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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”.

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Tasks for “Boiler Mechanic”

Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.
Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections or other parts into place.
Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bell, bead with power hammers, or weld pressure vessel tube ends to ensure leakproof joints.
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.
Straighten or reshape bent pressure vessel plates or structure parts, using hammers, jacks, or torches.

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Power saws
Single-cut mill saw files
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Air grinders
Welding tip cleaning files
Electrode holders
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Micrometers
Scribers
Straightedges
Claw hammers
Dust masks
Self-contained breathing apparatus
Caulking guns
Squares
Oxygen concentration meters
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Socket wrench sets
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X ray inspection equipment
Full body harnesses
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Wedges
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Tube milling machines
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Scale rules
Metal-cutting snips
Stick electrodes
Open end wrenches
Tap sets
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