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