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