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