Installs and maintains machinery in factories and in other production plants.
Wage Rate: $26.87 (Base rate, not including benefits)
Are you good at solving problems? Mechanically inclined? Could you read plans and blueprints, visualizing a layout? Would you like to assemble equipment and work with mechanical systems? Then, you could train to be a Millwright!
Millwrights install, maintain, repair and solve problems with stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment in factories, production plants and recreational facilities.
You can get a jump-start on your future career in the construction trades by checking out construction courses offered at colleges and high schools. These hands-on courses will help you build the basic skills you will use in the construction industry.
While you're still in high school, you can begin an apprenticeship program as a Senior Years Apprentice and earn both high school and apprenticeship credits at the same time. After high school graduation, many Senior Years apprentices continue in regular, full-time apprenticeship programs.
In Manitoba the regulation name for this trade is Industrial Mechanic (Millwright). Many people who work in this trade call themselves Millwrights. To enter the apprenticeship program full-time, you must be at least 16, be a Senior 4 graduate, or, as a mature student, have an equivalent academic standing. Courses in applied Math and Physics are important assets.
4 levels including four in-school sessions.
You must have a qualified employer who is willing to train you as an apprentice. To register in the apprenticeship program, you and your employer complete an application form together and submit it to the Apprenticeship Branch. Once the application is approved, apprenticeship training begins under the supervision of a certified journeyperson.
The apprenticeship is four levels. Each level consists of on-the-job practical experience and some in-school technical training. (Work hours and school time must total at least 1800 hours per level.) Applicants who have successfully completed related courses of study or work experience may be eligible for advanced standing in the apprenticeship program.
The Apprenticeship Branch arranges your classroom technical training. When you go to school, you pay a small portion of the tuition and are responsible for the cost of any required books and supplies. Most apprentices are eligible for employment insurance (EI) when they go to school.
When you successfully complete all levels of training, and score at least 70 % on your final examination, you receive a Certificate of Qualification confirming your status as a certified journeyperson. Your certificate also has "Red Seal" endorsement that means your trade qualifications are generally recognized throughout most of Canada.
For more detailed information on apprenticeship training in this trade, check the Apprenticeship web site at : http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/aet/apprent/index.htm
Wage Rate: $26.87 (Base rate, not including benefits)
Employers provide holiday and vacation pay and may also offer other benefits such as group insurance for health, dental and vision care, retirement packages, and training benefits. The value can range from 20% to 30% over and above the basic hourly pay rate.
As a Millwright, you work with people in other trades so you can be a good candidate for promotion to supervisory and superintendent positions.
There should be opportunities in the manufacturing, processing and construction industries as well as at facilities like amusement parks and ski hills.
With additional training, you can also move into related occupations like Machinist and Tool and Die Maker.