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