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Prof. S Byndom
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May 14, 2013 Mechanical Engineering Versus a Union Millwright A Millwright is a craftsman or tradesman engaged with the construction and maintenance of machinery. In the beginning millwrights were specialist carpenters who erected machines used in agriculture, food processing manufacture and processing lumber and paper mills (“Millwright.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., date last updated 14, April 2013 17 April 2013.) Modern Union Millwrights work with steel and other materials in addition to wood and must often combine the skills of several skilled trades in order to successfully fabricate industrial machinery or to assemble machines from pre-fabricated parts. “When there are problems, it must be repaired, and when it becomes old and outdated it must be dismantled and replaced with new machines. Millwrights are the people who do this work” (“Millwright.”). This makes for a steady employment for a Union Millwright in most types of industrial employment. Most millwrights are educated through a four-year apprenticeship programs where they receive a combination of classroom education along with a good deal of on-the-job training and may include college degrees. Apprentices are usually paid a percentage of the average journeyman millwright wage, and this percentage increases with experience.
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. “The Engineering profession is as old as mankind itself; It evolved from the work of the mason, the blacksmith and the millwright; but the modern profession was shaped mainly during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries” (“Mechanical Engineering”). It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the design, production, and operation of machines and
Prof. S Byndom
English 098
May 14, 2013 Mechanical Engineering Versus a Union Millwright A Millwright is a craftsman or tradesman engaged with the construction and maintenance of machinery. In the beginning millwrights were specialist carpenters who erected machines used in agriculture, food processing manufacture and processing lumber and paper mills (“Millwright.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., date last updated 14, April 2013 17 April 2013.) Modern Union Millwrights work with steel and other materials in addition to wood and must often combine the skills of several skilled trades in order to successfully fabricate industrial machinery or to assemble machines from pre-fabricated parts. “When there are problems, it must be repaired, and when it becomes old and outdated it must be dismantled and replaced with new machines. Millwrights are the people who do this work” (“Millwright.”). This makes for a steady employment for a Union Millwright in most types of industrial employment. Most millwrights are educated through a four-year apprenticeship programs where they receive a combination of classroom education along with a good deal of on-the-job training and may include college degrees. Apprentices are usually paid a percentage of the average journeyman millwright wage, and this percentage increases with experience.
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. “The Engineering profession is as old as mankind itself; It evolved from the work of the mason, the blacksmith and the millwright; but the modern profession was shaped mainly during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries” (“Mechanical Engineering”). It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the design, production, and operation of machines and
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