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