Millwright

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

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Maintenance Mechanic; Maintenance Millwright; Millwright; Millwright Business Representative (Millwright Business Rep); Millwright Foreman; Millwright General Foreman; Millwright Instructor; Precision Millwright

Tasks

• 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.
• Level bedplate and establish centerline, using straightedge, levels, and transit.
• Dismantle machines, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.
• Bolt parts, such as side and deck plates, jaw plates, and journals, to basic assembly unit.
• Lay out mounting holes, using measuring instruments, and drill holes with power drill.
• Attach moving parts and subassemblies to basic assembly unit, using hand tools and power tools.
• Weld, repair, and fabricate equipment or machinery.
• Shrink-fit bushings, sleeves, rings, liners, gears, and wheels to specified items, using portable gas heating equipment.

Knowledge

• Mechanical
• Mathematics
• Building and Construction
• Education and Training
• Engineering and Technology
• Public Safety and Security
• English Language
• Design
• Production and Processing
• Physics
• Administration and Management

Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Active Listening
• Monitoring
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking

Abilities

• Manual Dexterity
• Near Vision
• Visualization
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Finger Dexterity
• Control Precision
• Multilimb Coordination
• Information Ordering
• Static Strength
• Trunk Strength
• Extent Flexibility
• Problem Sensitivity
• Oral Comprehension
• Hearing Sensitivity
• Oral Expression
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Flexibility of Closure
• Perceptual Speed
• Reaction Time
• Far Vision
• Category Flexibility
• Selective Attention
• Response Orientation
• Rate Control
• Dynamic Strength
• Gross Body Equilibrium
• Auditory Attention
• Speech Recognition
• Speech Clarity