Technical schools for the training of gas boiler specialists. Courses "gas burner equipment and boilers"
Who needs training
The training of the driver (operator) of the boiler house (fireman) is carried out in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 513 dated July 2, 2013 "On approval of the List of professions of workers, positions of employees for which vocational training is carried out", with the requirements of the Unified Tariff and Qualification Directory of Works and Professions workers, 1989 (issue 1, section “Professions of workers common to all industries National economy”), the All-Russian classifier of occupations of workers, positions of employees and wage categories.
A boiler plant (boiler room) is a structure in which heating takes place. working fluid, usually water, for heating or steam supply systems. The main device of the boiler house is a steam, fire-tube or hot water boilers. Boilers are used for centralized heat and steam supply or for local supply (private sector).
There is a classification of boiler plants. So they are divided, for example, according to the type of location: freestanding, rooftop, built-in or attached to buildings, block-modular and frame execution; by type of fuel: gas, liquid fuel, solid fuel and combined; by type of boilers: steam, hot water, mixed, diathermic; according to the purpose of the heat produced: heating, industrial, mixed and according to the category of heat supply reliability: the first, second and third categories.
Specialists who service hot water, steam, etc. boilers, both in the boiler room and separately located (including on steam railway cranes), as well as heating network boiler installations or crumpled steam stations located in the service area of the main units - these are machinists (operators) of the boiler room or stokers.
The profession of a driver (operator) of a boiler house (fireman) implies the following skills: must maintain hot water and steam boilers, switch supply lines, fill and empty steam pipelines, turn on and off automatic boiler power equipment; must carry out preventive inspection of boilers, their auxiliary mechanisms, instrumentation and participate in scheduled preventive maintenance of boiler units, as well as accept boilers and their auxiliary mechanisms from repair and prepare them for work. The driver (operator) of the boiler room (fireman) must know: the device and principle of operation of hot water and steam boilers of various systems; operational data of boiler equipment and mechanisms; arrangement of automatic control devices; rules for maintaining the operating mode of the boiler room, depending on the readings of the instruments; schemes of pipeline networks and signaling in the boiler room; rules for setting up and regulating instrumentation.
To perform work, the driver (operator) of the boiler house (fireman) must undergo vocational training at a specialized school, no more than once a year and at least once every 5 years, take short-term refresher courses of at least 72 hours in order to acquire new knowledge , have a medical book with no contraindications to work, be instructed in labor protection and safety, and also have an electrical safety clearance group of at least group 3 up to 1,000 V. It is important that for work as a boiler engineer (operator) (fireman), a person under 18s are not allowed.
Tuition fees and terms of development
ANO DPO "Comprehensive Training Center for Retraining Personnel" conducts vocational training in the following programs:
Form of study: full-time, part-time, remote with the use of "Internet" technologies.
What is included in the training program
In the process of mastering the training program developed taking into account the order of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 513 dated July 2, 2013 “On approval of the List of professions of workers, positions of employees for which vocational training is carried out”, the following issues are studied :
- Economics of the enterprise and industry
- electrical engineering
- Materials Science
- Reading blueprints
- Labor protection, industrial sanitation and fire safety
- The device of steam and hot water boilers
- Boiler furnaces
- Fuel preparation and ash removal systems
- Operation of boiler plants
- environmental protection
Classes are held in the classroom of ANO DPO "Comprehensive Training Center for Retraining Personnel", as well as through the "Internet" portal of the site of the Training Center.
Upon completion of the course, a
- A certificate for each employee who has passed certification;
- PTM coupon for each employee who has passed certification;
- Minutes of the attestation commission with a list of employees who have passed attestation.
How to get trained as a boiler operator
After completing vocational training (either at a specialized school or training center), the boiler house driver (operator) (fireman) must undergo an annual recertification by passing short-term advanced training courses in the amount of at least 72 hours no more than 1 time per year and at least 1 time at 5 years old.
Benefits of working with ANO DPO "Integrated Training Center for Retraining Personnel"
- all training programs are developed by teachers, taking into account modern educational and methodological materials using new technologies in teaching;
- a convenient form has been developed for you electronic library according to the educational material of the course;
- the cost of training as a driver (operator) of a boiler house (fireman) is significantly lower than that of other training centers;
- training takes place at a convenient time for you and in the form that is required for your organization.
What does not undergo advanced training for more than 5 years entail?
Even in hot countries, everyone needs to cook food, wash at night or at other cool times with pleasantly warm water, refrigerators and air conditioners and just industrial equipment need to work. All the huge variety of technology is unthinkable without a variety of options for a wide variety of boilers - like a house without a foundation corresponding to its architecture.
The proposed course of 48 academic hours will introduce the history of the emergence and development of boilers as a thermal technology, the spectrum options boilers and their applications, will teach general approaches to choosing a boiler for a given object. It will help to understand the way of how to find harmony between these needs and the possibilities of users in case of a need for boilers - on a scale from a small residential building to a large one industrial enterprise, which is useful both for independent search for running-in and for facilitating the design part of the work of already practicing specialists. The course is also useful for just working operators, repairmen and other specialists servicing boilers - to deepen the understanding of the essence of a number of difficulties and ways to prevent problems. For beginners and just getting acquainted with boilers as a technology, the proposed course can also be useful. A convenient presentation of the system of knowledge accumulated by Mankind, indicating the most common ways to achieve any technical results, a presentation of how typical mistakes and how to avoid them, where to start, self-study and which way of self-study is most effective. All trainees will benefit from a detailed description of the dangers of boilers and their associated systems and how to work comfortably and safely. It is useful for everyone to know about such auxiliary systems as automatic control, blasting, systems for preparing fuel and water and other materials, economizers, filter and smoke exhaust devices, chimneys Life is varied and changeable, those with knowledge live longer and better. Taking into account the peculiarities of the "Russian" management style, a number of students will benefit from knowledge about Federal Legislation and other regulations, about their ratio and use - as it should be according to the Law. The course does not claim to be complete due to the huge amount of knowledge, but like a map-scheme, it will allow you to more meaningfully navigate the sea of boiler and related equipment and services offered on the market. In many other areas of life and activity, all students will benefit from in-depth knowledge of the chemistry and physics of the combustion process, the operation of elements of automation systems, heat and mass transfer, materials science, and other branches of knowledge necessary for the creation and operation and repair of boilers. It is not planned to include any practical exercises in the course due to the huge variety of boilers and their operating modes - what is useful for units will become a burden for the rest. Therefore, the "skeleton" of the tree of necessary knowledge is given, and each listener, in the process of subsequent self-education, will decide for himself how much it is necessary to "build up muscles on the skeleton" - according to how much strength and in what direction you need this person in relation to the topic "Boilers and gas-burning equipment".
Training program Gas burner equipment and boilers
Introduction.
- Organizational matters.
- Story.
- Sources of energy and fuel, approach to their use.
Criteria for choosing a fuel source as the main one, as well as transition criteria. Including for multi-fuel boilers and for shared use cases. Examples from life.
Boiler types.
Classification:
- Fuel and energy source.
- By appointment.
- By power.
- For other features.
Chemistry and physics of combustion of gases, solid, liquid, nuclear fuel.
Features of non-standard boilers:
- solar,
- Electro.
- Atomic.
- Hydrodynamic.
- Secondary on some engine.
Features of the most popular chemical fuel boilers
- Solid.
- Liquid.
- gaseous.
Gas boilers:
- General ecology of the regime.
- Connection to power supply, use of additional equipment.
Liquid fuel boilers.
- Automatic safety and mode control.
- Sensors and operation logic, emergency and normal criteria and other similar issues.
- General ecology of the regime.
- Economics of the boiler regime and the choice of the optimum.
- Purification from flue gases and sewage.
- Water treatment, desalination plants and other auxiliary devices.
solid fuel boilers.
- Automatic safety and mode control.
- Sensors and operation logic, emergency and normal criteria and other similar issues.
- General ecology of the regime.
- Economics of the boiler regime and the choice of the optimum.
- Purification from flue gases and sewage.
- Water treatment, desalination plants and other auxiliary devices.
Steam boilers.
- Automatic safety and mode control.
- Sensors and operation logic, emergency and normal criteria and other similar issues.
- General ecology of the regime.
- Economics of the boiler regime and the choice of the optimum.
- Purification from flue gases and sewage.
- Water treatment, desalination plants and other auxiliary devices.
Boilers with intermediate heat carrier.
- Automatic safety and mode control.
- Sensors and operation logic, emergency and normal criteria and other similar issues.
- General ecology of the regime.
- Economics of the boiler regime and the choice of the optimum.
- Purification from flue gases and sewage.
- Water treatment, desalination plants and other auxiliary devices.
Additional devices for increasing the efficiency of the boiler and / or its individual components:
- Economizer.
- Boiler chiller.
- Communication with the main systems of the boiler.
Fuel quality and related issues.
- The heating transition of the object chiller - electric boiler - fuel boiler - another source for small objects with many energy sources and the possibility of distributing source-consumer loads.
- Connection of the boiler and its automation with "smart home" systems.
- Safety of small boiler houses.
Safety engineering. Actions in emergencies and emergency situations. Safety of the operator and locksmiths - repairmen.
Exam.
Professional boiler room operator
The profession of a stoker and stoker dates back more than one hundred years. With the development of heating equipment, the use of new types of fuel and the expansion of space heating tasks, the training of specialists is becoming increasingly important. Now a worker servicing heating systems that run on natural gas is called differently - a gas boiler operator.
Indeed, his duties no longer include chopping wood or throwing tons of coal into the furnace with a shovel. Life is changing, technology is developing, and the requirements for a person who provides heat to residential, social and industrial facilities are radically transformed.
What is a gas boiler
This is a separate room or a whole building where one (or more) heating boiler is installed, which heats the coolant in pipes and radiators. The heat source is a flame from natural or liquefied gas. It is clear that in large heated buildings a separate worker is needed. The need for his constant presence is due to the fact that this building is an object heightened danger due to the use of gas.
Its functions include:
- Control over the operation of gas units.
- Determination of the state of supply communications.
- Constant monitoring of the pressure in the heating system.
- Provision of activities for fire safety.
It is clear that in small private houses an operator is not needed. Periodic control is carried out by the homeowner himself with the help of various protective devices and safety elements that can transmit information about the accident even remotely.
And in large boiler rooms, similar protective systems may be available. However, the presence of a trained worker who can prevent an emergency in time and ensure a continuous heating process is mandatory.
Training of a gas boiler operator
For the training of gas boiler workers, there are specialized centers and courses that provide initial and periodic training.
The requirements for a gas boiler worker are as follows:
- age over 18;
- absence of medical contraindications - a medical commission is obligatory;
- primary training of a specialty in structures licensed for this type of activity;
- obligatory internship after courses within 10 working days;
- passing tests on safety measures when handling gas equipment and vessels high pressure.
Only after passing the training, the operator of the gas boiler house can obtain admission to self-maintenance of gas devices. This is formalized by the relevant documents and the order of the organization in which the operator works.
Note! Then, during the year, the employee undergoes additional theoretical training according to a plan approved by the director or chief engineer of the enterprise. Once a year, the knowledge of the gas boiler operator is tested.
And now consider the duties that a boiler worker must perform.
Responsibilities of the gas boiler operator
New gas boiler house
Duty in the boiler room around the clock, so the operator works in shifts. In this case, the duration of one shift should not exceed 12 hours. Such a regime must be strictly observed.
What are operators required to do before starting a shift?
- carefully review all records for the past period;
- inspect the room inside and out and make sure that there is no leakage of water and gas;
- check the readings of instruments, the operation of safety devices and the ventilation system;
- pay attention to upcoming maintenance and repair work gas equipment;
- accept the shift with a journal entry and other documentation.
During operation, the operator or shift must perform the following actions:
- Provide the necessary temperature and pressure parameters of the coolant.
- Strictly observe the operating mode of gas boilers.
- Timely and accurately record equipment parameters.
- In the event of an emergency, call the duty brigade and turn off the equipment.
The above instructions indicate that the work of the gas boiler operator is important and responsible. And training and additional training are caused by the need for uninterrupted supply of heat to consumers, as well as the safety of the entire boiler plant and nearby structures.
Boiler operator training program
The curriculum is quite rich and contains both theoretical and practical parts.
Future operators are studying the device and principle of operation of gas equipment for heating buildings. At the same time, close attention is paid to practical steps to adjust the operating modes, and the design of gas burners is also studied.
On the training courses Much attention is paid to the study of high-pressure vessels, their design and safety measures when handling them and gas boilers.
Control devices and protection devices, operating rules and procedures for handling pipelines that contain steam and hot water. At the same time, much attention is also paid to the issues of labor protection and health of the boiler house workers.
After obtaining theoretical knowledge, practical exercises begin on turning boilers on and off, making adjustments to enter devices into a given mode of operation. Options are also considered on how to replenish water supplies in the system, what may be the allowable temperatures and pressure limits of the coolant.
After completing the theoretical and practical course, all students take tests. Those who have successfully coped with this are issued a certificate of a gas boiler operator, which allows them to take a vacancy at any enterprise involved in heating buildings and structures.
What should an operator be able to do after training?
Training of operators and locksmiths
After the training of gas boiler operators is completed, each employee, in addition to knowledge of theory, must be able to perform practical actions:
- put into operation gas appliances heating, stop them and replenish the heating system with water;
- independently maintain the operating mode of the equipment, control the pressure in the boilers and the pipeline;
- be able to turn on pumps, auxiliary devices and stop them if necessary;
- remove air from the heating system;
- regulate and control the operation of the burners and the ventilation system for supplying air to the boilers;
- conduct Maintenance gas units and perform simple repairs;
- in case of emergencies, turn off gas boilers correctly and in a timely manner;
- observe fire safety rules when handling electrical and other devices;
- provide first aid to people injured in the accident;
- keep the workplace clean and tidy.
Note! Training includes not only training of workers who have never encountered this equipment, but also periodic retraining of specialists, that is, improving their skills. At the same time, they study new units and ways to control them.
Conclusion
In large gas boiler houses, the work of providing buildings with heat is carried out by operators who, after passing training and passing exams, are allowed to this necessary activity.
Training of employees is carried out taking into account modern requirements to gas equipment and providing people with acceptable conditions for the comfort of living. The combination of theoretical and practical training gives the best effect for their training and subsequent application of the acquired knowledge and skills.
The boiler operator is a person who maintains special heating equipment. Since today such systems operate mainly with gaseous fuels, the specified specialist must have the appropriate knowledge, along with professional experience.
It should be noted that small private buildings do not need an operator heating devices. This is due to the possibility of exercising the necessary control by the homeowners themselves. For this, various protective elements are provided that provide information about the state of the equipment.
Of course, large boiler rooms can also be equipped in a similar way. However, in order to ensure safety, as well as the continuous operation of the system, a specialist with certain skills must be constantly present in this room.
Operator Responsibilities
It is worth pointing out that the gas boiler room is a specialized room or an entire building equipped with one or more boilers. The mentioned units heat the heat carrier circulating in the pipes of the system.
Such devices operate on natural or liquefied gas, therefore, are sources of increased danger. This circumstance necessitates constant and high-quality control over heating system and the space as a whole. These functions are performed by the operator of the gas boiler house. Thus, the duties of this specialist include the following manipulations:
- Ensuring complete and high-quality control regarding the operation of gas heating units.
- Determination of the technical condition and functionality of all supply lines.
- Pressure control in heating equipment.
- Organization of events related to fire safety.
In order to competently and efficiently perform their duties, operators undergo a professional training course. Training of boiler house operators is carried out by specialized centers that conduct both initial and periodic trainings. At the same time, the following requirements are put forward for candidates for obtaining this specialty:
- A person wishing to become a gas equipment operator must be at least 18 years of age.
- The applicant for the training course must be free of all kinds of medical contraindications. This circumstance is supported by the relevant certificate.
- The candidate must confirm the fact of passing primary training in this specialty.
- Upon completion of the training course, an internship is required, the duration of which is 10 days.
- There are also exams at the end of the course.
Only after full certification has been carried out, the operator of heat units can be admitted to self-fulfillment operations for the maintenance of said equipment. Permission is confirmed by the relevant order of the organization where he will work this specialist.
Within one year after employment new employee undergoes special training, including theoretical classes. This process is regulated by a plan, which is drawn up directly by the head or chief engineer of the organization. Also, once a year, the operator's knowledge is tested.
Specialist work
Operators work in shifts, since the boiler room requires round-the-clock supervision. However, the duration of the shift is 12 hours. These norms are enshrined in the relevant legislation and their implementation is rigorous.
Before starting his shift, the operator must perform a number of the following manipulations, taking into account the peculiarities of the current situation:
- Carefully study the records made in his absence.
- Inspect the premises for water or gas leaks.
- Perform a functional analysis automatic system security, and ventilation equipment. Along with this, the operator is obliged to take instrument readings.
- Clarify whether repair or preventive measures are required for existing heating units.
- Accept the change, leaving a record of this in a special journal.
During his work shift, this specialist performs the following operations:
- Provides an optimal level of temperature and pressure of the liquid that circulates inside the heating system.
- Complies with the mode of operation of gas boilers in accordance with established standards.
- Records the indicators of heating equipment sensors at certain intervals.
- In the event of an emergency situation, it urgently shuts down the system and calls the on-duty repair team.
It should be noted that the work of a gas boiler operator is quite complex and responsible, which determines the high degree of importance of training, along with additional training of specialists. In addition, these measures are aimed at ensuring maximum safety, both for the boiler house itself and for other architectural structures located nearby.
Training program
Concerning curriculum, then it is very rich and consists of two main parts:
- Theoretical.
- Practical.
Within educational process the structure is studied, as well as the principle of operation of gas units involved in the heating of certain premises. The emphasis is on a thorough analysis and analysis of all operating modes (action and adjustment). A lot of attention is also paid to the design features of gas burners.
At the same time, the mandatory program includes the study of the following components of heating systems:
- Pressure vessels (device and safety measures for an hour of work with these elements).
- Gas boilers (safety measures and design).
- Control devices.
- Devices related to the protection system.
The following issues are being studied in detail:
- Operating rules, as well as standards for handling pipelines through which water or steam circulates (depending on the type of system).
- Occupational safety of boiler room employees.
- Health protection of specialists serving gas heating units.
Theoretical knowledge is necessarily fixed through practical exercises. At the same time, the skills of switching on and off the main system elements (boilers) are practiced. It also adjusts the entry of the device into a certain mode. work, which is set directly by the operator.
In this part of the tutorial, the following points are considered:
- Options for replenishing fluid reserves in the heating system.
- Permissible values of the coolant temperature.
- Permissible values of water pressure.
The final stage of training is the passing of tests, the successful completion of which requires obtaining an operator's certificate. This document gives the right to perform the relevant duties.
It is important to note that the training program involves not only the training of beginners, but also the advanced training of experienced professionals. During the hour of such events, specialists get acquainted with new units, studying ways to control this equipment.
Operator skills
The operator of gas heating equipment, who has undergone the necessary training, must be able to perform the following practical operations:
- Start and stop gas equipment, as well as replenish the system with the necessary water supplies.
- Maintain the working process of heat units by controlling the pressure level in certain elements of the system.
- Turn pumps and accessories on and off.
- Delete air locks from the system.
- Control the operation of the burners, along with the functionality of the ventilation equipment.
- Carry out preventive and simple repairs.
- Comply with established fire safety regulations.
- Provide first aid to victims in case of an emergency.
The operator of a gas boiler house is a rather time-consuming, but very important profession. These specialists ensure the comfort and safety of various types of buildings by monitoring and adjusting the operation of complex heating systems.