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