Millwrights are skilled craftspersons who install, maintain, repair, dismantle, and reassemble machinery in factories, industrial plants, and on construction sites

. They work with heavy machinery, such as pumps, gearboxes, compressors, conveyors, turbines, and electric motors, and use a combination of skills, tools, and equipment to complete their work

. Their work must be precise, or there will be strain of misalignment or ill- fitting that can harm or damage the machinery

. Millwrights also have expertise in fields including machinery alignment, installation, repair, machining, welding, precise fitting of bearings, gears and shafts, motors, and couplings, and vibration analysis

. They may also complete carpentry duties

. Millwrights work in industrial environments, such as manufacturing plants, warehouses, and factories, and on construction work sites to advise on using, moving, assembling, and disassembling machinery