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