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