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