Retail Motor-Fuel Dispensers and Consoles (Short Course)

This seminar will teach students how to properly inspect and test Retail Motor-Fuel Dispensers (RMFDs); that is, perform an official examination by properly applying all applicable NIST Handbook 44 requirements. The sessions will include formal lecture, class discussion, group exercises, audio-visual presentations, and some hands-on practice.

Learning Objectives:

After the completion of this course, using your references and notes, you will be able to:

• Describe the requirements specified in NIST Handbook 44 for RMFDs;
• Describe the components of an inspection of an RMFD;
• List three types of tolerances used when testing RMFDs.
• Apply the correct applicable tolerance to an RMFD under test;
• Describe how to select the proper size test draft for an RMFD test;
• List two requirements for product storage identification;
• Name three items that will increase your safety when testing RMFDs;
• Identify three key reasons why report forms are important;
• List five items of basic equipment used when testing RMFDs;
• Describe the proper procedures for reading and draining test measures and provers;
• List and describe the minimum tests and examination procedures to be performed when testing an RMFD;
• List the three categories of liquid-measuring devices and describe the sealing requirements for each;
• List the two types of metrological parameters that must be sealed.
• Describe the tasks that must be completed following the inspection and testing of an RMFD.

Materials & Supplies:

Notebooks and class materials will be provided.

Prerequisite(s):

Participants must have completed the NIST Handbook-44 Self Study course found at: http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/lmdg/training-materials.cfm

Pre-Work:

None.

Post-Work:

None.

Minimum Requirement(s):

Students must be in attendance for the entire class and actively participate in all in-class activities. You will be assessed on your application of all learning objectives for this course.

Audience:

This seminar is by invitation only.

Cost:

There is a registration fee of $130 for this seminar, which will be collected by the host organization, the Central Weights and Measures Association http://www.cwma.net/_resources/dyn/files/75451012z3963995d/_fn/RMFD+Registration.pdf.

Instructor(s):

Tina Butcher, Michael McGoff, and Josh Nelson Scott Simmons
Office of Weights and Measures
Phone: (301) 975 - 2196
E-mail: tina.butcher [at] nist.gov (tina[dot]butcher[at]nist[dot]gov)