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