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