Boilermakers
SOC Code: 47-2011
Boilermakerss conduct pressure tests on vessels, such as boilers. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 92.6/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Operation and Control.
AI-Proof Score: 92.6 — Very High
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Median Salary
$73,340
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Job Growth
-2.4%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Operation and Control
- •Critical Thinking
- •Troubleshooting
- •Repairing
- •Equipment Maintenance
- •Quality Control Analysis
Common Tasks
- ✓Conduct pressure tests on vessels, such as boilers.
- ✓Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.
- ✓Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired.
- ✓Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects.
- ✓Lay out plate, sheet steel, or other heavy metal and locate and mark bending and cutting lines, using protractors, compasses, and drawing instruments or templates.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation