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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 Apprentice”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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