A stoker is a worker ( position , specialty , profession ) that supplies solid fuel to the furnace of a furnace , boiler (most often a ship , a steam locomotive , a ship or a boiler room ) or other heat apparatus .
Operators of gas or liquid fuel-fired units are often traditionally called stokers, which is wrong.
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Responsibilities
The duties of the stoker include cleaning the furnace and blew . Often, the stoker is also assigned the function of controlling the operating modes of the heat apparatus.
The fireman’s profession was widespread in the navy and railroad until the middle of the 20th century (in the era of steam traction ), as well as in solid fuel boilers . In connection with the massive transfer of boiler rooms to gas and liquid fuel, the number of working firemen is decreasing.
The fireman’s profession is considered harmful and, in accordance with the pension legislation of the Russian Federation, is included in the first list (men retire at 50 years old, women retire at 45) [ clarify ] . Occupational hazards are: elevated temperature in the room, toxic gases, lack of oxygen, soot, coal and fly ash, heavy physical labor. Work as a fireman is permitted to persons not younger than 18 years old who have undergone a medical examination and training according to an approved program and having the relevant certificates of the qualification commission for passing the exam for this program, who have completed on-the-job training and labor protection training.
In Europe and the United States, as of the beginning of the 2010s, the work of a stoker is hardly in demand. In India and China , on the contrary, the stoker is a very common profession. Russia has a lot of working firemen in the eastern and northern regions, where coal heating is widely used.
Fireman in culture
The famous song “ Spread the sea wide ” is devoted to the heavy profession of the stoker:
- Comrade, I can't stand watch
- Said the stoker to the stoker.
- The lights in my firebox don't burn at all,
- In the cauldrons I can’t hold back a couple ...
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- No wind today, no piss stand.
- Warmed water. Stuffy. Hot.
- The thermometer went up by forty-five,
- Without air the whole stoker.
- The fireman - a film by Alexei Balabanov (2010).
Phraseology
- Black as a fireman.
- Stoker - in a figurative sense - to get drunk.
- Take more, throw further, rest while flying.
Notable people working as stokers
- Viktor Tsoi
- Edward Starkov