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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Oils and greases moving parts of friction surfaces of mechanical equipment, such as shaft and motor bearings, sprockets, drive chains, gears, and pulleys, according to specified procedures and oral instructions: Fills container, such as oilcan, grease gun, or tank of lubrication truck with specified lubricant. Squirts or pours oil on moving parts and friction surfaces, or into holes, oil cups, or reservoirs. Turns oil cup valves to regulate flow of oil to moving parts. Forces grease into bearings with grease-gun, smears grease on friction surfaces, or packs grease cups by hand. Fills wells and sumps of lubricating systems with oil. Reports machinery defects or malfunctions to supervisor. May clean machines, sweep floors, and transport stock. May be specified according to type of machine or equipment lubricated. May tend machine that automatically oils parts. (references) |
| Assists STATIONARY ENGINEER (any industry) in operation and maintenance of stationary steam boilers and auxiliary steam equipment, such as pumps, compressors, and air-conditioning system, performing any combination of the following tasks: Starts auxiliary equipment. Opens valves and adjusts regulators to control flow of steam or water through pipelines, or to blow sludge and scale from pressure system. Cleans and lubricates pumps. Dusts tubes, and removes slag from furnace tubes and brickwork of coal-fired boiler, using steam or compressed air. Opens drains and washes boilers. Performs maintenance tasks, such as packing valves, repairing pipelines, and replacing gauge glasses. May regulate volume of water in boilers and in auxiliary equipment. Performs other duties as described under HELPER (any industry) Master Title. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 4F 49 4C 45 52 2D 52 4F 4F 4D      48 45 4C 50 45 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01001111 01001001 01001100 01000101 01010010 00101101 01010010 01001111 01001111 01001101 00100000 01001000 01000101 01001100 01010000 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B O I L E R - R O O M   H E L P E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 004F 0049 004C 0045 0052 002D 0052 004F 004F 004D      0048 0045 004C 0050 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36494346395215524949472423946503952 |
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