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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 “Millwright”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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