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