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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 246 301 CE 039 364 TITLE Boilermaking Manual. INSTITUTION British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. REPORT NO ISBN-0-7718-8254-8. PUB DATE [82] NOTE 381p.; Developed in cooperation with the 1pprenticeship Training Programs Branch, Ministry of Labour. Photographs may not reproduce well. AVAILABLE FROMPublication Services Branch, Ministry of Education, 878 Viewfield Road, Victoria, BC V9A 4V1 ($10.00). PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use - Materials (For Learner) (OW EARS PRICE MFOI Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EARS. DESCRIPTORS Apprenticeships; Blue Collar Occupations; Blueprints; *Construction (Process); Construction Materials; Drafting; Foreign Countries; Hand Tools; Industrial Personnel; *Industrial Training; Inplant Programs; Machine Tools; Mathematical Applications; *Mechanical Skills; Metal Industry; Metals; Metal Working; *On the Job Training; Postsecondary Education; Power Technology; Quality Control; Safety; *Sheet Metal Work; Skilled Occupations; Skilled Workers; Trade and Industrial Education; Trainees; Welding IDENTIFIERS *Boilermakers; *Boilers; British Columbia ABSTRACT This manual is intended (I) to provide an information resource to supplement the formal training program for boilermaker apprentices; (2) to assist the journeyworker to build on present knowledge to increase expertise and qualify for formal accreditation in the boilermaking trade; and (3) to serve as an on-the-job reference with sound, up-to-date guidelines for all aspects of the trade. The manual is organized into 13 chapters that cover the following topics: safety; boilermaker tools; mathematics; material, blueprint reading and sketching; layout; boilershop fabrication; rigging and erection; welding; quality control and inspection; boilers; dust collection systems; tanks and stacks; and hydro-electric power development. Each chapter contains an introduction and information about the topic, illustrated with charts, line drawings, and photographs. (KC) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ******************************************************************k**** Province of British Columbia U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EOUCATION UED CATIONAI. RESOURCES INFORMATION CEN*E R CERICi PI document has beer. ..educed as Ieeeeved lecm the Prif3Orb Or orgaeumon orpio4tog.1 Wei changes have been made to smemee mocoducucn mashie Ponns of %nevem coupons stated on thin docu meat do not netessanly represent officathliE PoSmost Ot cooky "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL IN MICROFICHE ONLY HAS BEEN GRANTED BY 771-7,4777)-: TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (MC)." 1=1=17. c. 4 II Province of British Columbia Developed by Program Research and Development. Ministry of Education In Cooperation with the Apprenticeship Training Programs Branch. Ministry of Labour 3 Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: Boilermakisig manual ISBN 0-7718-8254-8 1. Boilers-Handbooks, manuals. etc.I.British Columbia. Ministry of Education. Program Research and Development. II, British Columbia. Apprenticeship Training Programs Branch. T483.5.1364 621.1'84 CO1.092224-X ACK.NOWLEDGMENTS Bo':elmaking Manual Committee Robeit Macintosh Robert McElroy Fred Butler Dan O'Neill Bert Scott Mike Swatlikoff Ivan Shook Jean McAllister Joe Km tor Gordon Spicer 5 ErlIbmNAdia m....I.m.mAreaursea.a. SOURCES Or DATA he Province of British Columbia gratefully acknowledges contribi.'ttons to this manual from the following companies: Acorn Equipment & Installation Ltd. Airetool (Dresser Industries Canada Ltd.) Allis0halmers Canada Ltd. Almac Contracting Ltd. Arg.is Installation Ltd. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Babcock & Wilcox Canada Limited Bridge & Tank Company of Canada British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority Cana Industrial Contractors Limited Canadian Bechtel Limited Canadian Energy Services Ltd. Canadian Erectors Ltd. Canadian Pneumatic Tool Company limited Canadian Welding Development Institute Canron inc. Western Bridge Division Carling O'Keefe Breweries Catalytic Enterprises Limited C.E. Canada Cessco Chevron Canada Ltd. Chicago Pneumatic Tool Corporation Coasting Testing Ltd. Columbia Hydro Constructors Ltd. Cominco Ltd. Commonwealth Construction Company Limited Cooperheat of Canada Limited Delta Projects Limited Dillingham Corporation Canada Limited Dominion Bridge Company Limited Dominion Engineering Works Limited (Canadian General Electric Company Limited) Door-Oliver Inc. Dravo Corporation Flanders Installations Limited iii Fluor Canada Limited Foster Wheeler Limited Greenlee Tool Co. Gulf Canada Limited ,e.,tr1, Horton CBI Limited imperial Oil Ltd. Ingersoll-Rand Canada Interpro Contractors Limited Joy Manufacturing Company of Canada Limited Lummus Company of Canada Limited Arthur G. McKee & Company of Canada Limited Milwaukee Electric Too! Corporation Molson Brewery B.C. Ltd. Northern Construction Company Ralph M. Parsons Construction Company Canada Limited Partec Lavalin Incorporated Peace Power Constructors Limited Research-Cottrell (Canada) Limited Shell Canada Limited H.A. Simonds (International) Limited L.S. Starrett Company Stearns Roger Canada Limited Stelco Fabricators Limited TIW Industries Limited (Steel Plate Division) Tray Installation and Inspection Company Limited J. Walter Company Limited Westcoast Transmission Company Limited Western Canada Cordage Company Limited J.H. Williams Division, TRW Inc. Wire Rope Inotg:oihs Limited Workers' Compensation Board Wright Engineers Wrights Rope Car,ada 7 iv INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION 4 The elimination of unfair practices in em- p'oying youth in industries suitable for ap- The Boilermaking trade has a history dating prenticeship training. back to the discovery of metals Among the forerunners of today's Boilmakers are the early JOURNEYMAN UPGRADING PROGRAMS metal workers. coppersmiths. blacksmiths and Advances in technology are Increasing the need forgers for personnel with highly specialized knowledge and skulls. As new ideas and procedures are in- Today the Journeyman Boilermaker is expected troduced to the trade, it is imperative that the to be knowledgeable about a wide variety of time-served boilermaker not be forgotten. The materials includong those such as ferrous and craft will always depend on the experience of non-ferrous metals. plastics and fibreglass The journeymen, and an avenue of learning must be Boilermaker is also expected to possess highly available to them. developed skills infabricating. erecting and repairing modern day plants. ONJOB TRAINING PROGRAMS Training personnel in the many facets of the The least publicized kind of training is probably the most important. Only "on the lob" can new trade usually occurs in one or three ways' Ap- skills and knowledge be evaluated effectively. prenticeship Programs. Journeyman Upgrading Practosing boilermakers should have reliable Programs and On-Job Training. Many craftsmen reference material available as a guide to safe have had the advantage of all three kinds of andefficientperformance consistent with training and are still upgrading their knowledge. current techniques and procedures of the trade. APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS 08.80.CTIVES OF THIS MANUAL The basic principles of apprenticeship have en- 1 To provide an information resource to sup- dured for over 2,000 years The employer enters plement the formaltraining program for into a contract to provide the apprentice with the boilermaker apprentices. opportunity to learn the skills of the trade. The apprentice forhis part promises to obey all 2 To assist the journeyman to build on his reasonable demands made by the employer and present knowledge to increase his expertise to render faithful anJ diligent service during the and qualify for formal accreditation in the periodofapprenticeship. Apprenticeship trade. training came to Canada with the early settlers. 3. To serve as an on the job' reference with and at various times provincial legislation has sound. up-to-date guidelines for all aspects been enacted throughout the country to for- of the trade. malize the program. Constraints of size limit this manual to a general The main objectives of formalized training can treatment of most subject areas. Extensively be summarized as detailed treatment of individual tor ,s would I The establishment of a regulated system of create an unwieldy volume of encyclopedic apprenticeship in industries dependent on proportions The manual's purpose is to com- skilled help. plement on-job training and technical training. It does not provide a home study course that 2 The setting of regulations to ensure youth would prepare a student to become a boiler- propertrainingand the to opportunity maker. The manual's foundation value lies in become skilled craftsmen under uniform and its contribution to the greater proficiency of fair conditions craftsmen through better understanding of their 3 The correlation of technical education in the trade. technical and vocational schools with prac- tical training in industry so as to offer the best opportunity for the advancement of ap- prentices v 8 CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: SAFETY INTRODUCTION 3 BASIC SAFETY RULES FOR THE BOILERMAKER 3 Clothing 3 Equipment 3 Rigging and Staging 3 LADDERS 4 Ladder Construction 4 Safe Use of Ladders 5 Permanent Ladders 5 Routine Maintenance of Ladders 6 SCAFFOLDING 6 Types of Scaffolding 6 Scaffold Materials 8 Material Testing 8 Scaffold Construction 8 Safe Practices