Boilermakers design, install, and repair boilers and vats that contain gas or liquid. They also work on air pollution equipment, blast furnaces, and water treatment plants. Boilermaker jobs involve using heavy and dangerous equipment, and require familiarity with boiler designs and standards.
Boilermakers are craftsmen who design, install, and repair boilers and vats that contain large amounts of gas or liquid. Boilers use pressure to heat fluids including water, oil, beer and other chemicals. When water is stored in a boiler, it generates electricity and heats buildings, plants and factories. Boiler jobs involve installing and maintaining boilers, but in addition, these professionals make steel and help build bridges, furnaces, and mining equipment, as well as other projects.
Boiler jobs also include installing and repairing air pollution equipment, blast furnaces, water treatment plants, storage tanks and chimneys, installing heat resistant materials such as refractory bricks in furnaces and vessels, and the installation and maintenance of pipes used in dams that direct water to and from hydroelectric turbines. Boilermaker jobs are also needed in electric power plants, which use high-pressure steam inside boilers to turn turbine blades, which are connected to electrical generators. In these plants, the fuel that generates steam in the boiler is usually coal and is burned in the furnace.
Since a typical boiler lasts about 50 years, boiler builders’ jobs involve many components, including upgrades. Boiler parts such as pipes, heating components and ductwork must be improved by boiler manufacturers so that efficiency is always as high as possible. Boilermaker jobs also include inspection of all parts of the boiler, including the fittings, feed pumps, safety and check valves, boiler controls, water and pressure gauges, and auxiliary machinery. Boiler manufacturers are responsible for ensuring that all parts are working properly and meet safety requirements. Parts that no longer work or are out of date are replaced using soldering tools, torches and equipment.
Boiler builder jobs also involve cleaning large boiler pots using brushes, scrapers and solvents. Leaking boilers must be patched and weak spots replaced with stronger parts and sections to ensure optimum boiler performance. A boilermaker job description will always require him to be familiar with boiler designs and standards. This is because boilermaker jobs involve using tools and torches to cut and weld pieces of metal together to repair boilers.
A boilermaker job also requires the professional to be skilled at assembling the boiler sections and wedges so that they snap into place. This usually involves the use of hammers, files and grinders. Boiler jobs involve the use of heavy and dangerous equipment; therefore, only people who are comfortable working with these tools should consider a career as a boilermaker.
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