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