Job Description:

• 1) Assembles boilers, tanks, vats, and pressure vessels according to blueprint specifications, using power tools and handtools: Reads blueprint to determine location and relationship of parts.

• 2) Connects firetubes to heads or watertubes to drums and headers of boilers, by expanding and belling ends, using tube expander and beading ends, using power hammer.

• 3) Drills and taps holes for installation of studs, using portable drill.

• 4) Tightens bolts to assemble frames, using hand or power wrenches.

• 5) Mounts casings of watertube boilers, or attaches davit heads, burners, or furnace casing to firetube boilers, using wrenches.

• 6) Bolts or screws accessories, such as manholes, handholes, fans, gauges, and valves to vessel, using handtools or power wrenches.

• 7) Replaces defective parts, using power wrenches, prying bars, or handtools.

• 8) May install and repair refractory brick.

• 9) May thread and install stay bolts, using pipe wrench and dies.

• 10) May remove and replace rivets and caulk seams to repair riveted shells and structures, using pneumatic chisel, riveter, and caulking hammer.

• 11) May cut out defective parts, using acetylene torch.

• 12) Distinguish from BOILERMAKER I who assembles and repairs boilers and related pressure vessels.

• 13) May be designated according to work setting or location as Boilermaker, Central Steam Plant; Boilermaker, Industrial Boilers; Boilermaker, Ship.