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