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“Machine Erector” will maybe be replaced by robots.

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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 “Machine Erector”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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