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Boilermakers
Builds and repairs boilers, tanks and vessels for power plants and factories.
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Boilermakers assemble, weld and repair large boilers, tanks and pressure vessels in power plants, refineries, factories and ships. The work is heavy, often travels, and pays well.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Welding and Metal Fabrication · Career and Technical
Builds tools and machines, which this job uses.
- Pre-Algebra · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
- Physics · Science
Builds math, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
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Boilermakers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.