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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
- Assembler
Tasks for “Boiler Control Technician”
- Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections or other parts into place.
- 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.
- Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.
- Bolt or arc weld pressure vessel structures and parts together, using wrenches or welding equipment.
- Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects.
- Assemble large vessels in an on-site fabrication shop prior to installation to ensure proper fit.
- Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations, following blueprints and using straightedges, squares, transits, or measuring instruments.
- Bell, bead with power hammers, or weld pressure vessel tube ends to ensure leakproof joints.
- Straighten or reshape bent pressure vessel plates or structure parts, using hammers, jacks, or torches.
- Install refractory bricks or other heat-resistant materials in fireboxes of pressure vessels.
- 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.
- Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired.
- 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.
- Clean pressure vessel equipment, using scrapers, wire brushes, and cleaning solvents.
- 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.
- Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools.
Related Technology & Tools
- Compasses
- Pry bars
- Vise grip pliers
- Full body harnesses
- Sledgehammers
- Air carbon arc cutting equipment
- Temperature sticks
- Squares
- Cutting torches
- Center punches
- Air hammers
- Putty knives
- C clamps
- Chipping hammers
- Scissor lifts
- Staging equipment
- Digital lasers
- Hard hats
- Shackles
- Atmospheric monitoring devices
- Swing stages
- Digital levels
- Engineers' levels
- Forklifts
- Box end wrenches
- Tube drifts
- Welding tip cleaning files
- Fire extinguishers
- Straightedges
- Scale rules
- Brakes
- Personal computers
- Caulking guns
- Oxygen concentration meters
- Pre-heating torches
- Torque wrenches
- Pin punches
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Tube pullers
- Half-face respirators
- Calipers
- Hydraulic jacks
- Wire brushes
- Milling machines
- Allen wrenches
- Fire retardant coveralls
- Wire rope pullers
- Soft face hammers
- Ground clamps
- Oxygen lances
- Longnose pliers
- Ventilation fans
- Dust masks
- Non-sparking hammers
- Welding oxygen regulators
- Bull pins
- Welding tips
- Hand saws
- Circular saws
- Drill point gauges
- Air grinders
- Serrating tools
- Dividers
- Scaffolding
- Nibblers
- Workshop cranes
- Tube wall reducing tools
- Shears
- Protective gloves
- Air scalers
- Overhead hoists
- Bench lathes
- Wedges
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Catalyst dispensers
- Computer-controlled welding equipment
- Reciprocating saws
- Combination squares
- Ladders
- Respiratory protection equipment
- Splitting chisels
- Telescoping gauges
- Chain falls
- Safety glasses
- Chain hoists
- Hydrostatic testers
- Power grinders
- Blacksmiths' punches
- Pneumatic hoists
- Portable welding machines
- Plumb bobs
- Electrode holders
- Leather protective clothing
- Hydraulic boom trucks
- Plate clamps
- Jig saws
- Protractors
- Clear lenses
- Ball peen hammers
- Steamboat ratchet jacks
- Beveling machines
- Pipe and tubing cutters
- Safety goggles
- Tube end facers
- Micrometers
- Water levels
- Punch presses
- Tube milling machines
- Measuring tapes
- Filtered lenses
- Hammer wrenches
- Combination wrenches
- Welding shields
- Self-contained breathing apparatus
- Flashback arrestors
- Adjustable pipe wrenches
- Side cutting pliers
- Hydraulic cranes
- Beam clamps
- Friction lighters
- Inspection mirrors
- Power saws
- Tap sets
- Sandblasters
- Heat lamps
- Cutoff saws
- Drift pins
- Telescoping lifts
- Beam trolleys
- Strap wrenches
- Chain pulleys
- Acetylene torches
- Slip joint pliers
- Flaring tools
- Screw jacks
- Trammel points
- Slings
- Transit levels
- Chain wrenches
- Chalk lines
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- End cutting pliers
- Utility hoists
- Plasma arc welding equipment
- Channel lock pliers
- Buffing tools
- Air compressors
- Spreader beams
- Bench vises
- Carbon dioxide CO2 meters
- Laser levels
- Metal-cutting chisels
- Spirit levels
- Screwdrivers
- Two way radios
- X ray inspection equipment
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Bolt cutters
- Stick electrodes
- Metal-cutting snips
- Block and tackle equipment
- Welding adaptors
- Utility knives
- Hacksaws
- Desktop computers
- Pneumatic drills
- Contour markers
- Resin spray guns
- Claw hammers
- Welding distribution panels
- Spud wrenches
- Open end wrenches
- Lead hammers
- Scribers
- Vernier calipers
- Adjustable crescent wrenches
- Pipe vises
- Electrode ovens
- Pneumatic impact wrenches
- Socket wrench sets
- Swivel hoist rings
- Needle pressure gauges
- Framing squares
- Hydraulic stub pullers
- Sliding t-bevels
- Full-face respirators
- Air manifolds
- Atmospheric testing equipment
- Ear plugs
- Bar clamps
- Drill presses
- Health and safety training software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Windows
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel