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