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