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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 “Field Service Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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