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