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.
How to Treat a Boil. A boil, also known as a skin abscess or furuncle, is a painful, pus-filled lump that develops on the surface of the skin. Boils can be as small as a pea or as large as a golf ball and can develop on any part of the body. They are usually caused by the infection of a hair follicle or oil gland in the skin.