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