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Job Description

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

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 49-9044.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 53,950.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 25.00
Currently, there are 39,670 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Millwrights”.

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Tasks for “Automobile Equipment Engineer Technician”

Construct foundation for machines, using hand tools and building materials such as wood, cement, and steel.
Fabricate and dismantle parts, equipment, and machines, using a cutting torch or other cutting equipment.
Dismantle machines, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.
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.
Dismantle machinery and equipment for shipment to installation site, usually performing installation and maintenance work as part of team.
Replace defective parts of machine or adjust clearances and alignment of moving parts.
Connect power unit to machines or steam piping to equipment, and test unit to evaluate its mechanical operation.
Assemble machines, and bolt, weld, rivet, or otherwise fasten them to foundation or other structures, using hand tools and power tools.
Bolt parts, such as side and deck plates, jaw plates, and journals, to basic assembly unit.
Align machines and equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, and plumb bobs.
Shrink-fit bushings, sleeves, rings, liners, gears, and wheels to specified items, using portable gas heating equipment.
Operate engine lathe to grind, file, and turn machine parts to dimensional specifications.
Troubleshoot equipment, electrical components, hydraulics, or other mechanical systems.
Move machinery and equipment, using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.
Install robot and modify its program, using teach pendant.
Position steel beams to support bedplates of machines and equipment, using blueprints and schematic drawings, to determine work procedures.
Conduct preventative maintenance and repair, and lubricate machines and equipment.
Weld, repair, and fabricate equipment or machinery.
Signal crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate, and align unit to centerline.
Assemble and install equipment, using hand tools and power tools.
Attach moving parts and subassemblies to basic assembly unit, using hand tools and power tools.
Lay out mounting holes, using measuring instruments, and drill holes with power drill.
Level bedplate and establish centerline, using straightedge, levels, and transit.

Related Technology & Tools

Center punches
Nibblers
Water levels
Shrink rules
Tin snips
Alignment telescopes
Gage blocks
Layout templates
Dial indicators
Angled feeler gauges
Pneumatic weld flux chippers
Inside calipers
Scrapers
Tap extractors
Bucket pumps
Personal computers
Round files
Combination squares
Rivet guns
Vernier calipers
Cold chisels
Electronic levels
Dead-blow hammers
Sharpening equipment
Overhead cranes
Metal inert gas MIG welders
Metal cutting dies
Shaft key wrenches
Handtrucks
Chain cutters
Optical squares
Depth gauges
Micrometers
Sheave gauges
Honing stones
Ratchet jacks
Claw hammers
Tachometers
Taper gauges
Overhead hoists
Forklifts
Gasket cutters
Retaining ring pliers
Inspection mirrors
Tuggers
Keyway broaches
Precision levels
Material-hoisting slings
Allen wrenches
Steel hammers
Table saws
Gear shapers
Vibration indicators
Workshop bench vises
Power saws
Flare nut wrenches
Spot welding equipment
Adjustable wrenches
Snap gauges
Telescoping gauges
Hydraulic cranes
Power chippers
Precision files
Soldering irons
Bearing pullers
Pry bars
Cutoff saws
Tension gauges
Nut splitters
Crowbars
Dial calipers
Hand clamps
Outside micrometers
Scribers
Pipe threading machines
Soft face hammers
Pneumatic needle scalers
Hole punches
Spanner wrenches
Bandsaws
Drill presses
Shielded arc welding tools
Socket wrench sets
Transformer welding machines
Grease guns
Snap ring pliers
Respirators
Hoisting hooks
Chain falls
Hydraulic press frames
Gear lube dispensers
End mills
Torque wrenches
Steel squares
Magnetic drill presses
Torque multipliers
Parallel blocks
Welding shields
Protective ear muffs
Power press brakes
Bearing heaters
Planing machines
Comealongs
Cylinder hones
Dollies
Ultrasonic thickness detectors
Drafting compasses
Turning lathes
Jig saws
Drift pins
Power grinders
Brass hammers
Transit levels
Strap wrenches
Chain wrenches
Bevel protractors
Gear pullers
Hydraulic jacks
Radius gauges
Welding electrode holders
Reamers
Prick punches
Scissors
Wire brushes
Core drills
Outside calipers
Straightedges
Surface grinding machines
Arbor presses
Trammel points
Flat files
Needlenose pliers
Tube cutters
Screw jacks
Measuring tapes
Packing pullers
Protractors
Stroboscopes
Air compressors
Ball peen hammers
Diagonal cutting pliers
Plumb bobs
Belt sanders
Height gauges
Dividers
Putty knives
Scaffolding
Pulleys
Metal cutting taps
Ladders
Taper plug gauges
Transfer pumps
Filler pumps
Safety goggles
Cable cutters
Inside micrometers
Small hole gauges
Pyrometers
Spiral screw extractors
Hammer drills
Box end wrenches
Gas-powered generators
Depth micrometers
Carpenters' levels
Power drills
Hydraulic pumps
Block and tackle equipment
Teach pendants
Chipping hammers
Vertical milling machines
Utility knives
Lubrication guns
Pipe cutters
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
Welding ground clamps
Combination wrenches
Pipe wrenches
Oxyacetylene torches
Transfer punches
Welding gloves
Laser levels
Plasma welders
Thread gauges
Chain hoists
Soldering guns

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