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