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