Industrial machinery mechanics fix machines in factories. They listen and look for small problems to fix before machines have bigger problems and break down.

• Take machines apart.
• Fix broken machines.
• Tests machines.
• Cleans parts of machines.
• Write down repairs that are made.

• Factories
• Power Plants
• Water Treatment Plants
• Most work 40 hours a week.
• Many must work longer hours to get machines fixed.
• They also may work nights and weekends.

• Hand tools
• Wrenches
• Hammers
• Drill Presses
• Lathes
• Grinders
• Drill Presses
• Catalogs and the internet to find new parts for machines
• Work with other mechanics, factory workers, and welders.
• Millwrights and machinery maintenance workers

• All must have a high school diploma and a year or more of training.
• All must know how to work with electricity, electronics, hydraulics, and computer programming.
• Many go to community colleges for a 2 year degree in industrial maintenance.
• Some learn by working on the job.

• Millwrights
• Machinery maintenance workers

• English
• Engineering
• Technology
• Math
• Mechanics

• Dot to Dot Tools
• Sensible Careers
• It's So Simple (Simple Machines fill in the blank)

• Poplular Mechanics for Kids: Who uses a drill? by Popular Mechanics
• Rocket Science: 50 Flying, Floating, Flipping, Spinning Gadgets Kids Create Themselves by Jim Weise
• Simple Machines (Starting with Science) by Deborah Hodge and Ray Boudreau
• Rocks, Jeans, and Busy Machines: An Engineering Kids Storybook by Alane Rivera and Raymundo Rivera
• Tyler and His Solve-a-matic Machine by Jennifer Bouani, Jennifer Shelley and Guy Smalley
• Stomp Rockets, Catapults, and Kaleidoscopes: 30+ Amazing Science Projects You Can Build for Less than $1 by Curt Gabrielson

• Career Town Construction Depot
• Disney Junior Handy Manny's Right Tool for the Job
• Boston's Museum of Science Inventor's Toolbox

• Virginia's CTE Resource Center
• Occupational Outlook Handbook 2010-2011 Edition: Bureau of Labor Statistics
• ONET Online