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Tiffy

The nick name given to an Instrumentation Technician. The term Tiffy is derived from the Royal Navy designated tradesmanship "Instrument Artificer" Artificer later replaced with the term Technician in Petro-Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Oil & Gas Exploration and Production industries.

A group of Instrument techs are commonly referred to as Tiffy's" or "Tiffies".
Operations supervisor askes the Maintenance Supervisor... "Can you arrange for a tiffy to inspect the pressure reading instruments on the reactor column? They appear to be indicating incorrectly.
by YZF1070 January 3, 2019
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