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Millwrights

Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.

What you’d do

  • Replace defective parts of machine, or adjust clearances and alignment of moving parts.
  • Align machines or equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, lasers, or plumb bobs.
  • 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.
  • Signal crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate, and align unit to centerline.
  • Conduct preventative maintenance and repair, and lubricate machines and 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.

Skills that matter

  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Installation
  • Troubleshooting
  • Critical Thinking
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Repairing

How to get there

Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one

Also called

  • Maintenance Millwright
  • Millwright
  • Millwright Foreman
  • Millwright Instructor
  • Maintenance Mechanic
  • Millwright Business Representative (Millwright Business Rep)

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