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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”

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

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Layout templates
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Rivet guns
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Dollies
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Carpenters' levels
Soldering guns
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Hole punches
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Optical squares
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Tuggers
Welding electrode holders
Gear pullers
Flare nut wrenches
Angled feeler gauges
Dead-blow hammers
Thread gauges
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Depth gauges
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