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