Millwrights Training

If you are still in school and thinking of becoming a millwright, take classes in mathematics, drafting and mechanical drawing, metal shop, and welding. These classes will familiarize you with construction technology and help you develop dexterity and practical thinking skill that you will need as an apprentice millwright..

There are 800 hours of classroom and shop instruction during the four-year instruction during the four-year term of Apprenticeship.
     Shop Instruction for Millwrights includes: Hand Tools, Portable Power Tools and Equipment Safety; Reading and Using Measuring Tools including: Micrometer, Vernier Calipers and Scales; Layout Skills; Drilling; Tapping and Reaming Holes; Lathe and Surface Grinder Operations; Precision Leveling; Optical Tooling; Alignment of Rotating Machinery using Dial Indicators and Laser Systems; Bearing Installation and Service; Coupling Installation; Conveyor Installation; Pump and Compressor Maintenance; Monorail Installation; Turbine Maintenance; Welding including: MIG, TIG, and Shielded Metal Arc, Oxy-Acetylene Cutting, and Plasma Arc Cutting.

Classroom Instruction includes: Union History, Safety, Theory, Field Related Mathematics, Blueprint Reading, Optical Tooling, and Computer Training.       Additional Training includes: OSHA 10 and Process Safety Management Certification, Rigging Certification, Scaffold Certification, Standard First Aid and CPR Certification, Power-Actuated Tool Certification, Optical Tooling Certification, Laser Alignment Certification, Welding Certifications in MIG, TIG and Shielded Metal  Arc Processes.

Third and Fourth Year Apprentices are also eligible to take some Journeyperson Courses.

Earn While You Learn: Apprentices learn the trade in two ways. First, they get on the job training working under the guidance of a skilled journeyman. Second, the apprentice attends school one day a week for formal specialized training. Apprentice wages start at approximately at one-half journeyman scale and receive pay raises every six months.