Job Description:

• 1) Performs any combination of following duties to assist METAL FABRICATOR in fabricating and assembling boilers and steel plate vessels, such as tanks and vats: Tends machines, such as drill press, punch press, and boring mill to drill, punch, and ream metal stock for boiler parts.

• 2) Tends power shears to cut plate to size and shape.

• 3) Grinds welded joints, seams, and other irregular areas to smooth boiler surfaces, using portable and pedestal grinders.

• 4) Wraps blanket of spun glass around shell to insulate boiler and tacks blanket to shell surface, using stud welding gun.

• 5) Operates sandblasting machine to clean tank surfaces prior to painting or coating.

• 6) Moves and positions materials at work site with help of other workers, using overhead bridge crane or dolly.

• 7) Removes casing, grates, and grate rigging from boiler prior to repair of boiler and reassembles them after repair, using handtools.

• 8) Performs other duties described under HELPER Master Title.