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