Conducting Proper Usage of Tools & Equipment
- Maintaining Valves, Packing & Piping
- Maintaining Bearings, Seals & Lubrication
- Maintaining Mechanical Drives & Couplings
- Maintaining Alignments
- Maintaining Pulverizers & Conveying Equipment
- Maintaining Pumps & Hydraulics
- Conducting Oxygen/Acetylene Welding Processes
- Conducting MIG Welding (GMAW)
- Maintaining Compressors & Pneumatics
- Maintaining Gearboxes & Motor Operated Valves
- Locate & Read P&ID Drawings
- Performing Rigging & Lifting
- Maintaining Safe Work Practices with Breakers and Arc Flash
- Supporting Apprentices Through On-the-Job Training
- Final Exam and Review
On-the-job training
- Performing Basic Welding (Welding Principles)
- Measure a 2” schedule 80 pipe wall thickness to plus/minus .003" using a caliper/micrometer
- Measure a 2" schedule 80 pipe ID and OD using a dial caliper/micrometer to plus or minus .005"
- Determine what type of discontinuity or defect
- Measure discontinuity or defect
- Completing a 6G pipe qualification
- Perform fit up of 2” schedule 160 6G pipe coupons
- Perform weld of 2” schedule 160 6G pipe coupon (ER6010 root ER7018 fill and cover)
- Conducting proper usage of tools & equipment
- Set-up the hydraulic torque machine
- Calculate and set a torque multiplier
- Set-up and use hand-type pullers
- Set-up and use hydraulic pullers
- Select a drill bit related to tap size
- Drill and tap a piece of carbon steel with a 1/2-13 NC thread
- Install a threaded insert
- Locate stress cracks using a dye penetrate process
- Maintaining valves, packing, & piping
- Prepare and bond PVC pipe
- Prepare and bond fiber cast pipe
- Set-up and use a pipe threading machine
- Bend copper tubing (must contain two angles or bends)
- Reset a deluge fire system
- Re-Pack a valve
- Maintaining bearings, seals, & lubrication
- Install seals
- Handle bearings
- Install bearings
- Measure IDs and ODs for proper fit
- Locate Craig Station lube and oil specifications
- Maintaining mechanical drives and couplings
- Install a bearing on a shaft (heat the bearing using the correct temperature controls and 3.conductive bearing heater)
- Install a tapered roller bearing and measure to verify the correct clearances
- Install an internal oil seal
- Determine specific lubrication for at least one piece of equipment in the plant
- Install a shrink fit coupling on a shaft
- Determine v-belt tension and alignment
- Install and remove a taper lock style sheave
- Determine if a sheave is within tolerance
- Maintaining alignments
- Perform a horizontal alignment between a pump and motor
- Perform a vertical alignment between a pump and motor
- Perform a multi-piece alignment between a pump and motor
- Retrieve and download alignment results
- Complete a coal feeder belt alignment
- Maintaining pulverizers & conveying equipment
- Set frame tension in coal mill
- Check and center the mill spring frame
- Demonstrate the proper rigging method for lifting the mill spring frame
- Troubleshoot a plugged pyrite line/hydro ejector
- Hook up portable hydraulic unit
- Inspect a PA fan and pulverizer (Units 1, 2 & 3)
- Maintaining pumps & hydraulics
- Rebuild a Matrix air cylinder
- Rebuild an air actuator
- Adjust the pressure on a lube set for a scrubber booster fan (SBF)
- Adjust the pressure on an induced draft (ID) fan
- Adjust the pressure on a forced draft (FD) fan
- Test an air cylinder or solenoid
- Determine if a pump is within proper specifications (i.e. water, centrifugal, positive displacement pumps)
- Rebuild a split case pump and bearing cartridge
- Pack a pump (type, size, number of rings, proper stages, location of lantern ring)
- Conducting oxygen/acetylene welding processes
- Set up an Oxyacetylene system with the proper torch tips and flame for the cutting
- Set up an Oxyacetylene system with the proper torch tips and flame for the gas welding
- Set up an Oxyacetylene system with the proper torch tips and flame for the brazing
- Set up an Oxyacetylene system with the proper torch tips and flame for the bending and heating
- Solder sweat fittings
- Cut a 6" x 4" x 3/8" plate using a Plasma Arc and Air Arc
- Conducting MIG welding (GMAW)
- Perform a GMAW welding process
- Set-up the major components of GMAW system (constant voltage power source, wire feeder, shielding gas, electrode wire, & electrode cable gun)
- Maintaining compressors & pneumatics
- Rebuild a Reed style compressor valve
- Rebuild an I/R sootblower
- Set the air pressure on a I/K sootblower
- Assist with compressor troubleshooting
- Assist with a compressor PM and corrective maintenance
- Maintaining gearboxes & motor operated valves
- Identify gears and gearboxes
- Maintain gearboxes
- Maintain motor operated valves
- Locate & Read P&ID drawings
- Knowledge-based only. No performance competencies for this job function.
- Performing rigging and lifting
- Select proper equipment according to capacity chart for lifting and rigging
- Maintaining systems & components in unit 3 scrubbers
- Part 1 - Rebuild and troubleshoot atomizing guns on the reactor front
- Part 1 - Troubleshoot a Nuva feeder
- Part 1 - Install a reactor feed pump mechanical seal
- Part 2 - Troubleshoot a reactor feed pump seal water
- Part 2 - Replace or rebuild the wet screen
- Part 2 - Adjust or rebuild a poppet
- Part 3 - Rebuild a reactor front slurry valve
- Part 3 - Troubleshoot a fluidizing air valve
- Part 3 - Repair a fluidizing air valve
- Part 4 - Troubleshoot a vent valve
- Part 4 - Rebuild, replace or preventive maintenance on a vent valve
- Part 4 - Troubleshoot /rebuild/repair 30 series vertimill system
- Part 5 - Troubleshoot the recycle ash tank (R.A.T.) system
- Part 5 - Repair the recycle ash tank (R.A.T.) system
- Part 6 - Troubleshoot an ash un-loader
- Part 6 - Repair or replace an ash un-loader
- Maintaining systems & components in units 1 & 2 scrubber
- Part 1 - Participate in a complete change-out of the cloth and string on the vacuum drum filter
- Part 1 - Rebuild a recycle pump bearing cartridge
- Part 2 - Replace a "Chicken Foot" bearing
- Part 2 - Troubleshoot the manifold drive
- Part 3 - Perform a ball mill recharge
- Part 3 - Perform an alignment on a recycle pump belts and gauge its sheaves
- Part 4 - Perform a belt alignment on the limestone unloading belt
- Part 4 - Scrubber booster fan alignment
- Part 5 - Inspect module spray headers
- Part 6 - Troubleshoot a air-lock feeder
- Maintaining systems & components in water treatment (concentrator) area
- Part 1 - Inspect a vapor compressor according to the Allis Chalmers manual
- Part 1 - Check the Kingsbury thrust bearings
- Part 2 - Check thrust on a vapor compressor shaft
- Part 3 - Change the tube on the bleach system pumps
- Part 4 - Rebuild or replace a pulsa-feeder pump
- Part 5 - Perform a cooling tower fan preventive maintenance
- Part 6 - Maintain NOX reduction unit
- Part 6 - Demonstrate proper safety procedures on chemical pumps
- Maintain safe work practices
- Maintaining Safe Work Practices with Breakers and Arc Flash
- Identify the OSHA requirements to protect against electrical and arc hazards
- Identify low voltage circuit breakers, circuit breakers and motors
- Identify DOL regulations and Labor Agreement for journeymen working with apprentices
- Supporting Apprentices through On-the-job training
- Conduct pre-job briefing
- Communicate effectively with apprentices
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