Boilermaker jobs in Finland
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 approprate machine tools, power tools and coating.
Boilermaker – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 18.90 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 14.68 €/h |
| Top tenth | 24.84 €/h |
| Employees | 3,446 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 16.13 €/h | 101 |
| Men | 18.97 €/h | 3,345 |
Boilermaker - Which skills are essential?
Apply and work with a variety of techniques in the process of arc welding, such as shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, submerged arc welding and flux-cored arc welding.
Keep records of the machine's faults, interventions and irregularities for quality control.
Use welding equipment to melt and join together pieces of metal or steel; wear protective eyewear during the working process.
Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.
Measure the size of a processed part when checking and marking it to check if it is up to standard by use of two and three dimensional precision measuring equipment such as a caliper, a micrometer, and a measuring gauge.
Perform tests putting a system, machine, tool or other equipment through a series of actions under actual operating conditions in order to assess its reliability and suitability to realise its tasks, and adjust settings accordingly.
Grip gas cylinders in a safe manner and ensure they are compliant with safety and health regulations.
Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.
Read and comprehend standard blueprints, machine, and process drawings.
Ensure that the necessary equipment is provided, ready and available for use before start of procedures.
The various qualities, hazards and applications of gaseous fuels, such as oxy-acetylene, oxy-gasoline, oxy-hydrogen and others.
Qualities, specifications, applications and reactions to different fabricating processes of various types of metal, such as steel, aluminium, brass, copper and others.
Operate a cutting torch fueled by oxyacetylene gas safely to perform cutting processes on a workpiece.
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
Comply with precision standards specific to an organisation or product in metalworking, involved in processes such as engraving, precise cutting, welding.
Inspect and smooth burred surfaces of steel and metal parts.
Ensure the necessary, usually constant, temperature of processed metal workpieces during metal fabrication processes.
The manufacture of electrical ovens and water heaters by metalworking processes.
The behaviour of liquids and gases that represent a serious explosion and fire danger, and their appropriate handling systems and effective storage.
The various technologies used for the smoothening, polishing and buffing of fabricated metal workpieces.
Use soldering equipment, such as a soldering gun, a soldering torch or a gas-powered iron, to melt and join together pieces of metal or steel.
Select optimal metal used for metal joining purposes, such as zinc, lead or copper metals, specifically for welding, soldering or brazing practices.
Boilermaker - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Repair boilers, heat exchangers, fired heaters, tanks, reactors and other pressure vessels by use of welding techniques applied to cut and formed metal sheets.
Pour liquid metal into the hollow cavity of a mould, which contains the future product's desired shape, place it into a furnace and then cool it and let it solidify.
Supply the machine with the necessary tools and items for a particular production purpose.
The various types of machines used for riveting purposes, their qualities and applications, such as the impact riveting machine, radial riveting machine, orbital riveting machine, rollerform riveting machine, and others.
Oversee the data presented by a gauge concerning the measurement of pressure, temperature, thickness of a material, and others.
The variety of cutting technologies, such as software or mechanics, guiding cutting processes through lasering, sawing, milling etc.
Observe and identify various kinds of imperfections in metal workpieces or finished products. Recognise the best fitted manner of fixing the problem, which could be caused by corrosion, rust, fractures, leaks, and other signs of wear.
Test processed workpieces or products for basic faults.
Various processing methods on iron and iron-containing alloys such as steel, stainless steel and pig iron.
Dispose of possibly hazardous waste material created in the cutting process, such as swarf, scrap and slugs, sort according to regulations, and clean up workplace.
The variety of technologies and techniques, such as forging, pressing, stamping, rolling and others, used for the forming processes of metal product manufacturing.
Continuously check up on the automated machine's set-up and execution or make regular control rounds. If necessary, record and interpret data on the operating conditions of installations and equipment in order to identify abnormalities.
Tend a punch press, monitor and operate it, according to regulations.
Perform regular maintenance, possibly including corrections and alterations, on a machine or machine tool to ensure it remains in a proper productive state.
Operate a semi-automated, semi-manual drill press to drill holes in a work piece, safely and according to regulations.
Ensure the machine is fed the necessary and adequate materials and control the placement or automatic feed and retrieval of work pieces in the machines or machine tools on the production line.
Read and interpret such technical resources such as digital or paper drawings and adjustment data in order to properly set up a machine or working tool, or to assemble mechanical equipment.
Metal processes linked to the different types of metal, such as casting processes, heat treatment processes, repair processes and other metal manufacturing processes.
Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.
The various types of rivets used in manufacturing, such as solid head rivets, blind rivets, drive rivets, semi-tubular rivets, oscar rivets, flush rivets, and others.
Set up and give commands to a machine by dispatching the appropriate data and input into the (computer) controller corresponding with the desired processed product.
The various practices used in the casting of metal, plastics and other cast materials, including mould filling, solidification, cooling, and others, all relating to varying approaches in case of different types of material.
Types of oil such as (sulphurarised) cutting oils, WD-40, 3-IN-ONE and others used in the drilling process to function as a lubricant that facilitates a smooth drilling process, keeps the drill bit cool and increases its durability.
The manufacture of steam or other vapour generators, the manufacture of auxiliary plant for use with steam generators: condensers, economisers, superheaters, steam collectors and accumulators. The manufacture of nuclear reactors, parts for marine or power boilers. Also the production of pipe system construction comprising further processing of tubes generally to make pressure pipes or pipe systems together with the associated design and construction work.