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