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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”.
Also Known As…
- Millwrights
- Precision Millwright
- Millwright Instructor
- Millwright
- Maintenance Millwright
- Maintenance Mechanic
- Plant Changer
- Mover
- Millwright Apprentice
- Manufacturing Millwright
- Manufacturer's Service Representative
- Machinery Mover
- Machinery Erector
- Machinery Dismantler
- Machine Setter
- Machine Set Up Operator
- Machine Rigger
- Machine Mover
- Machine Installer
- Machine Erector
- Installation Service Representative
- Industrial Machine Assembler
- Gear Repairer
- Field Service Technician
- Construction Millwright
- Automobile Equipment Technician Engineer
- Automobile Equipment Engineer Technician
- Automated Equipment Engineering Technician
- Automated Equipment Engineer-Technician
Tasks for “Machinery Rigger”
- 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.
- Dismantle machinery and equipment for shipment to installation site, usually performing installation and maintenance work as part of team.
- Fabricate and dismantle parts, equipment, and machines, using a cutting torch or other cutting equipment.
- Assemble and install equipment, using hand tools and power tools.
- Assemble machines, and bolt, weld, rivet, or otherwise fasten them to foundation or other structures, using hand tools and power tools.
- Move machinery and equipment, using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.
- Troubleshoot equipment, electrical components, hydraulics, or other mechanical systems.
- Construct foundation for machines, using hand tools and building materials such as wood, cement, and steel.
- Position steel beams to support bedplates of machines and equipment, using blueprints and schematic drawings, to determine work procedures.
- 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.
- Replace defective parts of machine or adjust clearances and alignment of moving parts.
- Conduct preventative maintenance and repair, and lubricate machines and equipment.
- Weld, repair, and fabricate equipment or machinery.
- Lay out mounting holes, using measuring instruments, and drill holes with power drill.
- Install robot and modify its program, using teach pendant.
- Connect power unit to machines or steam piping to equipment, and test unit to evaluate its mechanical operation.
- Dismantle machines, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.
- Level bedplate and establish centerline, using straightedge, levels, and transit.
- Attach moving parts and subassemblies to basic assembly unit, using hand tools and power tools.
- Operate engine lathe to grind, file, and turn machine parts to dimensional specifications.
- Signal crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate, and align unit to centerline.
- Shrink-fit bushings, sleeves, rings, liners, gears, and wheels to specified items, using portable gas heating equipment.
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- Inspection mirrors
- Welding electrode holders
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- Honing stones
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