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