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