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Career: Boilermakers
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 Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools. |
99
|
Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired. |
97
|
Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects. |
96
|
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. |
94
|
Position, align, and secure structural parts or related assemblies to boiler frames, tanks, or vats of pressure vessels, following blueprints. |
93
|
Clean pressure vessel equipment, using scrapers, wire brushes, and cleaning solvents. |
93
|
Install refractory bricks or other heat-resistant materials in fireboxes of pressure vessels. |
92
|
Bolt or arc weld pressure vessel structures and parts together, using wrenches or welding equipment. |
89
|
Bell, bead with power hammers, or weld pressure vessel tube ends to ensure leakproof joints. |
88
|
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. |
85
|
Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts. |
84
|
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. |
82
|
Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections or other parts into place. |
81
|
Straighten or reshape bent pressure vessel plates or structure parts, using hammers, jacks, or torches. |
71
|
Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations, following blueprints and using straightedges, squares, transits, or measuring instruments. |
70
|
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. |
57
|
Assemble large vessels in an on-site fabrication shop prior to installation to ensure proper fit. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
88
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
84
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
81
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
77
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
73
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
71
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
68
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
67
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
66
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
64
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
63
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
62
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
62
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
59
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
58
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
58
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
57
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
57
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
55
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
55
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
55
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
54
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
53
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
53
|
Getting Information
|
52
|
Thinking Creatively
|
50
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
50
|
Processing Information
|
49
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
49
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
48
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
44
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
44
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
43
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
43
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
42
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
42
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
41
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
40
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
38
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
27
|
Interacting With Computers
|
25
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|