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Millwrights

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

Other names for Millwrights: Automated Equipment Engineer-Technician, Automated Equipment Engineering Technician, Automobile Equipment Engineer Technician, Automobile Equipment Technician Engineer, Field Service Technician, Gear Repairer, Industrial Machine Assembler, Installation Service Representative, Machine Erector, Machine Installer, Machine Mover, Machine Rigger, Machine Set Up Operator, Machine Setter, Machinery Dismantler, Machinery Erector, Machinery Mover, Machinery Rigger, Maintenance Mechanic, Maintenance Millwright, Manufacturer's Service Representative, Millwright, Millwright Apprentice, Mover, Plant Changer,

What do Millwrights do?

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

Do you enjoy these?

  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Air compressors
  • Telescopes
  • Hex keys
  • Feeler gauges
  • Workshop presses
  • Welders
  • Hammers
  • Bandsaw wheel
  • Induction heaters
  • Pullers
  • Power sanders
  • Protractors
  • Blocks or pulleys
  • Box end wrenches
  • Hammers
  • Hand pumps
  • Wire or cable cutters
  • Levels
  • Punches or nail sets or drifts
  • Metal cutters
  • Hoists
  • Hoists
  • Specialty wrenches
  • Hammer drills
  • Hammers
  • Cold chisels
  • Squares
  • Combination wrenches
  • Pullers
  • Power drills
  • Pry bars
  • Power saws
  • Drill bits
  • Hammers
  • Depth gauges
  • Micrometers
  • Diagonal cut pliers
  • Calipers
  • Gauges or inspection fixtures
  • Taps or dies
  • Compasses
  • Dollies
  • Compasses
  • Punches or nail sets or drifts
  • Workshop presses
  • Levels
  • Milling cutters
  • Grease guns
  • Specialty wrenches
  • Files
  • Forklifts
  • Gage block set
  • Gas generators
  • Hose cutter
  • Grease guns
  • Pullers
  • Gear shapers
  • Grease guns
  • Power drills
  • Hand clamps
  • Files
  • Hand trucks or accessories
  • Height gauges
  • Lifting hooks
  • Punches or nail sets or drifts
  • Sharpening stones or tools or kits
  • Workshop cranes
  • Jacks
  • Hydraulic press frames
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Calipers
  • Micrometers
  • Magnifiers
  • Power saws
  • Broaching tools
  • Ladders
  • Levels
  • Templates
  • Oil gun
  • Workshop presses
  • Slings
  • Tape measures
  • Metal inert gas MIG welding machinery
  • Micrometers
  • Needlenose pliers
  • Nibblers
  • Nut splitters
  • Squares
  • Calipers
  • Micrometers
  • Workshop cranes
  • Hoists
  • Blow torches
  • Pullers
  • Gage block set
  • Personal computers
  • Pipe or tube cutters
  • Threading machines
  • Pipe wrenches
  • Planing machines
  • Plasma welding machinery
  • Plumb bobs
  • Power chippers
  • Power chippers
  • Power chippers
  • Power drills
  • Power grinders
  • Power saws
  • Levels
  • Workshop presses
  • Metal stamps or punches
  • Ear muffs
  • Protractors
  • Pry bars
  • Blocks or pulleys
  • Putty knives
  • Pyrometers
  • Gauges or inspection fixtures
  • Jacks
  • Reamers
  • Respirators
  • Retaining ring pliers
  • Rivet tools
  • Files
  • Goggles
  • Scaffolding
  • Shears
  • Razor knives
  • Jacks
  • Scribers
  • Specialty wrenches
  • Sharpening stones or tools or kits
  • Gauges or inspection fixtures
  • Rulers
  • Micrometers
  • Thickness measuring devices
  • Retaining ring pliers
  • Socket sets
  • Hammers
  • Soldering irons or guns
  • Soldering irons or guns
  • Spanner wrenches
  • Screw extractors
  • Welding tools
  • Hammers
  • Squares
  • Straight edges
  • Strap wrenches
  • Speed sensors
  • Grinding machines
  • Power saws
  • Tachometers
  • Tap extractors
  • Gauges or inspection fixtures
  • Gauges or inspection fixtures
  • Taps or dies
  • Microcontrollers
  • Gauges or inspection fixtures
  • Tension testers
  • Thread counters or gauges
  • Tinners snips
  • Torque wrenches
  • Torque wrenches
  • Compasses
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Punches or nail sets or drifts
  • Welders
  • Level sensors or transmitters
  • Pipe or tube cutters
  • Hoists
  • Tungsten inert gas TIG welding machinery
  • Lathes
  • Ultrasonic examination equipment
  • Utility knives
  • Calipers
  • Milling cutters
  • Vibration testers
  • Levels
  • Electrode holders
  • Protective gloves
  • Welding tools
  • Welding masks
  • Wire brushes
  • Bench vises

Technology used

  • Office suite software
  • Computer aided design CAD software