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