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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.

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DESCRIPTION

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.

THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE

ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required
quality standards
OPTIONALAdjacent knowledge that strengthens fit
cutting technologies

PRACTICAL SKILLS

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences
select filler metal
perform test run
OPTIONALOptional competences
monitor gauge
cast metal

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Skills overview

61total
22 essential
39 optional

Breakdown

Knowledge
2
Skills
4

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Quick insight

This role requires 22 essential competences across both theoretical knowledge and practical skills.

DATA SOURCED FROM ESCO (EUROPEAN COMMISSION) & O*NET (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR)

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