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SERVICE ENGINEER

Specialty Definition: SERVICE ENGINEER

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Occupations

Installs and repairs machinery or equipment in customer's establishment, following blueprints and manufacturer's instructions, and utilizing knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical machinery: Consults with personnel in engineering department to resolve problems of machine design to avoid construction problems in customer's establishment. Studies blueprints and observes tryout of machine in manufacturer's plant to become familiar with machine operation. Operates machine through trial run at customer's establishment to ensure that quality and rate of production meet specifications, and trains customer's personnel in adjusting, maintaining, and repairing machinery or equipment. Consults with customer about deviations of machine operation from original specifications and explains reasons for changes. Repairs or supervises repair of worn or defective machinery or equipment in customer's plant. May be designated according to type, size, or trade name of machines, tools, or equipment serviced. (references)
 Inspects, repairs, and maintains functional parts of automotive and mechanical equipment and machinery, such as pumps, compressors, pipe-laying machines, ditchdiggers, trucks, and tractors used in petroleum exploration, on oil fields, in pipeline construction, and in airfield maintenance and pipeline operations, using hoists, handtools, gauges, drills, grinding wheels, and testing devices: Inspects defective equipment and diagnoses malfunctions, using motor analyzers, pressure gauges, chassis charts, and factory manuals. Disassembles and overhauls internal combustion engines, pumps, pump power units, generators, transmissions, clutches, and rear ends, using handtools and hoist. Grinds and reseats valves, using valve-grinding machine. Adjusts brakes, aligns wheels, tightens bolts and screws, and reassembles equipment. Operates equipment to test its functioning. Changes oil, checks batteries, repairs tires and tubes, and lubricates equipment and machinery. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: SERVICE ENGINEER

Expression using "SERVICE ENGINEER": refrigeration service engineer. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SERVICE ENGINEER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

field service engineer

25

refrigeration service engineer society

13

service engineer

11

field service engineer job

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SERVICE ENGINEER

Language Translations for "SERVICE ENGINEER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

koeleservicemand (refrigeration service engineer, refrigeration serviceman). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

koeltechnisch servicemonteur (refrigeration service engineer, refrigeration serviceman). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kylmälaitekorjaaja (refrigeration service engineer, refrigeration serviceman), kylmälaitehuoltomies (refrigeration service engineer, refrigeration serviceman). (various references)

   

French

  

dépanneur frigoriste (refrigeration service engineer, refrigeration serviceman). (various references)

   

German

  

servicemechaniker. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επιδιορθωτής ψυκτικού εξοπλισμού (refrigeration service engineer, refrigeration serviceman). (various references)

   

Italian

  

riparatore frigorista (refrigeration service engineer, refrigeration serviceman). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ervicesay engineeray

   

Portuguese

  

reparador frigorista (refrigeration service engineer, refrigeration serviceman). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

инженер-эксплуатационник. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kylserviceman (refrigeration service engineer, refrigeration serviceman). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SERVICE ENGINEER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-e-e-g-i-i-n-n-r-r-s-v"

-4 letters: reengineers, rescreening, reservicing, reverencing.

-5 letters: engineries, evergreens, greeneries, reengineer, reverences, veneerings, vicereines.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Expressions
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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