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