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