boiler operation & maintenance training - dryden...
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Minimum trainee
requirements:
• Good eye sight.
• Good hearing.
• Physically fit and mentally alert.
• A sober disposition.
• Ability to work and move around in
confined spaces.
• A tolerance to heat, loud noises
and heights.
• Literate
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BASIC SUBJECTS
COVERED DURING THE
TRAINING PROGRAMME
• Example of some items covered
during the Training Course which
contribute to the efficient
use and correct operation of your
boiler
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1. Identifying the component parts by
name and knowing their function and
how to test them.
• Gauge Glasses
• Mobreys
• Boiler
• Water treatment
• Undergrate Dampers
• Different Valves
• Sootblowers
• Coal Handling Equipment
• Plus more ….
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2. Preliminary checks undertaken
by the operator before lighting
up the boiler and raising steam
pressure
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PRELIMINARY CHECKS:-
• Coal
• Water softener
• Chemicals
• Valve positions
• Water level
• Ash removal trolley
• Grit removal trolley
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3. The CORRECT way to light a fire
and raise steam pressure:-
• Guillotine door height
• Length of coal bed
• Where to place the wood fire
• All other relevant steps up to raising
steam pressure
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4. Maintaining steam pressure safely
and efficiently:-
• Understanding correct air fuel ratios
• Ash removal
• Blowdown Procedure
• and more……
cost impact saving approximately
10% of your current coal costs
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5. Banking the fire correctly:-
• Correct tools to complete
the task
• Proper personal protection
equipment for the tasks
• Advantages:-
- Not to make a fire from
start up again
- Raise steam pressure
without causing
stress to the boiler.
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6. Starting up from a banked fire:-
• Procedure on how to re-ignite
correctly
• Valve Positions
• Damper Settings
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7. Emergency procedures:-
• Power failure
• Safety valve blow off
• Shear pin failure
• Broken gauge glass
• Blowdown valve jams in
the open position
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8. Shutdown and standby procedure:-
• Short standby (30 mins or less)
• Correct shutting down of a
boiler for more than 18 hours.
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9. Problems and remedies:-
• Identification of problem
• Diagnosis of problem and apply
correct remedies.
• Protecting the boiler
• Do not waste time and coal
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BASIC BOILER OPERATORS COURSE
Written Report issued to the Department on each student
Preliminary Exam Written to Evaluate each Trainees
Capability
Course conducted in English by a multi-lingual SETA
registered Facilitator
Theory – conducted in a classroom together with DVD
presentations
Practical training – conducted in the boiler house
Final Exam
Examinations evaluated by a SETA registered Assessor
Issuing of Certificate
Boiler Operator Cap to successful students
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COURSE OPTIONS Individual “on site” training course to be run
at your factory on your boiler
or
Purchase DVD Training Course. Course to be owned
and run by the client, in their own time. Future
training / refresher courses will then be at no
additional costs to the Company
On site training of operators – backed up by the DVD
Training Course – which shall remain on site for
constant refresher courses for the operators at no
additional cost
or
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DURATION OF EACH COURSE
Each Course will take 5 days (40 hours)
Traveling to and from site will be
additional
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REQUIREMENTS
1. Classroom complete with tables and chairs, white board and markers
2. Availability of fully operational stand-by boiler for start / stop operation during practical training
3. Recommendation of a maximum of 8 students per class