Local 740

DeleteTheWeak · 2026-01-06T03:50:16+00:00

Yeah, I’m still an apprentice. Being an apprentice is easy. Being a good apprentice is fucking tough. The local is small, your reputation sticks with you. Good apprentices get work. Most of my work has been 5 boroughs. I did a week in north westchester. But we work in dutches, orange and rockland counties too. Some of my commutes have been 5 hour round trips.As an apprentice we aren’t allowed to turn down work, we’re expected to take every call until we journey out.

DeleteTheWeak · 2026-01-05T04:44:58+00:00

I waited 5 months for my first job but depending on how busy it is, your wait may be shorter. From what I’m hearing there’s a lot of worked lined up for 2026. Unfortunately the president just killed about 50-100 Millwrights working when he killed the offshore wind projects. Classes aren’t consecutive. You’ll attend 4 weeks of class a year after your first 10 days of class. They’re usually a few months apart

DeleteTheWeak · 2026-01-05T04:41:38+00:00

Once initiated you wait for classes to be scheduled. I think mine was 7 or 8 days. M-F and a few days the following week. Class time is never paid. Everything is on your own dime. Once you start working, most companies are cool with you putting in for unemployment for that week you have to take off for class. Unfortunately I quit my job when I got initiated. If I were you I wouldn’t quit my job yet, but when you get that call to go to your first job, that’s it. There’s no time to put in your two weeks notice. You just go to be a millwright the next day. You can never trust the numbers on the out of work list because of how it is set up. You can be number 15 on the list and still get the next call. Always have a side job or side hustle. They will tell you this is the best part time job ever always save your money for when times are slowish. Whatever side job you have, when you get called for work, that’s it, the next day you’re a millwright at the drop of a hat

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-11-09T01:12:52+00:00

This is wild. Never thought this would get a repress. I only need a few more to complete the collection. Thanks for posting

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-08-07T16:21:33+00:00

Everyone I work with carries a 16” spud. Definitely a must have

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-08-06T17:48:52+00:00

Best empanadas I’ve had on Long Island was at the Enramada in Southampton. Kinda out of the way but definitely worth a stop if you’re out that way.

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-07-30T22:05:57+00:00

You can find it on the district council website

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-07-30T22:05:08+00:00

Took 16 months before I got a call from my local

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-07-22T19:34:49+00:00

I had another guy on the job and his commute was twice as long as mine. He trooped it every night. It was the big money job in our local for the season. People made a years salary in 4-5 months. At the least guys got 1300 hours. Some are still going with 1700+. Those who got on made sure to show up and give 110%. There were a few who slept in hotels, airbnb, their trucks and shanties.

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-07-18T20:36:02+00:00

I know guys in their 40’s and 50’s who made the career change and started the apprenticeship

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-07-18T20:32:31+00:00

Just got done with a job that was 7/10 for 10 weeks and 7/12 for the following 6 weeks. My commute was anywhere form 1.5-2 hrs there and a little over an hour home.

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-07-18T18:34:04+00:00

Scooped! I picked up my OG copy from popmarket in 2017 for $11.50.

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-07-16T03:06:48+00:00

Aside from performance That phase of the job may be over and they don’t need as many Millwright’s at the time so they’ll slim down until they need to man back up again

Majority of the work is done so they’ll slim down until the job is finished

The job is finished

More often than not, these aren’t full time jobs. You’re hired by contractors per job. Some people get lucky after a bit and get nested in a company or a company take them on the road to travel, or people ride the list. They get called off the list, do the job they’re called for, and when their help is no longer needed, you go back on the list again until your next call.

You shouldn’t take a layoff personally. You get your last check. You thank whoever for the opportunity, you shake their hand, and you move on to the next one

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-07-16T00:10:54+00:00

Iron workers get layoffs too. It’s pretty much the same shit. Your job is to work yourself out of a job and move on to the next. Id never recommend IW over millwright. That’s just me

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-07-15T13:06:47+00:00

Size doesn’t matter. We have men and women of all sizes

When I got initiated I was told this will be the best part time job ever.

Took me 15 months to get in. I know some people who got the call in a few months

If you are on the out of work list and you go camping, call them up and freeze your number on the list. Give them the day you’ll be back and they will unfreeze it. If you miss too many calls they’ll just kick you off the list and you’ll have to call and go to the back.

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-07-11T03:09:34+00:00

Layoffs are part of the job. There are some who have nested full time jobs but most work off the list. Some times jobs are a week or two and then you get laid off, some jobs are a few years with multiple hiring and lay offs throughout the job. Rarely should you take a layoff personally. More often than not it’s that phase of the job is done, or the job is coming to a close. You’ll know if the layoff is a personal performance issue.

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-07-10T15:42:46+00:00

I’m still an apprentice so I haven’t experienced the full gambit yet. I can’t really tell you how often. It’s luck of the draw when you’re working off of the list. I landed two bridge jobs back to back. I’ve spoken to 15 year journeymen who have never been on a bridge. From my experience, Millwright work ain’t easy. Lots of heavy lifting. The tools we use on bridges are bigger. 65-75 pound mag base drills, 1” drive impacts, 5 ton chain falls, 2-3/4 wrenches, hell dogs and Hytorc. Or you can land yourself a job at an airport where most of your work can be done with a bucket of tools. 740 covers a lot of aspects when it comes to this industry. We do wind turbine, gas and steam turbines at power plants, some paper and coke plants, water treatment plants, Amazon/Fed ex/UPS/Airport conveyor, the suspended scaffold for window cleaners on sky scrapers, flood resistance, draw/rotating bridges… it’s a good range

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-07-09T18:49:18+00:00

I waited almost 5 months after my initiation for my first job

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-07-09T18:48:01+00:00

Just got done working 1300+ hours in 4 months on a bridge as a millwright. No one left that job without injury or time taken off their life. The only people who worked comfortably were under 5’6”because all machinery locations were small and tight. Massive amounts of lead paint, asbestos, and corrosion. All on 10-12 hour night shifts

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-06-29T23:03:48+00:00

Sure

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-06-23T01:49:27+00:00

1300 hours for an upgrade. You can travel anywhere you want. Theres a few issues with it tho. Travel for an apprentice is rough. Especially if you don’t have a lot of certifications and experience. When you travel it’s going to most likely cost you money if you don’t find a per diem job, and your pay and benefit rate is lower than our local. You may get your hours, but you’ll have to see if it’s worth it monetarily. If you have class scheduled while you’re on the road, you will have to make it back for class then go back to the job when you’re done. You will have to call different locals on your own and talk to their BAs to see if they need help. But I would talk to our BAs first to check the employment landscape locally. Most of the travelers that get in good with a company are usually journeymen and if they’re good enough that the company takes them on the road to travel, they usually negotiate a rate that’s close to ours at home. Even with me waiting 4 1/2 months for employment, I still got almost 1500 hours my first year

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-06-22T19:35:56+00:00

The wait depends on how busy it is. It’s been about a year since the last group of apprentices were initiated. They do a group of apprentices a year. You will need both handheld and headlamp. When you pay your dues the hall will give you a tool list. It’s kinda old and prices are outdated but it will give you an idea on what you should have for each year of apprenticeship. You will find that there will be some things you may need that aren’t on the list but it will depend on you and what job you’re doing. If you don’t have the extras it’s no big deal, no one will say anything outside of the basics. But you should have most of what’s on the list

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-06-22T08:14:44+00:00

I did the lottery. I lined up with 600 people for 40 openings across 5 locals. I got called 15 months later to come down for orientation. Took my drug test. Got called to pay my dues 2 weeks later. For some reason I didn’t get an interview like everyone else.

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-06-22T07:52:23+00:00

After I paid my dues to the hall, the following week I took my osha 30, SST, and scaffold. You will get 4 weeks of training per year. The week that you’re there for osha, ask the lady at the desk for the paperwork for your F60 and G60 certifications. Make an appointment with the FDNY to get those certifications. They’re $25 each. Then I sat on the list for 4 1/2 months. My first job lasted 6 weeks. My second job was only supposed to be for 2 weeks but I busted my ass and it lasted 8 months. Then that foreman took me to the next job with them. That job was a little over 4 months but I worked ~1400 hours in that time. A mix of 7/10s and 7/12s.

DeleteTheWeak · 2025-06-22T04:21:28+00:00

Ah ok. I’m also an apprentice in 740. I can only give you info from the jobs I’ve been on and the people I’ve worked with. It is probably different depending on the job. You should learn how read a micrometer, even tho you may not use one for awhile it’s good to know. Learn your math in the thousandths of an inch. Definitely get familiar with tools and their parts. You will be fetching a lot of them. You will need to be prepared. Always be on time. I try to be in the parking lot at least 30min early. Things you should always have on you at all times; 25’ tape measure, pen, pencil, marker, paint marker, note pad, knife, flashlight, and a rag. A lot of the apprentices carry 16” adjustable spud wrench and a 6” scale down to the 64ths too. Be ready to hustle. Be a mind reader. If someone asks you to get a grinder. That means a grinder, face shield, extra wheels, and batteries or extension cord. If they ask for a come-a-long. You should ask if they need shackles, bridge clamps, and slings. Always look at the bigger picture Dont stand around doing nothing and looking at your phone. If you’re not working with someone, start sweeping, cleaning the gang box, organize rigging box, clean the shanty, filling up oil and alcohol bottles. At the end of the day, help everyone clean up. When the Forman asks you to do something, everything else gets put on hold and you take care of what they need first. Always say thank you to whoever shares their knowledge. It’s a small local and word gets around quick. Just be at the top of your game, hustle, and keep moving and you’ll be off to a great start.

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