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