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