CAREER

Millwrights

Overview

Salary Median (2020)

$62,980

Projected Job Growth (2019-2029)

+6.9% (as fast as the average)

Career

What Millwrights Do

Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.

Other Job Titles Millwrights May Have

Maintenance Mechanic, Maintenance Millwright, Millwright, Millwright Business Representative (Millwright Business Rep), Millwright Foreman, Millwright General Foreman, Millwright Instructor, Precision Millwright

How Leaders Describe a Typical Day at Work

Millwright Apprentice ,

Northern California Millwrights Local 102

Work starts as early as 6 a.m. and can go as late as 6 p.m. Every day is different depending on the job site, project, or task that my foreman might want me to do. My work can include anything from rigging, welding, machine operating, or fire watching.


Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

  • Replace defective parts of machine, or adjust clearances and alignment of moving parts.
  • Align machines or equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, lasers, or plumb bobs.
  • Insert shims, adjust tension on nuts and bolts, or position parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments, to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.
  • Signal crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate, and align unit to centerline.
  • Conduct preventative maintenance and repair, and lubricate machines and equipment.

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