7311-Precision Instrument Makers and Repairers

Tasks include:

• repairing, cleaning, and adjusting mechanisms of timing instruments, such as watches and clocks
• adjusting timing regulators, using callipers, watch-rate recorders and tweezers
• cleaning, rinsing, and drying timepiece parts, using solutions and ultrasonic or mechanical watch-cleaning machines
• testing timepiece accuracy and performance, using meters and other electronic instruments
• testing accuracy of meters, gauges, indicators, or other recording or controlling instruments to locate defective components and for conformance to standards
• calibrating instruments or scales, using hand tools, computer or electronic devices
• inspecting components, connections, and drive mechanisms to detect defects
• assembling instruments and devices, such as barometers, control valves, gyroscopes, hygrometers, speedometers, tachometers and thermostats
• testing, calibrating, and adjusting electronic, mercurial, aneroid and other types of meteorological instruments for compliance with printed specifications and schematic diagrams, using voltmeters, oscilloscopes, tube testers and other test instruments
• adjusting and repairing masts, supporting structures, clearance lights, control panels, control cabling and wiring and other electrical and mechanical devices
• repairing and setting optical instruments such as microscopes, telescopes, theodolites, sextants
• checking whether assembled units conform to specifications and ensuring stipulated performance and sensitivity by standard tests