72400 Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics

What this occupation covers

Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics install, maintain, troubleshoot, overhaul and repair stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment. This unit group includes industrial textile machinery mechanics and repairers. Construction millwrights are employed by millwrighting contractors. Industrial mechanics are employed in manufacturing plants, utilities and other industrial establishments. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 16 main duties for this code.

• Read blueprints, diagrams and schematic drawings to determine work procedures
• Install, align, dismantle and move stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment, such as pumps, fans, tanks, conveyors, furnaces and generators according to layout plans using hand and power tools
• Operate hoisting and lifting devices such as cranes, jacks and tractors to position machinery and parts during the installation, set-up and repair of machinery
• Inspect and examine machinery and equipment to detect and investigate irregularities and malfunctions
• Install, troubleshoot and maintain power transmission, vacuum, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and programmable logic controls
• Adjust machinery and repair or replace defective parts
• Operate machine tools such as lathes and grinders to fabricate parts required during overhaul, maintenance or set-up of machinery
• Clean, lubricate and perform other routine maintenance work on machinery
• Construct foundations for machinery or direct other workers to construct foundations
• Assemble machinery and equipment prior to installation using hand and power tools and welding equipment.
• Apply mechanical repair principles and procedures to make sure that machinery runs properly
• Detect defects and excessive wear in machinery and identify slight differences in dimensions and shapes of component parts
• Repair and overhaul electrical and mechanical systems on textile machinery and replace and align moving parts as required
• Set-up and adjust complex machinery for new patterns and products
• Analyze information to perform maintenance such as cleaning and lubrication of textile machinery, troubleshooting, and to test running and proper operation of machines
• Confer with management to recommend equipment changes and modifications and in evaluating new equipment.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 3 of its 16 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 72401 Heavy-duty equipment mechanics
• 22312 Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics
• 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades

Excluded from this code

• Heavy-duty equipment mechanics (See 72401 Heavy-duty equipment mechanics)
• Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics (See 22312 Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics)
• Industrial mechanics supervisor (See 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades)
• Millwright foreman/woman (See 72020 Contractors and supervisors, mechanic trades)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

ammunition-assembling machine adjuster · ammunition-loading machine adjuster · apprentice industrial mechanic · apprentice millwright · automatic knitting machine pattern setter · automatic pinsetting machine installer and repairer · bakery machinery mechanic · boilerhouse machinery mechanic · braiding machine setter · can seamer machine repairer · canal equipment mechanic · card fixer · card fixer - textile manufacturing · card grinder · card grinder - textile manufacturing · card setter - textile manufacturing · carding machine fixer - textile manufacturing · carpet loom fixer - textile manufacturing · carpet loom setter - textile manufacturing · carton-forming machine repairer · chemical plant service mechanic · chemical process equipment mechanic · comb fixer - textile manufacturing · comb setter - textile manufacturing

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school and training courses or a vocational program is usually required.
• Completion of a three- to four-year apprenticeship program or A combination of over five years of work experience and industry courses in industrial machinery repair or millwrighting is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
• Textile machinery mechanics hired from other industries may require additional training in textile processes and experience as a textile manufacturing machinery operator.
• Industrial mechanic (millwright) trade certification is available, but voluntary, in all provinces and territories.
• Construction millwright trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Quebec and Ontario.
• Industrial sewing machine mechanic trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Quebec.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified industrial mechanics or millwrights upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.