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Job Details

Instrumentation Technician – Field

Employer

PTW Energy Services

Date Posted

May 17, 2023

Languages

English
  • Location Rocky View, AB
  • Earnings $45.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Temporary Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Jun 16, 2023
Job Requirements

Employer

PTW Energy Services

Languages

English

Education

  • Registered Apprenticeship certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • At heights

Work setting

Various locations

Tasks

  • Inspect and test operation of instruments and systems
  • Repair and adjust system components
  • Complete test and maintenance reports
  • Remove and replace defective parts
  • Calibrate components and instruments
  • Logical approach for troubleshooting
  • Coach and instruct apprentices
  • Perform scheduled preventive maintenance work
  • Read and interpret blueprints

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Industrial Instrument Mechanic Trade Certification
  • Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST)
  • Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate
  • First Aid Certificate
  • Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness (H2S) Certificate
  • Instrumentation and Control Technicians (Red Seal)

Apprenticeship training

  • Level one apprenticeship training
  • Level two apprenticeship training
  • Level three apprenticeship training
  • Level four apprenticeship training
  • Level five apprenticeship training

Type of service and repair

  • Electrical control system
  • Electronic process instrumentation
  • Pneumatic process instrumentation
  • Computerized instrumentation system
  • Primary control element and sensors maintenance and application
  • Final control element maintenance and application
  • Temperature, pressure, flow and level instruments
  • Gas analyzers

Instrument experience

  • Pneumatic
  • Hydraulic
  • Electronic
  • Electrical instruments
  • Wireless transmission (radio)
  • Mechanical
  • Precision measuring instrument

Type of industry experience

  • Industrial instruments servicing
  • Refinery and gas plant
  • Pulp and paper
  • Mining and smelting
  • Pipelines
  • Tar sands extraction

Security and safety

  • Driving record check (abstract)
  • Drug test

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Willing to travel

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Attention to detail
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Overtime required

Own tools/equipment

  • Tools
  • Safety equipment/gear
  • Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Organized
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Experience

Experience an asset

Green job

  • Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes
  • Involves supporting green economy sectors

Workplace information

On the road job

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Long term benefits

  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Transportation provided by employer
  • Wellness program

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Instrumentation Technician – Field is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Industrial Instrument Technicians and Mechanics
OBJECTIVE

Interest in precision working to repair and adjust system components such as sensors, transmitters and programmable logic controllers, remove and replace defective parts and to install control and measurement instruments on existing and new plant equipment and processes

INNOVATIVE

Interest in analyzing to inspect and test instruments to diagnose faults using pneumatic, electrical and electronic testing devices and precision measuring instruments

METHODICAL

Interest in speaking to consult with and advise process operators; and in performing scheduled preventive maintenance

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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