Natural Gas Meter Reader Training
Virgil Johnson Technical Publishing
About this Handbook
This handbook is intended to provide a
training guide for meter readers and billing
personnel with meter reading instructions
and digital photos of meters for practice.
This handbook should be utilized by gas
managers, meter technicians, meter
supervisors, billing supervisors, meter
coordinators and any personnel responsible
for the correct billing of gas utility
customers. The handbook will provide
training for individuals that are going to be
employed as meter readers or interested in
learning about meter reading to pursue a
career as a meter reader, It also includes
information on reviewing accounts and will
stress safety in meter reading. This
handbook will include examples of possible
errors that can be caused by the various
problems associated with reading gas meters.
Includes AMR information.
The CD can be used for training on a
computer or projector.
Table Of Contents

Table Of Contents 4
Table Of Contents 5
Introduction 6
Automatic Meter Reading 7
How To Read A Dial Type Meter 8
Difficult To Read Meters 9
Difficult To Read Meters 10
Reading The Various Types Of Gas Meters 11
Unusual Operating Conditions 12
Unusual Operating Conditions 13
Unusual Operating Conditions 14
Unusual Operating Conditions 15
Illegal Gas Taps 16
Meter Bypass Valves 17
Meter Reading Safety 18
Meter Reading Safety 19
Meter Reading Map and Door Tags 20
Typical Natural Gas Bill 21
Home Heating Index 22
Calculating Monthly Usage 23
Times To Read A Route 24
Times To Read A Route 25
Automatic Meter Reading 26
Reviewing Accounts 27
Reviewing Accounts 28
Summary 29
Meter Reading Practice 30
Meter Reading Practice 31
Meter Reading Practice 32
Meter Reading Practice 33
Meter Reading Practice 34
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Meter Reading Practice 58
Meter Reading Practice 59
Meter Reading Practice 60
Meter Reading Test 61
Meter Reading Test 62
Test Answers 63
Test Answers 64
Back Cover 65
A Color Printed Handbook
and CD Rom has been
developed To Train Natural
Gas Meter Readers.
Color Printed Handbook and CD Rom
$149.99+ $3.00 USA shipping and Handling
Color Printed Handbook and CD Rom
$149.99+ $10.00 International shipping and
handling for shipments outside of the USA
Virgil Johnson
218 S Falls
River Falls, WI 54022  USA
1-715-425-8473
Fax 1-715-425-8473
johnson_virgil@sbcglobal.net
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author for questions or
comments:
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