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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Repairs, calibrates, and tests instruments, such as voltmeters, ammeters, resistance bridges, galvanometers, temperature bridges, and temperature controlling and recording gauges and instruments, using jewelers' tools, electricians' tools, handtools, and measuring instruments: Tests instruments for resistance, voltage, and other characteristics, using potentiometer, voltage divider, and other testing devices. Disassembles instruments, using handtools, and examines parts for defects. Measures, cuts, and fits glass for meters and instruments, using glass cutter. Repairs or replaces defective parts of instruments, using handtools, soldering equipment, grinders, calipers, micrometers, and dividers. Reassembles instruments, following circuit diagrams and using jewelers' tools. Tests new and repaired instruments, using test board. May operate lathe and drill press to make replacement parts. May plan, construct, and assemble test panels for experimental and production testing. May keep records on repair and calibration of instruments. May rebuild induction cores for electric furnaces. May install, repair, and adjust electronically controlled dynamometers and be known as Dynamometer Repairer (elec. equip.). (references) |
| Installs, repairs, maintains, and adjusts indicating, recording, telemetering, and controlling instruments and test equipment, used to control and measure variables, such as pressure, flow, temperature, motion, force, and chemical composition, using precision instruments, and handtools: Disassembles malfunctioning instruments or test equipment, such as bargraphs, electrical ovens, multimeters, environmental cabinets, and weatherometers, and examines and tests mechanisms and circuitry for defects. Replaces or repairs defective parts, using handtools. Reassembles instrument or test equipment, and tests assembly for conformance to specifications, using instruments, such as potentiometer, resistance bridge, manometer, and pressure gauge. Inspects instruments and test equipment periodically and adjusts calibration to ensure functioning within specified standards. May calibrate instruments or test equipment according to established standards. May be designated according to type of instrument repaired as Aircraft Instrument Repairer (air trans.); Panel-Instrument Repairer (any industry); X-Ray-Control-Equipment Repairer (any industry). (references) | |
| Repairs and calibrates speedometers and other automotive gauges and meters, using handtools and test equipment: Confers with customer to determine nature of malfunction. Inspects components, connections, and drive mechanisms to detect defects. Removes instrument from vehicle and disassembles, cleans, and inspects instrument to determine which parts are defective. Replaces worn and defective parts, using handtools. Tests and calibrates instruments, using mechanical and electronic devices, such as voltmeters, pressure generators, and speedometer tester. Installs instruments in vehicle, using handtools. Computes speedometer drive ratio changes for modified vehicles. Maintains stock and parts inventory. May operate jeweler's lathe and other machines to fabricate instrument parts. May repair automotive clocks [WATCH REPAIRER (clock & watch)]. (references) | |
| Repairs, tests, and modifies telephone and telegraphic equipment, such as telephones, teletypewriters, tickers, and switchboards, using handtools and power tools: Adjusts component parts of equipment, such as dials, coin tracks, springs, and relays to conform to specifications. Verifies wiring and location of parts, using schematic drawings. Tests and calibrates reassembled equipment, using electrical testing devices, such as ohmmeter and circuit analyzers. Rewires and modifies equipment in accordance with engineering changes and traffic-handling requirements. Cleans instruments and parts, using specified solvents. Maintains daily record of instruments and equipment repaired. May assist in sorting, cataloging, and storing repaired parts and equipment. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: INSTRUMENT REPAIRER |
| Specialty definitions using "INSTRUMENT REPAIRER": INSTRUMENT-REPAIRER HELPER. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-p-r-r-r-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-5 letters: intrapreneurs, prematurities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4E 53 54 52 55 4D 45 4E 54 52 45 50 41 49 52 45 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001110 01010011 01010100 01010010 01010101 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100 00100000 01010010 01000101 01010000 01000001 01001001 01010010 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I N S T R U M E N T   R E P A I R E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004E 0053 0054 0052 0055 004D 0045 004E 0054 0052 0045 0050 0041 0049 0052 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4348535452554739485425239503543523952 |
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