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