Employment Percentage: 
10.557184750733
SOC ID: 
49-9044
SOC Title: 
Millwrights
ONET ID: 
49-9044.00
ONET Concat ID: 
49904400
Median Salary: 
59174.5
Ed Level High School: 
60.869999
Ed Level Certificate: 
30.43
Ed Level Some College: 
0
Ed Level Associates: 
8.7
Ed Level Bachelors: 
0
Ed Level Masters: 
0
Ed Level Doctor: 
0
Typical Ed Level: 
a high school diploma or less
Description: 

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

Core Tasks: 

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

Start Annual Earnings: 
39846.45
Top Annual Earnings: 
98014.96
Title Slug: 
millwright