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Millwrights

New Jersey

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

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Currently Employed: 587

Yearly Projected Openings: 10

Typical Hourly Wage: $20.50 - $29.22

Typical Annual Salary: $42,600 - $60,800

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Typical education needed for entry: High school diploma or equivalent

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: None

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: Long-term on-the-job training

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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.
Align machines and equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, and plumb bobs.
Assemble and install equipment, using hand tools and power tools.
Lay out mounting holes, using measuring instruments, and drill holes with power drill.
Signal crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate, and align unit to centerline.
Replace defective parts of machine or adjust clearances and alignment of moving parts.
Level bedplate and establish centerline, using straightedge, levels, and transit.
Dismantle machines, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.
Attach moving parts and subassemblies to basic assembly unit, using hand tools and power tools.
Move machinery and equipment, using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.

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