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Millwrights install, align, and maintain the precision machinery that runs Arizona's factories, fabs, and power plants — a skilled trade learned through a paid apprenticeship. Here's the roadmap, with the Arizona apprenticeships, demand, and employers that matter.
Where to train in Arizona
Arizona millwrights learn through paid apprenticeships. The union route runs through the Carpenters / Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters millwright program, with non-union industrial employers and community-college coursework also feeding the trade; you build precision alignment, rigging, and welding skills on the job.
Licensing in Arizona
Arizona does not license millwrights — you work for an industrial or mechanical contractor, and your precision skills, hours, and any welding certifications are what get you hired. A contractor needs an Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC) license only to run its own business.
Where the Arizona jobs are
Arizona industry is millwright country right now — the TSMC and Intel semiconductor fabs need precision machinery installed and aligned, and power plants like Palo Verde, mines and smelters, and food and beverage plants all rely on millwrights to keep equipment running. Precision alignment and turbine work pay the most.
Ready to start? Browse live Arizona opportunities — internships, apprenticeships, and training programs across the state.
The paid apprenticeship is the heart — and millwrights run the machinery behind industry
Like the other building trades, millwrighting pays you to learn. Land a paid apprenticeship, build your precision alignment and rigging skills over thousands of hours, and grow into a journeyman — a well-paid trade in high demand across manufacturing and power, with little or no student debt.
Keep going: see whether the trades are worth it, compare becoming a machinist, and check if it will pay off.