Better Choice Bigger Future.

Program Overview

Have a smart kid who just isn’t excited about college? Tell them to choose a bigger future with a career in the millwrights — a bigger salary, bigger opportunities and bigger ways to help their community. The best part? No college debt. That’s BIG!

Every student deserves a BIG future.

A career in the millwrights offers nearly endless possibilities in all types of industries. Apprentices can work their way to foreman, superintendent or project manager — or even own their own business.

WHAT YOUR STUDENT WILL DO:

MILLWRIGHT & TECHNICAL ENGINEERS LOCAL 2158

Millwrights are an elite group of craftsmen. They work in teams to install, maintain, diagnose, and repair industrial machines; some that are worth millions of dollars. This includes precision work in nuclear power plants. Millwrights are skilled construction mechanics who study and interpret blueprints then use that knowledge and expertise to drill, weld, bolt and do whatever is required to keep the industry working in perfect order.

WHAT YOUR STUDENT WILL MAKE...

 

  • Apprentice Wages: $30k - $55k*
  • Journeyman Wages: $55k - $80k*
  • Foreman Wages: $80k - $100k+*

*Total compensation for wages and benefits.

 
 
“I make more money than a lot of my friends who went to college!”

 

There is the possibility of gaining college credits while working through the program. Get your student started and have them become part of the best-kept secret!

 

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