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