Machine Fitters
(NOC 7316)
in All Trades and TransportationMachine fitters fit, assemble, and otherwise build heavy industrial machinery and transportation equipment, including aircraft engines. These jobs require that you troubleshoot mechanical systems, recommend equipment changes or modifications, evaluate new equipment, and carry out preventive maintenance programs. They work for industrial machinery and transportation equipment manufacturing industries.
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Undetermined
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Compared to: All Trades and Transportation
Hourly Pay
N/A
MinimumN/A
MedianN/A
MaximumAnnual Pay
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Minimum$46,493
MedianN/A
MaximumCompared to: All Trades and Transportation
Hourly Pay
$15.00
Minimum$24.00
Median$37.00
MaximumAnnual Pay
$7,580
Minimum$37,269
Median$79,787
MaximumAbout the job
Nature of work
Machine fitters fit, assemble, and otherwise build heavy industrial machinery and transportation equipment, including aircraft engines. These jobs require that you troubleshoot mechanical systems, recommend equipment changes or modifications, evaluate new equipment, and carry out preventive maintenance programs. They work for industrial machinery and transportation equipment manufacturing industries.
Job duties
Machine fitters:
- Read and interpret blueprints, sketches, and diagrams to determine assembly operations.
- Fit and assemble prefabricated metal parts to build heavy industrial machinery and equipment like construction, farming, and processing machinery, railway vehicles, and aircraft engines.
- Move and align subassemblies and components using lifting and transporting devices like overhead cranes.
- Install major components like gears, pumps, motors, or hydraulic assemblies.
- Inspect parts, subassemblies, and finished products to ensure quality.
Sample job titles
- assembly fitter
- farm machinery builder
- food-processing machine fitter
- heavy equipment fitter
- machine builder-fitter
- manufacturing machinery fitter
- mechanical fitter
- production equipment fitter
- ship engine fitter
Skills
- You should have an interest in electronics and mechanical operations. A strong background in mathematics and the sciences is important. You must be able to cooperate with others and perform routine tasks. Agility, physical strength, and hand-eye coordination are needed. You must also have good vision and hearing, and an inclination to work with tools.
Job requirements
- High school is usually required.
- A mechanical apprenticeship program like millwrighting, machining, pipefitting, automotive service or heavy equipment repair or completion of a four-year machine fitter apprenticeship program or completion of five years of on-the-job training is usually required.
- A two- to three-year college program in aircraft manufacturing or general fabrication is required for aircraft engine fitters.
- Certification in a related trade may be required.
Other considerations
- Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
By the numbers
Quick look
employed in 2016
employed full-time
self employed
median age
Compared to: All Trades and Transportation
employed in 2016
employed full-time
self employed
median age
Where will I likely work?
Halifax
N/ACape Breton
N/AAnnapolis Valley
N/ACompared to: All NS Occupations
Halifax
North Shore
Annapolis Valley
Cape Breton
Southern
Top Industries of Employment
Manufacturing
Public administration
Construction
What is the age of Employment?
45-54
55-64
65+
35-44
Compared to: All Trades and Transportation
45-54
55-64
35-44
25-34
15-24
Top levels of education
College Diploma
N/ATrade Certification
N/ACompared to: All Trades and Transportation
Trade Certification
$46,494 median annual incomeHigh school
$31,260 median annual incomeCollege Diploma
$42,050 median annual incomeLess than high school
$28,319 median annual incomeBachelor
$30,527 median annual incomeEducation & training
High School Diploma or Equivalent
High School ProgramAdults without a high school diploma can contact the Nova Scotia School for Adult Learning (NSSAL) for tuition-free programming across the province. NSSAL oversees adult education programs in Nova Scotia. NSSAL partners with the Nova Scotia Community College, Adult High Schools, Université Sainte-Anne, and community-based learning organizations to deliver programs. NSSAL offers clear, accessible pathways from adult basic education to a high school credential or GED.
Institutions providing this program
Various, NS
Various, NS
Various, NS
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology
College or Trades ProgramThese programs prepare students to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair and maintain industrial machinery and equipment such as cranes, pumps, engines and motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, production machinery, marine deck machinery, and steam propulsion, refinery, and pipeline-distribution systems.
Institutions providing this program
Various, NS
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist - Pre-apprenticeship College Program
College or Trades ProgramThese programs prepare students to apply technical knowledge and skills to plan, manufacture, assemble, test, and repair parts, mechanisms, machines, and structures in which materials are cast, formed, shaped, moulded, heat treated, cut, twisted, pressed, fused, stamped or worked.
Institutions providing this program
Various, NS
Pipefitter and Sprinkler Fitter - Pre-apprenticeship College Program
College or Trades ProgramThese programs prepare students to design, install, and test industrial and commercial piping systems and automatic fire and exposure protection systems. They include courses in water systems, steam systems, heating and cooling systems, lubricating systems, piping materials, installation tools operation and maintenance, valve installation and repair, technical mathematics, blueprint interpretation, and applicable codes and standards.
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