Job Description and Working Conditions

MILLWRIGHT

What do millwrights do?

Millwrights are an elite group of construction workers who work primarily in metal and with machinery and equipment requiring precision. Millwrights install conveyor systems, escalators, giant electrical turbines and generators. They install and do maintenance on machinery in factories and do much of the precision work in nuclear power plants.

Millwrights are skilled construction mechanics who study and interpret blueprints, and then use their knowledge and expertise to drill, weld, and bolt pieces of equipment to make sure machinery is running smoothly. They often take apart and reassemble equipment.


Working Conditions

MILLWRIGHT
Millwrights generally work indoors on installation and maintenance work, but they may also work outside on buildings and other structures. Most of the work requires heavy lifting and bending, stooping and climbing.