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