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