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Boiler operator
Boiler maintenance operator Boiler maintenance technician Boiler operative Boiler operator Boiler technician Boiler tender Boiler worker Boilerman Heating system maintenance worker Heating system operative Heating system operator Power plant operative Power plant operator Power plant worker Steam boiler operator Steam heating operator Steam power operator
Boiler operators maintain heating systems such as low-pressure boilers, high-pressure boilers and power boilers. They work mostly in large buildings like power plants or boiler rooms and ensure a safe and environmentally friendly operation of boiler systems.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Operating, cleaning, lubricating and monitoring steam engines, boilers and auxiliary equipment such as pumps, compressors and air-conditioning equipment to supply and maintain steam and power for buildings, marine vessels or pneumatic tools;
(b) Analysing and recording instrument readings, troubleshooting and performing minor repairs to prevent equipment or system failure;
(c) Monitoring and inspecting performance of equipment for efficient operation and ensuring boiler water, chemical, and fuel are maintained at required levels;
(d) Firing coal furnaces by hand or with stokers and gas- or oil-fed boilers, using automatic gas feeds or oil pumps;
(e) Testing boiler water quality or arrange for testing, adjusting and taking necessary corrective action, such as adding chemicals to prevent corrosion and harmful deposits;
(f) Monitoring ship’s engine, machinery and equipment indicators, recording variables and reporting abnormalities to ship’s engineer officer on watch;
(g) Operating and maintaining off-loading liquid pumps and valves.
Knowledge
- Mining and extraction
- Electricity and energy
- Building and civil engineering
- Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
- Physics
Digital competencies
- Operating energy production or distribution equipment
- Using precision measuring equipment
- Complying with operational procedures
- Monitoring quality of products
- Complying with health and safety procedures
Digital competencies
No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.
Personal competencies
- Dealing with problems
- Communicating
- Processing information, ideas and concepts
Professional groups of the occupation
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers
Stationary plant and machine operators
Other stationary plant and machine operators
Steam engine and boiler operators
Other occupations of the professional group
Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Steam engine and boiler operators
20
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
24,10%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
81,82% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
55,00%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
5,00%
Part-time contracts
1,18% Turnover index
5
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
27%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Stationary plant and machine operators
68%
32%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Stationary plant and machine operators
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Other stationary plant and machine operators
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Steam engine and boiler operators
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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