Skilled Trades
Millwrights
Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.
Median salary
$65,170
Typical range
$45k – $94k
Job outlook
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Plan a path to Millwrights
Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Millwrights
Entry / Junior
$45,100
~2 yrs to advance
Millwrights
Established
$65,170
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Millwrights
Senior
$79,455
Key skills
A typical day
- •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.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
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