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Job Name Maintenance & Repair Workers, General Description Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of an establishment in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; boiler making; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs. Exclude machinery maintenance workers, Category Installation, Maintenance & Repair SOC Code 49-9042 Related Information in Haz-Map Job Tasks High risk job tasks associated with this job: Arc weld aluminum Arc weld stainless steel Assemble products using cyanoacrylate glues Clean, repair, or dismantle oil-fired furnaces or boilers Decompose chlorinated solvents by UV light or heat from welding Decompose fluoropolymers by welding, burning, brazing, or soldering Formulate, mold, or cure resins to produce advanced composite materials Gas or arc weld on galvanized metal Gas weld or cut in a confined space Handle agents that cause allergic contact dermatitis or contact urticaria Heat, machine, or spray lead products Operate internal combustion engine with inadequate ventilation Raise dust from bird roosts, chicken coops, or bat-inhabited caves endemic area Raise dust of excreta from rodents Remove lead coatings Repair or maintain gasoline or jet fuel tanks Spray polyurethane foam insulation Use epoxy, isocyanate, or formaldehyde-resin adhesives, finishes, or sealants Use n-hexane as a solvent in glues, inks, coatings, or degreasers Weld mild steel Weld on metal painted with chlorinated polyester paint Weld or machine on beryllium-containing alloys Work in grease, oil, or tar soaked clothing Work in the mercury cell room in a chloralkali plant Work with glue solvents Worked in pulp and paper mill for years with repeated heavy exposures to irritating gases

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