Job Duties. As an instrumentation technician, you will test, calibrate, install, repair, and inspect monitoring devices. According to California's Employment Development Department, you'll also perform general maintenance on the equipment and design new measuring and recording equipment (www.edd.ca.gov).ccording to PayScale.com, the majority of instrumentation and controls technicians earned between $43,894 and $88,630 a year, as of January 2014.
Boils themselves are not contagious, but the bacteria that cause boils are. Until it drains and heals, an active skin boil is contagious. The infection can spread to other parts of the person's body or to other people through skin-to-skin contact or the sharing of personal items.
There are many causes of boils. Some boils can be caused by an ingrown hair. Others can form as the result of a splinter or other foreign material that has become lodged in the skin. Others boil, such as those of acne, are caused by plugged sweat glands that become infected.