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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 “Maintenance Millwright”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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Combination wrenches
Metal inert gas MIG welders
Hydraulic pumps
Cold chisels
Dial indicators
Prick punches
Pyrometers
Vertical milling machines
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Tin snips
Steel hammers
Retaining ring pliers
Vernier calipers
Flare nut wrenches
Dividers
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Telescoping gauges
Handtrucks
Layout templates
Strap wrenches
Shaft key wrenches
Trammel points
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Stroboscopes
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Grease guns
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Precision files
Water levels
Tube cutters
Optical squares
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Respirators
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Claw hammers
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Radius gauges
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Belt sanders
Ultrasonic thickness detectors
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Gear shapers
Transformer welding machines
Packing pullers
Measuring tapes
Shielded arc welding tools
Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
Reamers
Bearing pullers
Outside micrometers
Core drills
Tachometers
Taper plug gauges
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Laser levels
Outside calipers
Combination squares
Inspection mirrors
Filler pumps
Putty knives
Torque multipliers
Carpenters' levels
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End mills
Plasma welders
Parallel blocks
Welding electrode holders
Straightedges
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Tuggers
Power grinders
Shrink rules
Pneumatic needle scalers
Chain cutters
Flat files
Inside micrometers
Soldering guns
Round files
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Metal cutting taps
Pry bars
Hole punches
Drafting compasses
Oxyacetylene torches
Gage blocks
Thread gauges
Diagonal cutting pliers
Drill presses
Small hole gauges
Electronic levels
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Depth gauges
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Table saws
Spot welding equipment
Power drills
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Ball peen hammers
Cable cutters
Lubrication guns
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Workshop bench vises
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Box end wrenches
Angled feeler gauges
Screw jacks
Drift pins
Depth micrometers
Metal cutting dies
Planing machines
Protective ear muffs
Snap gauges
Adjustable wrenches
Sharpening equipment
Spanner wrenches
Bucket pumps
Pneumatic weld flux chippers
Allen wrenches
Transfer pumps
Overhead cranes
Transfer punches
Magnetic drill presses
Alignment telescopes
Gas-powered generators
Tap extractors
Hydraulic jacks
Power saws
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Rivet guns
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Cutoff saws
Sheave gauges
Dial calipers
Welding shields
Wire brushes
Scaffolding
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Torque wrenches
Nibblers
Dollies
Precision levels
Spiral screw extractors
Tension gauges
Height gauges
Air compressors
Protractors
Welding gloves
Gear lube dispensers
Micrometers
Material-hoisting slings
Teach pendants
Hydraulic press frames
Surface grinding machines
Chain wrenches
Chain falls
Bevel protractors
Personal computers
Turning lathes
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