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Career Details :: Battery Repairers
Inspect, repair, recharge, and replace batteries.
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.
These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
- Positions and levels, or signals worker to position and level cell, anode, or cathode, using hoist and leveling jacks.
- Disconnects electrical leads and removes battery, using hand tools and hoist.
- Measures cathode blade and anode, using ruler, and rate of mercury flow, using stopwatch.
- Tests condition, fluid level, and specific gravity of electrolyte cells, using voltmeter, hydrometer, and thermometer.
- Adds water and acid to battery cells to obtain specified concentration.
- Inspects battery for defects, such as dented cans, damaged carbon rods and terminals, and defective seals.
- Seals joints with putty, mortar, and asbestos, using putty extruder and knife.
- Inspects electrical connections, wiring charging relays, charging resistance box, and storage batteries, following wiring diagram.
- Cleans cells, cell assemblies, glassware, leads, electrical connections, and battery poles, using scraper, steam, water, emery cloth, power grinder, or acid.
- Fabricates and assembles electrolytic cell parts for storage batteries.
- Installs recharged or repaired battery or cells, using hand tools.
- Secures cell on rocker mechanism or attaches assemblies, using bolts or cement.
- Repairs or adjusts defective parts, using hand tools or power tools.
- Compiles operating and maintenance records.
- Replaces defective parts, such as cell plates, fuses, lead parts, switches, wires, anodes, cathodes, and rheostat.
- Removes and disassembles cells and cathode assembly, using tension handles, pry bars, and hoist, and cuts wires to faulty cells.
- Connects battery to battery charger and adjusts rheostat to start flow of electricity into battery.
- Repairs battery-charging equipment.
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General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Repairing & Maintaining Electrical Equipment
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
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Frequent Work Context
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Consequence of Error
- Hazardous Situations
- Hazardous Conditions