Boilermakers are in demand!
Boilermakers work in the heavy engineering industry and make boilers, engines and pressure-vessels.
They work with large sheets of metal to make parts for machines and equipment. If you imagine yourself as a metal worker and practically skilled, then a career in Boiler Making is for you! Boilermakers build or repair containers made with steel plates and pipes which are used in many industries ranging from boilers for steam engines, vats, tanks and to pressure vessels like the ones used at power stations and petrochemical plants. Their work can also be quite varied and Boilermakers can work in factories: making containers, doing repairs or work at power stations, on oil rigs, in petrol refineries, on the mines and in the shipbuilding industry.
In some ways they are like specialist welders and must be very skilled and Responsible when they work: reason being - containers they make or repair are used under high pressure or may contain chemicals or poisonous gases, so any fault in the seams and joints can cause accidents and serious injury.
- Accurately reading plans
- Building to specifications
- Cleaning and inspecting boiler for proper functioning
- Constructing, assembling,maintaining
- Repairing stationary steam boilers
- Testing assembled vessels
- Straightening or reshaping bent pressure vessels