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