Occupation Atlasboilermaker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5ed024ab-3b6a-4e06-a7fe-8a29f8469a64
boilermaker
Boilermakers operate a variety of equipment and machinery to create, repipe and retube hot water and steam boilers, producing them in all steps of the production process. They cut, gouge and shape the metal sheets and tubes for the boilers to size, using oxy-acetylene gas torches, assemble them by shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding or gas tungsten arc welding, and finish them by the appropriate machine tools, power tools and coating.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional3.72
- I Investigative2.31
- A Artistic1.00
- S Social1.00
- E Enterprising1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Boilermakers (47-2011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (22)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply arc welding techniques
- apply precision metalworking techniques
- ensure correct metal temperature
- ensure equipment availability
- flammable fluids
- fuel gas
- handle gas cylinders
- manufacturing of heating equipment
- metal smoothing technologies
- operate oxy-fuel cutting torch
- operate precision measuring equipment
- operate soldering equipment
- operate welding equipment
- perform test run
- quality standards
- read standard blueprints
- record production data for quality control
- select filler metal
- smooth burred surfaces
- troubleshoot
- types of metal
- wear appropriate protective gear
Optional (39)
- 3D printing process
- automation technology
- cast metal
- casting processes
- consult technical resources
- cutting technologies
- determine suitability of materials
- dispose of cutting waste material
- ferrous metal processing
- keep records of work progress
- maintain mechatronic equipment
- maintain robotic equipment
- maintenance of printing machines
- maintenance operations
- manufacturing of steam generators
- mechatronics
- metal forming technologies
- monitor automated machines
- monitor gauge
- operate 3D computer graphics software
- operate automated process control
- operate drill press
- operate printing machinery
- perform machine maintenance
- perform product testing
- printing materials
- printing on large scale machines
- printing techniques
- repair heating equipment
- rivet types
- riveting machine types
- robotics
- set up the controller of a machine
- spot metal imperfections
- supply machine
- supply machine with appropriate tools
- tend punch press
- types of drill press oils
- types of metal manufacturing processes
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 22 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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