Manufacturing
Boiler operator
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.1% (BLS).
The job
Steam engine and boiler operators (ISCO 8182). Steam engine and boiler operators maintain and operate various types of steam engines, boilers, turbines and auxiliary equipment to provide power and other utility services for commercial, industrial and institutional buildings, at work sites and aboard ships or self-propelled vessels.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
27 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- boiler maintenance operator
- boiler maintenance technician
- boiler operative
- boiler operator
- boiler technician
- boiler tender
- boiler worker
- boilerman
- heating system maintenance worker
- heating system operative
- heating system operator
- power plant operative
- power plant operator
- power plant worker
- steam boiler operator
- steam heating operator
- steam jet refrigeration operator
- steam plant maintenance operator
- steam plant operative
- steam plant operator
- steam plant safety operator
- steam plant worker
- steam power heating plant operator
- steam power operator
- steam power plant maintenance operator
- steam power plant operator
- steam refrigeration operator
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.