https://www.amazon.com/Audel-Millwrights-Mechanics-Guide-Thomas/dp/0764541714
This is a good book. The uglys electrical is good. For YouTube “ave” or “this old tony.” He’s more of a machinist though. For ave look at his older stuff. He takes apart valves and stuff. Lots of good welding videos out there. “The engineering mindset” is a great Chanel for electrical work.
I'm not an electrician, I just follow this sub to learn. I just wanted to chime in because I respect your effort to give kids resources to learn about trades. r/millwrights is another trade sub you could post in. I've found that a lot of people, especially kids don't even know that the millwright trade exists! This guide has a ton of technical information for the millwright and industrial mechanic field- Audel Millwrights and Mechanics Guide https://www.amazon.com/dp/0764541714/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_g_CYD31HZZK9HJ3CVTKC9T
I have not taken this test but have gone through the UBC apprenticeship. I do know the UBC standards require a minimum requirement for reading comprehension, math, (and some other subjects) to keep a certain standard up. (I witnessed lots of apprentices that didn't pass the math test in more than one try). A close friend took the carpenter journeyman placement test. It was long, daunting, but do able.
I would assume the millwright test would cover basics more than pump internals and thermal growth values of different metals (metallurgy). Simple mechanics, heavy lifting, rigging, industrial tool use, etc.
http://www.amazon.com/Audel-Millwrights-Mechanics-Guide-Thomas/dp/0764541714
Get this, it has way more info than i have applied or have gotten to use.
What UBC district are you getting into? Different areas have different things for millwrights to do. PNW - lots of paper mills. Texas - refineries. Powerplants - all over.
Good luck placing
You are doing the best thing you possibly could be doing, asking questions about your job and looking for ways to learn on your own. I came out of school 3 years ago and knew absolutely nothing. I now am at a senior engineering level (in the maintenance / reliability group, I moved up the levels a lot more quickly than normal).
I progressed by working very diligently on the tasks I was assigned and generating pointed questions for my superiors. I learned the most I could on my own (with google-fu) and then displayed the knowledge I had to my superiors by asking them very direct questions.
The most important foundation for career success is utilizing the people you work with on a daily basis. Find an effective way to leech all of their information out of them while supplementing your learning with research.
As far as specific topics, SKF has a plethora of information concerning bearings (and your site bearing representative will also be more than willing to teach you), any of the Audel books, and quite honestly trying to find a way to apply those concepts you learned in school to all of your problems.
I liberally apply concepts (that aren't always entirely correct) to force myself into some pseudo-understanding of the issue at hand.
I'm sorry I am not very helpful but there are so many problem categories in the maintenance world that it would be near impossible to cover them in a book. That's why you just have to be willing to teach yourself the important parts quickly.
I hope I helped, feel free to PM me for more details or any questions regarding machinery you have. I might be able to point you in proper directions.
IPT's Rotating Equipment training manual
Audels Millwrights and Mechanics manual
These will give you all the info for the mechanical aspects. Might want to check out /r/millwrights as well. I'm not sure what the testing is like, however the guys over there were sharing books that were specific to actual pre-apprenticeship tests. Math is not listed as a topic, however I'd definitely spend time brushing up on that.
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I saw the job posting a couple weeks ago, do you know how many apprentices they are taking?
Audels is more of an all around reference book for on the job stuff. 1200 pages of everything you can think of for millwrights. amazon link
But it is available on Zlibrary along with many other Audel trade books.
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