About Millwright
An Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) installs, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs mechanical equipment and industrial machinery in production plants, factories, and industrial buildings. They are responsible for the safe and efficient operation of industrial equipment and machinery that they install.
The typical duties of a Millwright include, but not limited to reading diagrams and schematic drawings to determine work procedures; operating rigging equipment to place heavy machinery and parts; cutting and assembling metal components using welding equipment; fabricating, modifying and overhauling equipment; troubleshoot hydraulic, pneumatic and programmable logic controls; perform preventive and operational maintenance using procedures such as vibration analysis; repair or replace defective parts when necessary.
What is an Apprentice
An apprentice is someone who is learning a trade by working under the guidance of experienced skilled workers of that trade, called journeypersons. It is on-the-job training where you earn while you learn and you are paid a wage from the first day you become an apprentice. Apprentices are usually paid at about 65% of the journeyperson's rate of pay upon graduating and starting work, but the wages are increased periodically as the apprentice attains higher level of competencies and completes more courses.
It takes about three or four years to learn the trade, but remember, your Apprenticeship training could be FREE if you become a registered apprentice.
For complete course details, click the following link here for the Provincial Plan of Training for this occupation http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/app/publications/industrialmechanic_millwright_mar10.pdf.
PROGRAM OUTLINE
- TS1530 Standard First Aid
Description:
This course is designed to give the apprentice the ability to recognize situations requiring emergency action and to make appropriate decisions concerning first aid. Students will complete a St. John Ambulance or Canadian Red Cross Standard First Aid Certificate
course.
Description:
This course involves developing safety practices in the use and care of hand tools and selecting, operating and maintaining hand tools properly.
- MW1240 Portable Power Tools
Description:
This course involves developing safe practices in the use and care of pneumatic and electric portable power tools and selecting, operating and maintaining pneumatic and electric portable power tools properly.
- MW1251 Blueprint Reading and Sketching
Description:
This course focuses on understanding blueprint readings, making freehand sketches, and extracting pertinent information from basic blueprints.
- MW1261 Equipment Assembly Blueprints
Description:
This course involves using blueprints to establish assembly procedures in order to install equipment and machinery.
- MW1270 Mechanical Installation Blueprints
Description:
This course involves using mechanical drawings to determine the location, position and elevation of trade related pieces of equipment or one of its components.
- MW1281 Schematics Advanced
Description:
This course involves recognizing schematic symbols for hydraulic and pneumatic systems, developing schematic drawings, and using schematics to troubleshoot hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
Description:
This course focuses on the safe use of different rigging apparatus to lift and move equipment and machinery, the erection of ladders and scaffolding, and the safety of harnesses.
- MW1450 Drills, Taps, and Reamers
Description:
This course involves operating drilling machines and reamers in a safe and efficient manner, maintaining drilling machines and reamers, sharpening twist drills, identifying proper speed and feed while using drilling machines and reamers, and properly using dies, and drill, ream, counterbore, countersink and tap holes.
- MW1460 Measuring and Layout
Description:
This course focuses on making accurate measurements with precision and sem-precision
measuring tools.
Description:
This course covers threading and installing pipes, tubing, valves and fittings and maintaining valves.
Description:
This course covers cutting metal with band and reciprocating saws, cutting metal with abrasive wheel cut off saws, and maintaining power metal saws.
Description:
This course covers operating pedestal grinders in a safe, efficient and responsible manner and maintaining pedestal grinders.
Description:
This course covers selecting, installing, removing and maintaining bearings, identifying the purpose of different types of bearings and their proper use, and determining the proper clearance and fits for bearings.
Description:
This course covers selecting and installing fastening devices.
Description:
This course involves understanding basic metallurgy principles.
- MW1580 Static and Dynamic Seals
Description:
This course involves selecting, installing, removing and maintaining gaskets, seals and packing and identifying the purpose of different types of gaskets, seals and packing and identify their purpose.
- MW1591 Couplings and Clutches
Description:
This courses involves removing, installing and maintaining couplings and clutches and identifying the purpose of different types of couplings and clutches and their proper use.
- MW1360 Shafts and Shaft Alignment
Description:
This course focuses on knowledge of shafts, their accessories and applications, the procedures used to remove, install, maintain and repair shafts and accessories and the procedures for shaft alignment.
- MW1610 Belt and Chain Drive Systems
Description:
This course focuses on the operation, installation and maintainance of belt and chain drive systems.
- MW1640 Gear Drive Systems
Description:
This course covers calculating correct speeds and feeds, performing repair and maintenance on gear drive units, and operating gear drive units.
- MW1650 Lubrication Practices
Description:
This course covers selecting the proper lubricant and lubrication methods and applying proper lubricants where required.
- MW1670 Non Positive Displacement Pumps
Description:
This course covers inspecting, maintaining, repairing and assembling non-positive displacement pumps.
- MW1690 Positive Displacement Pumps
Description:
This course covers inspecting, maintaining, repairing, and assembling positive displacement pumps.
- MW1730 Electrical Fundamentals
Description:
This course focuses on understanding basic electrical principles, basic PLC s (Programmable Logic Controllers) and the Provincial Public Safety Act as it relates to electrical work.
Description:
This course focuses on understanding basic hydraulic principles of operation, the use of hydraulic formulae and identifying components, parts and accessories.
Description:
This course covers operating oxy-fuel equipment to cut metals, to execute basic welding procedures, and to execute basic brazing and soldering procedures.
- AP1100 Introduction to Apprenticeship
Description:
This course is designed to give participants the knowledge base and skills necessary to understand and successfully navigate the apprenticeship/red seal program.
Description:
This course in Basic Math requires knowledge of general mathematical concepts and processes to enable trades persons to function in the institutional setting by developing numeracy skills required for technical courses. This math course should also provide a foundation for experiential learning through knowledge of math relating to on-the-job skills and practices. A detailed course outline is available from Institutional and Industrial Education, Standards and Curriculum Division to training institutions upon request.
- CM2150 Workplace Communications
Description:
This course is designed to introduce students to the principles of effective communication including letters, memos, short report writing, oral presentations and interpersonal communications.
Description:
This course focuses on the role of providing quality customer service. It is important to have a positive attitude and the necessary skills to effectively listen and interpret customer concerns about a product, resolve customer problems, and determine customer wants and needs. Students will be able to use the skills and knowledge gained in this course to effectively provide a consistently high level of service to the
customer.
- SP2330 Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Description:
This course is designed to give students an understanding of the concepts and requirements of QA/QC such as, interpreting standards, controlling the acceptance of raw materials, controlling quality variables and documenting the process. It includes information on quality concepts, codes and standards, documentation, communications, human resources, company structure and policy, teamwork and responsibilities.
- MC1050 Introduction to Computers
Description:
This course is designed to give the student an introduction to computer systems. Particular emphasis is given to word processing, spreadsheet, e-mail and the Internet and security issues.
Description:
This course involves participating in meetings, information on formal meetings, unions, workers’ compensation, employment insurance regulations, workers’ rights and human rights.
- SD1710 Job Search Techniques
Description:
This course is designed to give students an introduction to the critical elements of effective job search techniques.
- SD1720 Entrepreneurial Awareness
Description:
This course is designed to introduce the student to the field of entrepreneurship, including the characteristics of the entrepreneur, the pros and cons of self-employment, and some of the steps involved in starting your own business.
ADVANCED LEVEL
Registered Apprentices (through Department of Education, Industrial Training Division) receive funding for the advanced blocks of training, pending they have attained the required work experience and are EI eligible.
Block 2
- MW1560 Coupling Alignment
Description:
This course covers aligning couplings using standard alignment methods, aligning couplings using the reverse dial alignment method, and aligning couplings using the laser alignment method.
- MW1660 Material Handling Systems
Description:
This course covers the assembly, operation, repair, and maintainance of conveyors.
Description:
This course focuses on the use of of hydraulic controls, the use of schematics to identify components of hydraulic systems, testing hydraulic system faults, and identifying parts, components and accessories.
Description:
This course covers the installation of pneumatic systems, troubleshooting pneumatic systems, maintaining and repairing pneumatic systems, identifying components, parts and accessories, identifying the main components, parts and accessories in vacuum systems, and maintaining and repairing vacuum systems.
- WD1380 Electric Arc Welding
Description:
This course covers setting up arc welding equipment, describing the different types of electrodes and identifying their purpose, describing the different types of joints, and performing basic arc welding procedures.
Block 3
Description:
This course covers identifying parts and accessories, calculating correct speeds and feeds, calculating thread depth, and performing turning, facing, boring and threading operations.
Description:
This course covers calculating correct speeds and feeds, performing set up, and safely executing basic milling operations.
Description:
This course focuses on understanding the principle of operation of compressor and maintaining compressors and their assembly.
- MW2190 Machinery Installation and Alignment
Description:
This course covers performing machinery set-up procedures and locating and laying out machinery.
Block 4
Description:
This course focuses on collecting data, using a computer to execute balancing calculations, and using balancing techniques to correct vibration problems.
- MW1740 Preventative and Predictive Maintenance
Description:
This course focuses on performing preventative maintenance and maintain proper records and demonstrating knowledge of the procedures used to plan and organize jobs.
- MW1480 Tanks, Fans and Blowers
Description:
This course focuses on demonstrating knowledge of process tanks and containers, their components and applications, demonstrating knowledge of fans and blowers, their components and operation, and demonstrating knowledge of the procedures used to remove, install, maintain, troubleshoot, repair and commission fans and blowers.
- MW2210 Prime Movers 1 (Internal Combustion Engines)
Description:
This course covers the installation of internal combustion engines and maintaining internal combustion engines.
- MW2220 Prime Movers II (Turbines)
Description:
This course focuses on demonstrating awareness of types of turbines and maintaining steam and gas turbines.
- MW2230 Vibration Analysis
Description:
This course covers collecting data used in vibration analysis, analysing causes of unbalances, and detecting and diagnosing vibration levels.
Upon completing all the requirements outlined in the Provincial Plan of Training for the Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) Apprenticeship program, apprentices may challenge the Interprovincial Red Seal Exam.