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