• Operate, repair, maintain, and adjust boilers, turbines, pumps, compressors, water lines, steam lines, valves, and all related systems and equipment.
• Boiler operators work in industrial environments such as factories, power plants, warehouses, and in the equipment rooms of large buildings that run on boiler systems.
• People in this career work all shifts, including nights and weekends, and report directly to floor supervisors or managers.
• Boiler operators work within boiler rooms and equipment rooms and rarely travel in the course of their day-to-day duties.
• Boiler operators perform frequent inspection checks and regular maintenance on boiler systems and related valves, gauges, piping, and other equipment.
• Boiler operators repair piping, valves, and other boiler machinery as needed.
• Boiler operators replace defective valves, gauges, and other boiler parts as needed.