Boilermaker Jobs are Growing and Pay Well

I took up welding later on in my career with the electric utility industry did it for the last 23 years worked in boilers and confined space vessels ,money was excellent but it is a sometimes dirty and hazardous job,one I fear most young people today wouldn’t be interested in,Veterans could well field these positions with their training and commitment they would be an asset to the industry.

Working for the Naval Ship Repair Facility, Boilermaker's trade didn't do any of the welding, Shop 26 (Welder) did all the welding as a support trade for Shop-41(Boilermaker), also involve were the Laggers (41), and Pipefitters (56).
Quality good work to specs for war ships depended on the individual skilled certified trades worker in their field.
For that time in the 80's and 90's, a journeyman boilermaker's pay was $13 to $15 an hour. "Well Paid", yes in the day, but the best pay-off was watching the Naval ship sail off to sea.
We did, and could, in those days work 12 hours and day, 7 days a week, everyday of the year, to keep the fleet ready for war.