What is a Boilermaker?

A journeyman Boilermaker is a tradesperson who must possess the full range of knowledge, abilities and skills required to fabricate, construct, install, assemble, erect, demolish, repair and maintain a wide variety of vessels, tanks, towers, boilers, hoists and other structures, ancillary equipment and fixtures made of steel, other metals, and other materials. The broad scope of the boilermaker trade includes the construction and maintenance activities performed in the field and in industrial and commercial plants such as:

cement plants
fertilizer plants
water treatment facilities
breweries
sawmills
iron and steel production facilities
steam generation plants
electric power generation (thermal, nuclear, hydro) plants
gas turbines
refineries (oil, chemical)
shipbuilding and repair docks
pulp and paper mills
wind and fusion sites
and many other industrial and commercial facilities

Boilermaker Duties

A Boilermaker is skilled in welding, oxy acetylene cutting, gouging, rigging, turning wrenches, jack-hammering, confined spaces, heights, reading blueprints, layout work, tube rolling, tank building, and working with cranes. We are not only welders, we are Boilermakers and we can do it all.

The work is extremely hazardous, therefore a Boilermaker must also be a knowledgeable and willing to abide by current up to date safety standards and practices for the industry. It will be your duty to learn the trade from the generation before you and pass that, plus any new skills, on to the next generation.