General Fitter Interview Question Answer
Questions Related To Safety:
1. What is the expansion of PPE ?
Ans: Personnel protective equipment.
2. List out the PPE’s ?
Ans: Safety shoes, coverall or Boiler Suite, safety goggles, helmet, ear plug and hand gloves.
3. What is the Expansion of HSE ?
Ans: Health Safety and Environment.
4. What is the expansion of SCBA ?
Ans: Self-contained berating apparatus.
5. Who can enter in to the vessel, tower, heaters or tanks ?
Ans: Valid & authorized confined space entry holder.
6. Who can work as attendant for confined space entry?
Ans: Valid & Authorized confined space entry holder.
7. What is the meaning of housekeeping?
Ans: To remove unwanted materials from plant operating area.
8. When you will use safety belt or safety harness ?
Ans: Working at height.
9. What is the main thing required to start the job?
Ans: Permit and SMT instruction.
10. In case of any HC leak or fire what will be your first action?
Ans: Inform to SMT ( Supervisor of Maintenance ) immediately.
11. What are the things need to be checked before working on scaffold?
Ans: Green tag & Expiry date.
Questions Related To Equipment:
1. List out the equipment on which you have worked ?
Ans: Heat exchanger, vessels, Distillation towers, Tanks, Heaters or Furnace, filters and Fin fan coolers, Cooling Towers, Reactors
2. List out any two type of pipe fitting?
Ans: Flange, elbow, nipple, coupling ,Tee , reducer.
3. List out any two type of valves?
Ans: Gate valve, Globe valve, Butterfly valve, plug valve, ball valve and needle valve, Non Return Valve, Control Valve
4. In which equipment trays were fitted?
Ans: Distillation Tower ( Column )
5. List out at least two type of trays used in towers?
Ans: Valve trays, bubble cap, Chimney tray and sieve trays.
6. In which equipment demister pad is fitted?
Ans: Vessels and Towers.
7. List out any two type of flange joint gasket?
Ans: Spiral wound metallic gasket, Graphite gasket Teflon, Rubber gasket and RTJ- Ring Type Joint gasket ( Oval or Octagonal)
8. What is the expansion of DP?
Ans: Dia penetrate test
9. Which liquid is being used for hydro test?
Ans: Water
10. Which gas is being used for pneumatic test?
Ans: Nitrogen
11. What is the expansion of NRV?
Ans: Non-Return Valve
12. What is the expansion of PSV and PRV?
Ans: PSV- Pressure safety valve & PRV- Pressure Relief Valve
13. List out the fastener types?
Ans: Bolt & Nuts, Stud bolts and Allen head bolts
14. List out any two type of blinds?
Ans: Spade blind, End blind and Modified blind.
15. List out any two type of Pipe materials?
Ans: Carbon Steel, Alloy Steel and Stainless Steel.
Questions Related To Tools / Units :
1. List out the two common type of tools?
Answer: Open end spanner, Ring spanner, Combination spanner, sledging spanner (Hammering spanner) and pipe wrench, Adjustable spanner and screw driver.
2. List out the measuring tools?
Ans: Scale, Measuring tape, sprit leveler , Vernier caliper and Micrometer.
3. What type of hammer material should be used in refinery?
Ans: Brass
4. What type of Buffing wheel material should be used in Refinery?
Answer: Brass
5. Why we use pressure gauge?
Ans: To know the pressure
6. What is the unit of pressure?
Ans: Pounds per square inch (PSIG) or KG/ SQ.CM
7. What is impact wrench?
Ans: Used for tightening and loosening of bolt’s nut.
8. Impact wrench operated by which gas?
Ans: Driven by air
9. Which equipment is required for ventilation of vessel and towers?
Ans: Exhaust fan or Ejector