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