该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

• 阅读蓝图或规格以计划操作顺序
• 使用量角器、圆规和绘图工具或模板在工件上布置板材、钢板或其他重金属并标记弯曲和切割线
• 设置和操作重金属加工机械，例如制动器、轧辊、剪板机、火焰切割机和钻床，以将金属切割、成型和成型为零件或部分
• 将金属零件或部分装配并焊接在一起，以制造锅炉、容器、储罐、热交换器、管道和其他重金属产品
• 根据规范使用手动和电动工具架设和安装锅炉和其他重金属产品
• 修理和执行锅炉和其他重金属产品的维护工作
• 起重机或起重机操作员和其他工人在结构制造、组装、安装或维修期间的直接活动
• 使用多种方法测试完成的结构。

• 通常需要完成中学学业。
• 通常需要完成三到四年的学徒计划或四年以上的行业工作经验和一些高中、大学或行业锅炉制造课程，才有资格获得行业认证。
• 贸易认证在新斯科舍省、魁北克省和艾伯塔省是强制性的，在所有其他省份都是自愿的。
• 在所有省份，合格的锅炉制造商在成功完成跨省红印章考试后也可以获得红印章背书。

• 锅炉制造商可能专注于索具和起重、准备和布局，或贸易的焊接方面。
• 随着经验的积累，可能晋升到主管职位。
• 红印章背书允许跨省流动。

• 结构金属和板材制造商和装配工 ( 72104)
• 焊工和相关机器操作员（72106）
• 铁工 ( 72105)

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Read blueprints or specifications to plan sequence of operation
• Lay out plate, sheet steel or other heavy metal and mark bending and cutting lines on work piece using protractors, compasses and drawing instruments or templates
• Set up and operate heavy-metal working machines such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters and drill presses to cut, shape and form metal into parts or sections
• Fit and weld metal parts or sections together to fabricate boilers, vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, piping and other heavy-metal products
• Erect and install boilers and other heavy-metal products according to specifications using hand and power tools
• Repair and perform maintenance work on boilers and other heavy-metal products
• Direct activities of hoist or crane operators and other workers during fabrication, assembly, installation or repair of structures
• Test finished structures using a variety of methods.

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of a three- to four-year apprenticeship program or a combination of over four years of work experience in the trade and some high school, college or industry courses in boilermaking is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
• Trade certification is compulsory in Nova Scotia, Quebec and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in all other provinces.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available, in all provinces, to qualified boilermakers upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

• Boilermakers may specialize in rigging and hoisting, preparation and layout, or welding aspects of the trade.
• Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
• The Red Seal endorsement allows for interprovincial mobility.

• Structural metal and platework fabricators and fitters (72104)
• Welders and related machine operators (72106)
• Ironworkers (72105)