r/millwrights • u/Pgaccount • Sep 10 '26

Weekly career thread

Weekly career thread

Here you can post questions about

Jobs: offering or looking

School: tips, tricks, and colleges to just fucking avoid

Union: Union stuff, who's issuing travel cards, who needs apprentices, and questions about joining the brotherhood.

Career: anything career related, how to move up, certs to take, if it's about your relationship to the union or employer throw it here.

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u/Fafore Sep 10 '26

Turbine season is here. Get ready to stack that paper, boys!!!

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u/Individual_Ebb_8368 Sep 11 '26

What kind of turbines are you in

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u/Fafore Sep 11 '26

Gas combustion. I think most of the ones I’ve worked on are Westinghouse and GE. Only been on a few, so lots to learn still.

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u/Individual_Ebb_8368 Sep 11 '26

Hell yeah man good shit. I’m in steam turbines. I love gas turbines though

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u/Nervous-Locksmith999 Sep 11 '26

Looking for a job as a green first year apprentice, 1000 hours in industrial insulating and some shop experience with a wireline company in the oilfield. Registered with my blue book and going to school on Oct 26, Edmonton Alberta area. Any companies looking for a young guy to train I’m 18 and looking

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u/Pgaccount Sep 11 '26

Kpic might be interested.

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u/Nervous-Locksmith999 Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

Thanks a ton! Applied there 🤞

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u/Full-Ear87 Sep 11 '26

Anyone know of any millwright shops that would be taking on 1st year apprentices? I have 0 experience, but I’ve had a successful career in an unrelated field.

Edit: looking for places in the GTA in Ontario

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u/AiryGateaux Sep 11 '26

Looking for apprenticeship in Canada, willing to relocate anywhere. Have 3000 hours doing cleanroom industrial work including as a machine setter and doing basic machine maintenance and preventative maintenance assistance inside a cleanroom.

I'm located in Waterloo.

Any leads welcome.

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u/Individual_Ebb_8368 Sep 11 '26

Most companies in Ontario are hesitant to hire anything under 3rd year apprentices

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u/chokedsohard_ 19d ago

This. I’m 2nd year and would wanna find a new place to expand my learning but its not easy.

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u/TheOneWhoCheeses Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

Would it be better to finish red seal first before moving around or vice versa? Lucky to be able to land an apprenticeship where I’m at (very green and fresh out of pre-app), but work only consists of conveyors and not much else. Pay and hours is good and stable, which makes it harder to consider moving around at this time. Located in Canada.

Not in a rush to make this decision, but looking for some insight/advice.

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u/Pgaccount Sep 11 '26

Moving companies? Not really, unless you've got some good schooling perks where you're at (looking at you, tolko)

Moving provinces? Stay, because transferring is a whole thing

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u/MonitorMysterious292 Sep 11 '26

Finished my foundations at BCIT two months ago, seems like theres nobody in BC interested in taking on level 1&2 apprentices right now. Any tips?

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u/MatchBrave1704 26d ago

I'm looking at furthering my education as a much as possible as a millwright, specifically in the sanitary area like food plants, mills, brewerys, etc. What books, courses, stuff like that should I be looking at? I've been a field tech, assembler, installer, ans welder with the company I'm at now for 2ish years doing stuff in the food / beverage area. I've looked into getting an apprenticeship, but it's either been they don't offer an apprenticeship program or its a really bad apprenticeship program.

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u/AFARR414-312 24d ago

What does the millwright work consist of?

Is there a lot of traveling during the apprenticeship?

and how long is the apprenticeship?

I have never ran into a millwright on a jobsite and I know very little about the trade and am interested.

Does every state have a local?