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