This includes preventive maintenance, such as lubrication, and fixing or replacing worn parts. Millwrights align new equipment. Working conditions of millwrights depend upon the industries in which they are employed. Millwrights employed in manufacturing often work in a typical shop setting and use protective equipment to avoid common hazards. For example, injuries from falling objects or machinery are avoided by protective devices such as safety belts, protective glasses, and hard hats.
Millwrights work independently as well as part of a team.
They must work quickly and precisely because non-functioning machinery costs a company time and money. Millwrights generally work 40 hours per week but overtime is common during peak periods of production. Employment Millwrights held about 73,000 jobs in 1992. Seven of every 10 worked in manufacturing, primarily in durable goods industries such as motor vehicles and equipment and basic steel products. Most of the rest were employed by construction firms and machining and equipment wholesalers.