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