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Job Description
Construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frame tanks or vats, following blueprints. Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. Assist in testing assembled vessels. Direct cleaning of boilers and boiler furnaces. Inspect and repair boiler fittings, such as safety valves, regulators, automatic-control mechanisms, water columns, and auxiliary machines.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-2011.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 62,200.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 29.00
- Currently, there are 16,660 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Boilermakers”.
Also Known As…
- Boilermakers
- Service Technician
- Boilermaker Welder
- Boilermaker Pipe Fitter
- Boilermaker Mechanic
- Boilermaker
- Boiler Technician
- Boiler Service Technician
- Boiler Repairman
- Boiler Mechanic
- Boiler Maker
- Pressure Tester
- Manufacturing Assembler
- Locomotive Boilermaker
- Industrial Boilermaker
- Fitter Up
- Erector
- Boilermaker Helper
- Boilermaker Fitter
- Boilermaker Apprentice
- Boilerhouse Mechanic
- Boiler/Chiller Technician
- Boiler Welder
- Boiler Tester
- Boiler Shop Mechanic
- Boiler Setter
- Boiler Reliner
- Boiler Installer
- Boiler Fitter
- Boiler Erector
- Boiler Control Technician
Tasks for “Assembler”
- Bell, bead with power hammers, or weld pressure vessel tube ends to ensure leakproof joints.
- Lay out plate, sheet steel, or other heavy metal and locate and mark bending and cutting lines, using protractors, compasses, and drawing instruments or templates.
- Shape seams, joints, or irregular edges of pressure vessel sections or structural parts to attain specified fit of parts, using cutting torches, hammers, files, or metalworking machines.
- Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations, following blueprints and using straightedges, squares, transits, or measuring instruments.
- Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects.
- Clean pressure vessel equipment, using scrapers, wire brushes, and cleaning solvents.
- Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools.
- Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections or other parts into place.
- Straighten or reshape bent pressure vessel plates or structure parts, using hammers, jacks, or torches.
- Bolt or arc weld pressure vessel structures and parts together, using wrenches or welding equipment.
- Assemble large vessels in an on-site fabrication shop prior to installation to ensure proper fit.
- Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts, such as safety valves or regulators, using torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metalworking machinery.
- Position, align, and secure structural parts or related assemblies to boiler frames, tanks, or vats of pressure vessels, following blueprints.
- Install refractory bricks or other heat-resistant materials in fireboxes of pressure vessels.
- Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.
- Shape or fabricate parts, such as stacks, uptakes, or chutes, to adapt pressure vessels, heat exchangers, or piping to premises, using heavy-metalworking machines such as brakes, rolls, or drill presses.
- Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired.
Related Technology & Tools
- Full body harnesses
- Bull pins
- Combination squares
- Screwdrivers
- Full-face respirators
- Digital levels
- Drill point gauges
- Scribers
- Socket wrench sets
- Tube milling machines
- Carbon dioxide CO2 meters
- Hand saws
- Ball peen hammers
- Beam trolleys
- Shears
- Electrode ovens
- Adjustable crescent wrenches
- Lead hammers
- Protractors
- Pin punches
- Punch presses
- Spreader beams
- Workshop cranes
- Air hammers
- Telescoping gauges
- Dividers
- Beveling machines
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Pneumatic impact wrenches
- Sledgehammers
- Channel lock pliers
- Cutting torches
- Fire retardant coveralls
- Telescoping lifts
- Welding oxygen regulators
- Scissor lifts
- C clamps
- Caulking guns
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Personal computers
- Fire extinguishers
- Heat lamps
- Vise grip pliers
- Longnose pliers
- Respiratory protection equipment
- Sandblasters
- Dust masks
- Center punches
- Welding shields
- Bench lathes
- Tube wall reducing tools
- Compasses
- Bench vises
- Filtered lenses
- Leather protective clothing
- Self-contained breathing apparatus
- Calipers
- Oxygen concentration meters
- Sliding t-bevels
- Hacksaws
- Pipe vises
- Measuring tapes
- Hydraulic boom trucks
- Air scalers
- Temperature sticks
- Side cutting pliers
- Clear lenses
- Claw hammers
- Plasma arc welding equipment
- Tube drifts
- Pipe and tubing cutters
- Ladders
- Reciprocating saws
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Open end wrenches
- Jig saws
- Acetylene torches
- Squares
- Half-face respirators
- Screw jacks
- Two way radios
- Steamboat ratchet jacks
- Wire brushes
- Engineers' levels
- Welding adaptors
- Ground clamps
- Straightedges
- Buffing tools
- Vernier calipers
- Allen wrenches
- Flaring tools
- Milling machines
- Tap sets
- Air carbon arc cutting equipment
- Serrating tools
- Non-sparking hammers
- Framing squares
- Circular saws
- Adjustable pipe wrenches
- Electrode holders
- Drift pins
- Combination wrenches
- Spud wrenches
- Transit levels
- Hydrostatic testers
- Chipping hammers
- Ventilation fans
- Splitting chisels
- Spirit levels
- Hydraulic cranes
- Atmospheric monitoring devices
- Overhead hoists
- Wedges
- Protective gloves
- Metal-cutting chisels
- Utility knives
- Slip joint pliers
- Friction lighters
- Chain hoists
- Inspection mirrors
- Soft face hammers
- Putty knives
- Water levels
- Bolt cutters
- Needle pressure gauges
- Chain pulleys
- Swing stages
- Welding tip cleaning files
- Shackles
- Plate clamps
- Pry bars
- Nibblers
- Trammel points
- Brakes
- Digital lasers
- Hydraulic stub pullers
- Torque wrenches
- Hydraulic jacks
- Contour markers
- Hard hats
- Utility hoists
- Plumb bobs
- Desktop computers
- Slings
- Air manifolds
- Power grinders
- Pre-heating torches
- Scale rules
- Micrometers
- Chain wrenches
- Chain falls
- Strap wrenches
- Blacksmiths' punches
- Air compressors
- Cutoff saws
- Hammer wrenches
- Swivel hoist rings
- Flashback arrestors
- Ear plugs
- Wire rope pullers
- Drill presses
- Pneumatic hoists
- Portable welding machines
- Tube end facers
- Welding distribution panels
- Computer-controlled welding equipment
- Oxygen lances
- Pneumatic drills
- Tube pullers
- Safety goggles
- X ray inspection equipment
- Box end wrenches
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Welding tips
- Safety glasses
- End cutting pliers
- Laser levels
- Beam clamps
- Air grinders
- Metal-cutting snips
- Resin spray guns
- Power saws
- Block and tackle equipment
- Catalyst dispensers
- Forklifts
- Atmospheric testing equipment
- Staging equipment
- Stick electrodes
- Chalk lines
- Scaffolding
- Bar clamps
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Microsoft Windows
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Health and safety training software
- Microsoft Office