All about the ventilation fitter

For a comfortable life and normal life of a person, he needs to create certain conditions. After all, temperature fluctuations and the accumulation of harmful substances in the air negatively affect human health. There are certain standards and characteristics that are applied in ventilation and air conditioning systems.

Such systems consist of certain devices and devices that produce air exchange and contribute to the working atmosphere in the premises. Today, a very popular and demanded profession is a profession that is associated with a ventilation and air conditioning system. This is the profession of a ventilation fitter.

This is an employee who deals with the regulation of the ventilation and air conditioning system, controls and maintains a certain temperature and humidity of the air in residential and industrial premises using special devices and psychometric tables. It is engaged in the repair and maintenance of air conditioning systems and fans, conducts their technical inspection, replacing unusable parts and eliminating malfunctions.

Ventilation fitter can have 3, 4 and 5 categories. Each of the categories defines the special knowledge and responsibilities of the employee. So, a 3-grade locksmith should:

• supervise the operation of devices that are involved in the ventilation and air conditioning system;
• replace malfunctioning nozzles, recharge psychrometers;
• keep a log of registration of readings of psychrometers with the determination of the exact time;
• turn on and off humidifying and ventilating devices;
• carry out loading and unloading operations during the transportation of pipes to the installation site;
• know the principle of operation of ventilation and air conditioning units, their design, temperature in production areas, slinging rules, norms and rules for moving and lifting loads with the simplest lifting equipment.

A 4-grade ventilation locksmith must:

• engage in repair, disassembly and assembly, as well as installation and installation, maintenance of air conditioning and ventilation equipment, the capacity of which is up to 500,000 cubic meters. m / h;
• adjust humidity and temperature specifications;
• maintain defective statements that are intended for repair;
• to know the principle of operation and the device of the serviced equipment, methods of control of heating and ventilation, assembly and installation of equipment, the characteristics of air handling in air conditioners, everything about heat engineering in the scale of the work performed.

A locksmith ventilator of the 5th category must:

• to understand the repair, assembly and installation of equipment serviced by him, the capacity of which is over 500,000 cubic meters. m / h;
• before handing over the equipment that was being repaired, he must conduct a trial test and put it into operation;
• regulate automatic installations, repair and install them for air conditioning;
• know the design and characteristics of the equipment that he serves;
• to carry out a test after the equipment has been repaired for its further commissioning;
• know the layout and scheme of heat supply in your serviced area.

Ventilation fitter is responsible both administratively and materially and disciplinary for:

• improper performance or failure to comply with the instructions of your supervisor;
• failure to fulfill their labor functions and tasks;
• misuse of their official powers;
• distortion of information about the work performed;
• rejection of measures if violations of safety or labor protection were identified.

In order to work as a ventilation fitter, it is necessary to undergo professional training for the third to fifth grade... To acquire new skills, knowledge and skills, you can go through refresher coursesthat last at least 72 hours. The courses must be taken a maximum of once a year or at least once every 5 years. It is important to know that in order to work as a mechanic for the repair and maintenance of ventilation and air conditioning systems, an employee must be over 18 years old and there must be no health contraindications, which are indicated in the medical book.

Refresher courses can be conducted in full-time, part-time and even distance learning. In the course of training, students study many issues that relate to the economics of the industry, labor protection, reading drawings and much more. Upon completion, a certificate is issued that the person has passed the certification.

It is not difficult to find a ventilator job. The profession is in demand in any construction and industrial organizations. This can be the construction of a subway, coal and metallurgical mines, any production workshop where there are a large number of workers who need high-quality and vital air supply.

The most in need of a vacancy of a ventilator locksmith is the Moscow region, while in Moscow the salary of an employee of this profession is 46,300 rubles. The most highly paid region, which highly values ​​such specialists, is the Chechen Republic. There, the average salary of a ventilation locksmith is 168,000 thousand rubles.The lowest salary of this specialist was noted in the Tula region and amounts to 40,000 thousand rubles.