Instrument Fitter

• Assemble and install precise instruments that measure, indicate, transmit, record and control.
• Experienced instrument fitters may work with scientists to design, manufacture or modify laboratory equipment.
• Day to day tasks include fitting and assembling instrument parts, checking instruments for accuracy and calibrating to specifications, installing industrial instruments and equipment, dismantling and re-assembling delicate mechanisms or electronic circuits, overhauling instrument systems, checking performance using testing and measuring instruments, setting up computers and control equipment, interfacing computers to control systems.