Boilermakers Workin' For A Livin'

[ismurf66]

my dad waas from local 146 in Edmonton, Kris Watson, was a proud Boilermaker!

[moseseseseses]

OFFSHORE WELDERS EARN LARGE LARGE SALARIES, IF YOU WISH TO GO OFFSHORE AND WELD, CONTACT ME AT : weldingsteel@yahoo.com

[crambone34]

cool video...work safe and keep the boilermakers going....from local 374 hammond indiana member!!...for all who dont know and think were overpaid assholes,,,you are totaly wrong,,were underpaid assholes!,,,fitter now there overpaid assholes!!..lol

[WVlandnwater]

the boilmakers i worked with are big bunch of over paid assholes, they treat other workers like shit even other union workers, always having safety issues with em, clanish fuckers, other workers in the plant make half or a 1/3 of what they make and work 3 times as hard and treat other workers good, mo9st boilermakers at mt storm powerplant are a bunch of overpaid assholes, now that doesnt mean all boilermakers are

[vpeter70]

local 374 here. Nice. Stay safe Brother!!!!

[StumpCreekSentinal]

After 8 years on the road as a tankie, before the advent of man-lifts, we climded steel. Anyone who has went from grade, bottom, tub sheets, and on up to the 16 pole structure of a 120 fuel storage tank, a few times over, can just flip off any annoying gorp runnin around with a camera while the boss is takin a shit, drop your hood and start welded.

[TheGeno937]

check out our rally under boilermakers local 1548/25/10

stay safe brothers

[jjcascadia]

local 104, up here in seattle.

solidarity - john

[MkWalker01]

MOsses. Evidentaly U are a shopie and have never worked a shut-down. I am a 146er and find that work (not life) in the field is safer and cleaner than in the shop.

Now if we can loose route 63...coming home would be safer!

[SHEPARDWISPERER]

why are they not showin the crack being smoked at the motels

[MsFootball14]

Could anybody help get me into boilermaking up north around about Bloomington IL?

[bearbateb]

im with local 647. nice video



[mjthomas908]

Local #169 here Detroit, MI

[mjthomas908]

Local#169 here Detroit, Mi

[jimmymccloud]

hey man, when was that lima job u got pics of in that video, im out of 85 and was curious.

[dna21503]

Would have been back in late Feburay to early March of '04. Were you there?

[moseseseseses]

Boilermaker work in the field is mostly BULL-GANG-WORK, their own fancy terminology that means: common dirty labor work , designed to injure your back, if not cost you your life. Even the welding did in the field in those dirty ovens is not something you want to do if you like welding. BOILERMAKER SHOP WORK, is totally different. Cleaner environment, where you can enjoy your trade of welding.

[dna21503]

Shop work is nothing like being in the field! Go to a nasty refinery or boiler once in your life!

[moseseseseses]

Offshore welders earn $2,775.00 per 84 hr. work week. If you are interested in working offshore, send to me your email address.

[moseseseseses]

Offshore welders earn $2,775.00 per 84 hr. work week. If you would like to weld offshore , send me your email address.

[MsFootball14]

@moseseseseses Hey my name is Kameron Adams from Mississippi and i would love to have that opportunity. Im 18 years old and you can contact me at (1662)-279-2757. Thank you.

[DPSVDV]

my dad is a boilermaker in alberta for syncrude in alberta. Lodge 146

[rgreen255]

What union are you guys from? I plan on going into boilermaker trade when i'm out of High School. Union near me is the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers

[dna21503]

Local #60 - Morton, IL

[mheidel]

Local 647 ND,SD, MN we're still boomin! 2nd year apprentice.

[jimmywho08]

@mheidel you got some nice jobs coming up... i may be boomin myself, -Local 263 Memphis, TN

[lfridel]

Retired Union Boilermaker of Local 105 after 38 yrs thanks for sharing

[kevtech733]

No problem. Local 146 Edmonton.

[kevtech733]

Nice video. I'm a b pressure welder working in a boilermaker shop here in Alberta. Where are you working at the moment. .....Local 146 Edmonton...

[dna21503]

Work? What's that? Local 60

[kevtech733]

There is a call out of Edmonton 146 for 12000 workers. Field work around Fort Mac, Fort Sack., and around Alberta.

[lamourii]

hi buddy r u sure that 146 are asking for that number it is really slowing down

[kevtech733]

That's what the word is. Lots of shut down work in Alberta and expansions.

[Icantunderstandyou]

This isn't the Boilermaker I wanted..

But it will do!

[kevtech733]

Not the drink the trade Boilermaker.

[welterweight82]

Im a boilermaker but i havent taken my nccer and i want to take it, does anybody know where i can get some info for that craft.. I would appreciated thanks......

[kevtech733]

Check the Boilermaker 146 Edmonton web page.

[davepisanchyn]

Local 13 here, Nice video

[dna21503]

Thanks!

[dna21503]

Thanks!

[jimmywho08]

outta 263 here... nice video

[tb1519]

Hello Boys----Tommy, retired from Local 1

[bennettgirl1]

when working in indy did you work with a bm from 374 by the name of charlie bennett ( my fiance) ? he goes by tank and or squishy...... and i just wanna say keep up the good work

[jason23296]

oh huhh I worked in lima ohio . with RMF nooter Ithink it was BP refinery but I'm not sure . I was there this past October in the tray towers replacing trays. I like that local everyone cool and laid back

[graboid29]

local 118 in hamilton Ont Can!!

[joshforman83]

Good video! I'm a newby but the drawing was held this month and I should get into the apprentice program this summer! Love to see more videos if ya got em. Soon to be local 105 Piketon, Ohio

[jason23296]

are they still taking in apprentices?  ?

[joshforman83]

I think they are but the list gets longer everyday. On January 9th, I was drawn as #502 and they were on # 450 something. Get your common arc certification and then get an application in. It's a waiting game from there but you can get OSHA 10 and resperator fit testing done while you wait. And there's always project work.

[jason23296]

what do you mean project work?

[joshforman83]

You basically work as a boilermaker but your not a union member or an apprentice. I guess you could call it, "getting your feet wet."

[jason23296]

what do you mean? An apprentice is a union memeber. Do you mean a trainee?

[Hessysizzle]

he means a 'permit' worker. when the union doesn't have enough members to go to an outage they call people who have signed the books in that local before they contact other locals to get guys.

[jason23296]

Thats messed up every local I worked in they always called other boomers in before they start hiring walk ins

[Hessysizzle]

A lot of locals go to other locals for journeymen first. I'm working permit for 667 until I can get in, and in our local we have a problem with getting journeymen from the 906 who have bought their way in. Some are true journeymen, while others have never been on a job.

[jason23296]

Oh yeah Well 906 uses our welding school in pittsburg . Now that you mention it I notice on the boilermaker reserve hotline clevland and toledo locals always say "6000" hour journeymen. Have you ever hear of any "trainees" from local 154 coming to your local?. I'm a trainee just got my union car in december.

[Hessysizzle]

Some from the 154 come down to sign the B-list. Do you have your tube welding papers?

[jason23296]

youtube papers!! lol  no I'm going to welding school pretty regularly I alreaDY passed the plate test.

[Hessysizzle]

You should try to go down to Winfield this July for the Common Arc. If you pass the tube test it also qualifies you for plate. A bunch of contractors will be there.

[jason23296]

oh yeah well the common arc is coming to my local 154 sometime in the summer as well. I took the common arc down in South carolina and flunked it because I forgot that the cover pass had to be stingers and not Weave. And then they used the 6010 rod that I'm not use to. I didn't know the rod was so messy and I thought I was messing it up but the president of the local told me it looked good but they wouldn't pass it because it need to be stringers for the cover pass.

[Hessysizzle]

Yeah 6010 isn't the best rod to use for the cap. 6010 is mostly used for the root. The only time I weave a cap is when I weld in the 5G position. When I tested for Chapman Corp at Harrison Power Station, I welded in the 6G position, heli-arc root, 7018 cap, 2 3/4 OD, 5/8 wall. Passed with a small slag trap and 2 spots of porosity.

[Davobeff]

welding school sounds like a load of shit. here in australia we have 4 year apprentaships. and we produce real boiler makers.

[wiz1r1968]

you need school...apprenticeships is how you spell it...boilermaker is 1 word.a real one would know that

[Davobeff]

what would i know im a grease monkey.

[dna21503]

LOL!!

[pepsi528]

hey i might no ur old man whats his name

[dna21503]

Denis Burress - His dad is Danny who retired from 60 a few years back.

[pepsi528]

well im a miskell im related to burress

[dna21503]

Which Miskell are you?

[jimmywho08]

lol... here in the USA we also have 4 years of apprenticeship classes. Must have 6000 hours to graduate.

[Davobeff]

I had been told otherwise by a boily at work. but what would I know in a fitter.

[jimmywho08]

lol.... yeah. Im in the apprenticship right now. You gotta have soo many classroom hours.. and soo many on the job hours.. and soo many on the job modules. And here must have the OSHA 10, OSHA 30, Most Scaffold Erector and Dismantler Training, Steel Erection and Rigging Fundamentals, along with the 6 day Supplementary Rigging Classes. Im doing my best to get these things done.

[dna21503]

Welcome to the trade!  Be safe!

[alxbm271]

nice video lodge 271 mtl qc

[metalhead42069]

awesome video!

BM 359

[dna21503]

thanks!

[bignate1288]

local 60 boilermaker we get the shit done and get it done right

[dna21503]

Local 60? You might know the hubby...

[jimmywho08]

@bignate1288 yeah! ;)

[goach12000]

Nice video.. L.U. 83

[salomonbum]

that sign at 16sec was good for a laugh. be safe this year. Get ready for more nuclear plants on the way!! NTL

[creggcastle]

awsome video bro please post more, everyone needs to know what a boilermaker is be careful out there cregg castle local 105 piketon oh.

[dna21503]

Working on another video. Hubby is collecting more photos from the jobs...

[Manning713]

Manning local 29 , Boston,Ma We are rare breeds, but nobodys better than a Boilermakers, very proud of my trade, 18+ years and counting!!!

[TravisMP69]

hell yea i worked for Covanta and we did alot of outages in indy at the trash burner there...

[gothika0618]

Nice video..i swear i've worked with alot of those guys over the years!!! With the work season fast approching, please fellow boilermakers..stay safe this season!!!!

[countryboilermaker]

hell yeah boys roll them tubes.....local 455

[SQNBM]

Pushing,rolling and staking at WBN,4-10 crumb blues,but I'm at the house every night

[sz42781]

whats up with that sign at 16 sec

[dna21503]

Your guess is as good as mine! Crazy as it seems, it was hanging on the gate at the plant right when you walked in.....

[sz42781]

That would have gotten the sharpie

[localhand]

I thought Lima refinery was mostly rat.

[alpapagrizznelson]

best one yet,,guys

[KickinKilla]

I get a lot of those one finger salutes when I'm Boilermaking too! BM. Local 154

[kyboilermaker]

Good Video

BM Local 40

[kyboilermaker]

Good Video love all the pic Local 40 BM

[dna21503]

Thanks!