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