DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
49-9044 Millwrights
Occupational Description:
Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.| Percentiles | |||||||||
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| Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| Minnesota | 1,090 | 262 | $28.98/hr | $1.19/hr | $17.76/hr | $21.01/hr | $27.14/hr | $36.00/hr | $44.95/hr |
| U S | 47,320 | 1,467 | $27.84/hr | $0.22/hr | $17.09/hr | $21.20/hr | $27.11/hr | $33.75/hr | $39.56/hr |
| *SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. | |||||||||
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| Occupation (click title for details) | OES | Projections | |
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| Employment | Median Wage | % Change 2023 - 2025 | |
| Machinists | 10,980 | $24.58/hr | 1.7% |
| Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 3,060 | $19.46/hr | 1.4% |
| Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians | 1,830 | $33.67/hr | 3.7% |
| Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers | N/A | N/A | -1.1% |
| Engine and Other Machine Assemblers | N/A | N/A | -1.8% |
Tasks for Millwrights
- Dismantles machines, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.
- Assembles machines, and bolts, welds, rivets, or otherwise fastens them to foundation or other structures, using hand tools and power tools.
- Moves machinery and equipment, using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.
- Connects power unit to machines or steam piping to equipment, and tests unit to evaluate its mechanical operation.
- Lays out mounting holes, using measuring instruments, and drills holes with power drill.
- Positions steel beams to support bedplates of machines and equipment, using blueprints and schematic drawings, to determine work procedures.
- Replaces defective parts of machine or adjusts clearances and alignment of moving parts.
- Repairs and lubricates machines and equipment.
- Operates engine lathe to grind, file, and turn machine parts to dimensional specifications.
- Signals crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate, and aligns unit to centerline.
- Constructs foundation for machines, using hand tools and building materials such as wood, cement, and steel.
- Installs robot and modifies its program, using teach pendant.
- Shrink-fits bushings, sleeves, rings, liners, gears, and wheels to specified items, using portable gas heating equipment.
- Levels bedplate and establishes centerline, using straightedge, levels, and transit.
- Inserts shims, adjusts tension on nuts and bolts, or positions parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments, to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.
- Aligns machines and equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, and plumb bobs.
- Dismantles machinery and equipment for shipment to installation site, usually performing installation and maintenance work as part of team.
- Attaches moving parts and subassemblies to basic assembly unit, using hand tools and power tools.
- Assembles and installs equipment, using hand tools and power tools.
- Bolts parts, such as side and deck plates, jaw plates, and journals, to basic assembly unit.
